The Exciting Connie Francis
After her breakthrough in early 1958 with her single "Who's Sorry Now?", a rock 'n' roll oriented version of the 1923 standard, and a subsequent album of the same title, Francis chose to take a more adult approach to her second album. For "The Exciting Connie Francis", she chose twelve American standards. Francis clearly marked the album as a concept album by dividing it into two sections with different moods: Side A is filled with songs differing between mid-tempo and up-tempo, while Side B consists solely of ballads.
Torn Between Two Lovers
"Torn Between Two Lovers" has also been recorded by Johnny Rodriguez for his 1977 album "Practice Makes Perfect", Anna-Lena Löfgren for her 1979 album " Lev Som Du Lär" and Anita Meyer for her 1984 album "Face to Face". Connie Francis recorded "Torn Between Two Lovers" for her 1989 album release "Where the Hits Are" which was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and contained a number of songs whose original versions were Muscle Shoals recordings. Faye Wong recorded a Cantonese version of "Torn Between Two Lovers" ("中間人") for her debut album "Shirley Wong" in 1989. Joey Sontz recorded his version of the song for his debut album "Chasing the Dream" in 2012.