Walk Like A Man Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Daudio Walk Like a Man was their 3rd consecutive #1 hit, reaching the billboard Hot 100 in March of 1963. During the sessions that produced the hit recording, the fire department received an emergency call from the Abbey Victoria Hotel (the building that housed the Stea-Phillips Recording Studios). As producer Bob Crewe was insisting upon recording the perfect take, smoke and water started to seep into the studio as the group repeated their efforts upon Crewe's insistence: the room directly above the studio was on fire, yet Crewe blocked the studio door and continued recording until a few firemen used their axes on it and pulled Crewe out.