Tommy DeVito, the original baritone and lead guitarist of the Four Seasons, died on September 21, at age 92, of Covid-19. According to his obituary on the site Best Classic Bands,
DeVito first teamed with Frankie Valli in a New Jersey-based group that ultimately chose the name the Four Lovers in the mid-1950s. With Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi, they changed their name to the Four Seasons and scored their first hit with “Sherry,” a #1 single in 1962. . . . DeVito left in 1970, selling his share of the group’s rights to Valli and Gaudio. The four reunited at their 1990 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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