What is Connie Francis?
{{BLP unsourced|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Connie Francis | image = Connie Francis 1961.JPG | caption = Francis in 1961 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mybestyears.com/InterviewSpotlights/FRANCISConnie120808.html|title=Connie Francis ... America's Sweetheart of Song|work=MyBestyears.com|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=September 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917185203/http://www.mybestyears.com/InterviewSpotlights/FRANCISConnie120808.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|12|12}} | birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S. | genre = {{Flatlist| * [[Traditional pop music|Traditional pop]] * [[rock and roll]] * [[country pop]] * [[vocal jazz]] }} | instrument = [[Accordion]], [[vocals]] | occupation = Singer, Actress | years_active = 1943–present | associated_acts = [[Bobby Darin]], [[Brenda Lee]], [[Patti Page]], [[Neil Sedaka]], [[Lesley Gore]], [[Carole King]], [[Ricky Nelson]] | label = [[MGM Records|MGM]], [[Polydor]], GSF Records, Ivanhoe Records, [[United Artists Records|United Artists]], [[Malaco Records|Malaco]], Herzklang, [[Legacy Recordings]], Carlton Music, Concetta Records | website = [http://www.conniefrancis.com Official site] }}'''Connie Francis''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]]. She is well known for her [[trademark]] [[cry|sobbing]] [[style]]s. She was popular during the 1950s and 1960s and was at the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] musical charts many times. ==Personal life== Connie Francis was born on December 12<sup>th</sup> 1937 to Ida and George Franconero. For the first few years of her life she lived in a Brooklyn neighbourhood on Utica Avenue/St. Marks Avenue until her family packed up and moved to New Jersey. She spent her teens years in an Italian/Jewish Neigh