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Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero; December 12, 1937) [2] is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
This is the discography of American pop singer Connie Francis.Throughout her career, she has sold 100 million records worldwide. [1] In 1959, she was recognized as the then best-selling female recording artist in Germany and was once hailed as the worlds best-selling female vocalist in history at that time. [2]
The result was the most successful double-sided hit of Francis' career, as "Lipstick on Your Collar" – the first uptempo Connie Francis single to reach the US Top Ten – peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1959, while "Frankie" peaked at No. 9. [7] "Lipstick on Your Collar" sold over one million copies in the US. [8]
Connie's Greatest Hits. Connie's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Connie Francis, released in 1959. The album features the songs from Francis' most successful singles from her breakthrough hit Who's Sorry Now? in early 1958 up to the date of the album's release in November 1959. The album was repackaged with a new cover ...
My Thanks to You (1959) Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites (1959) My Thanks to You is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs which had been popular on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and the 1940s. It was recorded March 4–6, 1959, at EMI 's famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
Connie Francis – whose favorite song at the age of eight had been the Jon and Sondra Steele version of "My Happiness" – remade the song in a November 6, 1958 session at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California, [5] produced by Morton Craft and Jesse Kaye; David Rose conducted the orchestra.
The ballad, recorded by Francis in two-part harmony with a spoken bridge, is a plea from a heartbroken lover who is trying to understand why her lover is going out of his way to treat her unkindly. The song ends with her begging him not to break her heart. The Billboard Hot 100 dated 31 March 1962 ranked "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You ...
Released: August 1960. More Greatest Hits is a compilation album by United States entertainer Connie Francis. The album features the songs from Francis' most successful singles on the American market from her 1959 hit "Among My Souvenirs" up to the date of the album's release in May 1961. The album is notable for its change in track listing ...