Connie Francis

Genres:	Easy Listening, Holiday & Seasonal, Pop / Rock, Vocals
Descriptive "tags":	oldies, female vocalists, 50s, 60s, pop
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Search for Artist on:	OLDIES.com, Wikipedia, Flikr (photos), YouTube (videos)
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Biography

Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, 12 December 1938, Newark, New Jersey, USA. A popular singer of tearful ballads and jaunty up-tempo numbers, Francis was one of the most successful female artists of the 50s and 60s. She began playing the accordion at the age of four, and was singing and playing professionally when she was 11. After winning an Arthur Godfrey Talent Show, she changed her name, at Godfrey’s suggestion. Signed for MGM Records in 1955, her first record was a German import, ‘Freddy’, which was also recorded by Eartha Kitt and Stan Kenton. ‘Majesty Of Love’, her 10th release, a duet with Marvin Rainwater, was her first US chart entry. In 1957 she was persuaded by her father, against her will, to record one of his favourites, the 1923 song ‘Who’s Sorry Now’, by Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar and Ted Snyder. It went to number 4 in the US charts and number 1 in the UK, and was the first of a string of hits through to 1962....

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