Jersey Boys by Original Cast (CD, Nov-2005, Rhino Records USA)

Where did you first hear these songs? Maybe you grew up with them, humming along as you pulled your Covair into the drive-in for a shake. Or if you're young, maybe you caught them when your parents blasted their favorite oldies station in your Chevy Suburban. Perhaps you heard them on the DVD's of The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Wanderers, Conspiracy Theory, Love Actually, and countless other movies. Or it could have been The Sopranos that gave you your first exposure. And you didn't have to be born in the U.S.A. to hear these tunes. There were Spanish, French, and German versions,not to mention the Chinese variations. Even if you are very young and very hip, you must have heard "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" from the lips of Lauryn Hill, although you may have had no idea where the words and melody originally came from.