![]() ![]() 1 song of all time, as voted on by its listeners. In 2010, radio station WCBS-FM in New York City rated the Four Seasons' "Rag Doll" as the No. In 1997, Mojo also listed the song as one of the 'Bubbling Under' singles in its list of 'The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time'. 401 on his list compiled in the book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, being one of five songs by the Four Seasons included in the book. ![]() In 1989, critic Dave Marsh ranked "Rag Doll" at No. īillboard described the song as a "sentimental slow dance ballad." Cash Box described it as "a touching, cha cha beat opus.that the group serves up in their fabulous style" and that features the "hit sounds" of Frankie Valli. (Some accounts indicate that it was a $5 bill.) "The image of her stuck in my head until I wrote 'Rag Doll'", Gaudio recalled in a 2009 interview. When he reached into his wallet to pay her, he found that none of the notes were smaller than $10. In the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan neighborhood, a young girl with a dirty face and wearing ragged clothes approached Gaudio's automobile. It was recorded by the Four Seasons and released as a single in 1964.Īccording to songwriter Bob Gaudio, the recording was inspired by an occasion involving the homeless children who, at stop lights in the city, would run into the street and clean windshields for spare change. " Rag Doll" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. " Silence Is Golden" (from the album Born to Wander) ![]() 1964 single by The Four Seasons "Rag Doll" ![]()
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