The “Golden Hits Of The 60s” 

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WONDER WHO?

“DON’T THINK TWICE”

(Bob Dylan)

Philips 40324

No. 12   December 25, 1965

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Pop fans did not have to wonder long: the sound on the record was so distinctive that recognition was nearly

instantaneous. Call them Tubular Tinsel, the Barbies, the Sewer Rat Stinkers … no name alone could

disguise one of the biggest pop groups of the ’60s.

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By 1966, the Four Seasons had reached the apex of their musical success. The group had sold more than 50

million records; nearly everything the Seasons released at this time would chart, and usually quite well. The

group was saturating the radio with hit after hit. Thus was born the Wonder Who?, a bogus group that was

fabricated as a drain for excess Four Seasons recordings.

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Frankie Valli and the others had originally cut “Don’t Think Twice” as part of a tribute album to Bob Dylan.

The LP never materialized, and Frankie never could get his lead vocal just right. But the number was

appealing in an oddball way, so the powers that be at the Philips label saw fit to issue it. To avoid competing

with themselves and denting the sales action on other Seasons sides, another name had to be concocted.

There was already the Who, the You Know Who Group, and the Guess Who, so why not a Wonder Who?

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To the surprise of many, including the Seasons themselves, “Don’t Think Twice” nearly cracked the Top 10.

Two more records were issued by Philips under the “Wonder Who?” name–“On the Good Ship Lol­lipop”

(#87, 1966) b/w “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” (#96, 1966), and “Lonesome Road” (#89, 1967).

To further confuse fans, record collectors, and radio programmers, Vee Jay (the Seasons’ previous label) did

a mini-issuance of the Season’s remake of LITTLE JOE & THE THRILLERS’ “Peanuts” as by the Wonder

Who?