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Connecting Frankie Valli and Martha Stewart



Frankie Valli American singer
During the 1960s, Gaudio and his then-songwriting partner, producer Bob Crewe, worked with Valli to craft solo recordings with varying degrees of success.

Bob Crewe
Also achieving chart status over the decades were English-language versions by the Lettermen, Maureen McGovern, Boys Town Gang and Lauryn Hill.

Lauryn Hill
One of the few public appearances Hill made in 2008 was at a Martha Stewart book-signing in New Jersey, perplexing some in the press.


Frankie Valli American singer
The group continued to perform until 1959, when Bob Gaudio became a member.

Bob Gaudio American musician
In addition to his work for the Seasons and Sinatra, he wrote and/or produced for Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Diana Ross, Eric Carmen, Nancy Sinatra, Peabo Bryson, and Roberta Flack.

Michael Jackson
In June 1985, Jackson and Branca learned that Charles Koppelman's and Marty Bandier's The Entertainment Company had made a tentative offer to buy ATV Music for $50{{nbsp}}million; in early August, Holmes à Court contacted Jackson and talks resumed.

Charles Koppelman
He has held executive positions at EMI and Steve Madden, and he is former Chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
In 2005, Koppelman was appointed Chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Koppelman also appeared as Martha Stewart's right-hand man on NBC's '' The Apprentice: Martha Stewart'' in 2005.


Frankie Valli American singer
This musical was adapted into a 2014 film of the same name directed by Clint Eastwood, with Young again appearing as Valli.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Clint Eastwood American actor and filmmaker
Along with Beatty, Robert Redford, Richard Attenborough, Kevin Costner, and Mel Gibson, he is one of the few directors best known as an actor to win an Academy Award for directing.

Robert Redford American actor and film director (born 1936)
''All the President's Men'' (1976), in which Redford and Hoffman play Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, was a landmark film for Redford.

Carl Bernstein
While single, in the 1980s, Bernstein became known for dating Bianca Jagger, Martha Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor, among others.


Frankie Valli American singer
His father, Anthony Castelluccio, was a barber and display designer for Lionel model trains; his mother, Mary Rinaldi, was a homemaker and beer company employee. He was inspired to take up a singing career at the age of seven after his mother took him to see the young Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater in Manhattan, New York City.

Frank Sinatra
His popularity is matched only by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson
Jackson gave a 90-minute interview with Oprah Winfrey on February 10, 1993.
They lasted a year and a half." In an October 2010 interview with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, Presley revealed that she and Jackson had attempted to reconcile intermittently for four years following their divorce, and that she had travelled to different parts of the world in order to be with him.

Oprah Winfrey
Other successful women, such as Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart, had to be publicly slapped down before they could move forward.





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