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  • Let's Hang On
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  • Gramophone record
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  • Philips Records singles
  • 1965 songs
  • 1966 singles
  • 1965 singles
  • Jan and Dean songs
  • 1982 singles
  • The Four Seasons (band) songs
  • Songs written by Bob Crewe
  • Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe
  • Songs written by Denny Randell
  • Songs written by Sandy Linzer
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  • %22Let's Hang On!%22 is a song composed by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, and Denny Randell that was popularized by The Four Seasons in 1965. The single reached the number three position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the group's highest placement since %22Rag Doll%22 hit the top spot in July 1964.This was the last Four Seasons hit to feature bass singer/bassist Nick Massi. The same month %22Let's Hang On!%22 was released, Massi left the group and was temporarily replaced by the band's arranger Charles Calello before Joe Long came in as Massi's full-time replacement.The popularity of %22Let's Hang On!%22 has been attributed to the inclusion of several devices into the recording: a two-line introduction (sung by lead singer Frankie Valli), the use of two fuzz guitars (one guitarist playing low notes, another playing high notes on a fuzz bass), a chorus loaded with hooks and sung in falsetto, and backing vocals giving counterpoint with Valli's lead vocal. It re-established the group's presence in the Top Ten (of the Hot 100) as The Four Seasons were in a flurry of activity, recording albums both as The Four Seasons and as supporting musicians for Valli's rekindled %22solo%22 career. In the UK, the song was a No.4 hit for the group.The single's B-side, %22On Broadway Tonight%22, was the theme of a CBS-TV variety series (1964–1965) hosted by Rudy Vallee.
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  • Bob Crewe
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  • Bob Crewe
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  • english
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  • Philips Records
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  • Let's Hang On
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