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.
Connie Smith albums discography
The albums discography of Connie Smith, an American country artist, consists of thirty four studio albums, one live album, thirteen compilation albums, two box sets, and fifteen other appearances. After the success of her 1964 single "Once a Day", Smith's self-titled debut album was released in March 1965 on RCA Victor Records. The album reached number one on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums, spending thirty weeks on the chart, while also becoming her only album to reach the "Billboard" 200 list (#105). Smith's next two secular albums, "Cute 'n' Country" and "Miss Smith Goes to Nashville" went to number one and number two respectively between 1965 and 1966. In September 1966 Smith released her fifth studio album, "Born to Sing", which was her third album to reach the top spot on the "Billboard" country albums chart. Due to Smith's popularity, RCA Victor issued five albums between 1967 and 1968 including "Downtown Country" (1967), "Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson" (1967), and "I Love Charley Brown" (1968). In 1969, Smith collaborated with country artist Nat Stuckey on the album "Young Love".