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.
Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
The same year, Stéphanie moved to Los Angeles to record a new album. However, it took her five years to release it. The album "Stéphanie", released in 1991, met with disappointing sales and negative reviews, despite the promotional tour that included a performance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Stéphanie then ended her music career after recording "In the Closet" with Michael Jackson for his album "Dangerous". The song became a worldwide hit and reached the top 10 in the United States but Stéphanie was credited on the single under the alias "Mystery Girl" and her involvement in the song was not revealed until a few years later. She made a brief return to singing in 2006, when she recorded "L'Or de nos vies", a charity single, along with her foundation Fight AIDS.