John Lloyd Young, best known as Jersey Boys' original Frankie Valli, will debut his single, Love Believes, on iTunes on Valentine's Day, February 14. iTunes users can now hear a preview of the track by searching for John Lloyd Young.
BroadwayWorld.com has learned that "'Love Believes' is the story of a troubled rock star who feels empty inside even at the height of his fame. But his fans love him and one of them is finally successful at breaking down his barriers and showing him true love." No information has been released about the writer(s) of the song, but with regards to future tunes, Lloyd Young's manager says "We've already got a couple great songs lined up."
Record producer Ted Perlman had this to say about working with John Lloyd Young. "I produced this recording with John and couldn't be prouder of the end result. John is an AMAZINGLY talented singer and performer. The Theatre World has already bestowed on him a well-deserved Tony Award for his performance as Frankie Valli in the hit Broadway show "Jersey Boys".... There's nothing this kid can't do. He's great to work with in the studio - and can go out on stage and actually SING LIVE!!!! His future is golden - I'm proud and thrilled to be a part of his soon-to-be-mega-star career."
Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young created the role of "Frankie Valli" in the Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.For his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys, Young won the Lead Actor Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, and he can be heard as lead singer Valli on the Grammy Award-winning Original Cast Recording. Before Jersey Boys, Young was a New York theatre actor in plays including the New York-area premiere of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY, with Frasier's John Mahoney; and he was named one of 2004's Best Featured Actors in a Play by the NJ Star-Ledger for "Danny Saunders" in Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's dramatic adaptation of THE CHOSEN, opposite Theodore Bikel, directed by David Ellenstein. New York Theatre: "Charlie" in Julia Jordan's THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS for director Joe Calarco (Lucille Lortel Theatre), "Moritz" in the Douglas Langworthy translation of Wedekind's SPRING AWAKENING; and nail-biting number theorist "Claudio" in Rinne Groff's THE FIVE HYSTERICAL GIRLS THEOREM, for Obie-winning Target Margin Theatre. He was seen last summer as Marius in Les Miserables at the The Hollywood Bowl directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. He recently starred starred in the indie film Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!, and took part in the American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center. He additionally made a an appearance on GLEE in the series first installment last fall.
