Lee Shapiro

Lee Shapiro is an American musician/arranger who was a member of the band The Four Seasons and the founder of The Hit Men, a brand of supergroups featuring session and touring musicians from other bands.

Early life Shapiro was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1953 and was raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey.

The Four Seasons In interviews, Shapiro has stated an early favorite band of his was The Beatles, but that he soon became a bigger fan of The Four Seasons when he noticed it had a dedicated keyboard player, Bob Gaudio, which the Beatles did not at the time. As a member of the band for seven years, he played on records such as their 1975 worldwide hit, "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)".

In 2023, he launched a second band under The Hit Men brand, The Hit Men of Country, which features country musicians.

Personal life Shapiro was married in 1977 to Georgia and they have one daughter, Ariel. As of 2024, Shapiro is no longer a performing member of the group but remains its manager. Awards and accolades In 2019, the band The Hit Men was awarded its first Road Warrior award by the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.