Yo, they're both Italian guys from Joizy, capisce? Frankie Valli's story with the Four Seasons has become a hugely successful musical. The latest tour of "Jersey Boys" lands at the Orpheum Tuesday with mob and music hits, including "Sherry" and "Walk Like a Man." Plus, Valli and his latest Seasons will appear May 27 at Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing. On Saturday, Jon Bon Jovi, Joizy's biggest rocker not named Springsteen, returns to Xcel Energy Center to play the songs that landed Bon Jovi in the Rock Hall of Fame this month, including "Livin' on a Prayer" and "You Give Love a Bad Name." Frankie and Jon have more in common than ethnicity and birth states. Or do they?
Birth name
Francesco Stephen Castelluccio
JBJ: John Francis Bongiovi
Birth city
FV: Newark, N.J.
JBJ: Perth Amboy, N.J.
Parents' occupations
FV: Barber; homemaker
JBJ: Barber; Playboy Bunny-turned-florist
First job
FV: Barber
JBJ: Recording-studio custodian
Marriages
FV: Three — all ended in divorce
JBJ: One — still married to his high school sweetheart (29th anniversary on April 29)
Height
FV: 5 feet 4
JBJ: 5 feet 9
No. 1 singles
FV: 7
JBJ: 4
Weirdest hit
FV: "Grease," from the movie of the same name, which went to No. 1 in 1978
JBJ: "Who Says You Can't Go Home," a No. 1 country duet with Jennifer Nettles in 2006
Famous friend
FV: Joe Pesci
JBJ: Barack Obama
Notorious band defection
FV: Nick Massi went to jail
JBJ: Richie Sambora went his own way
Grammys
FV: 0
JBJ: 1
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
FV: Inducted in 1990
JBJ: Inducted in 2018
Acting highlight
FV: 7 episodes of "The Sopranos"
JBJ: 10 episodes of "Ally McBeal"
