One thing that the movie did was to get me a bit more interested in learning about The Four Seasons and that leads to more frustration about how the story was portrayed on the screen.
Nick Massi left the band in 1965 for personal reasons. He was temporarily replaced by their previous bass player, Charlse Calello who had left the frontline to become their musical arranger. After a few months, Joe Long was hired as a permanent addition to the band.
It wasn't until 1970 that Tommy DeVito left the band and quite willingly sold his shares of the corporation to Valli and Gaudio.
DeVito ended up pretty well off.
This is a far cry from the way it was presented in the movie.
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