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.
Who's Sorry Now?
The song was a major hit in 1958 for American singer Connie Francis, who took her cover of the song to number 4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart. It spent 22 weeks on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, her single of greatest longevity, and became her first of eight gold records.