What was Connie Francis' first album?
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 Francis
The success of "Stupid Cupid" restored momentum to Francis' chart career, and she reached the U.S. top 40 an additional seven times during the remainder of the 1950s. She managed to churn out more hits by covering several older songs, such as "My Happiness" (number 2 on the Hot 100) and "Among My Souvenirs" (number 7), as well as performing her own original songs. In 1959, she gained two gold records for a double-sided hit: on the A-side, "Lipstick on Your Collar" (number 5), and on the B-side, "Frankie" (number 9).
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".
Connie Francis Sings &quot;Never on Sunday&quot;
"Never on Sunday"
I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter
"I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" is one of the few Connie Francis hits remade by the singer in French, that rendering titled "L'Amour Est Un Cadeau Du Ciel" being recorded February 10, 1963. Unlike the English original, both single vocal and harmony vocal versions of the French interpretation were marketed in Canada and France. In June 1963 Francis overdubbed a Japanese vocal on the track of "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" with the resultant track entitled 想い出の冬休み (romanized spelling: Omoide No Fuyuyasumi) (Winter of '42); Francis had overdubbed an Italian vocal on the track of "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" on February 25, 1963 with the resultant track: "Sul monti blu" (The blue mountains) never being released.
Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
Subsequently, Francis recorded "Where the Boys Are" in six other languages on November 9, 1960:The different versions of the track would provide her with a #1 hit in some fifteen countries. The Japanese version "Atashi-no" was even released in the US on MGM Records Single K 13005.
Connie Smith
With country artist Marty Stuart (whom she later married in 1997), acting as the album's main producer, Smith signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1996. Although the label preferred her to record an album of duets, Smith decided to go by her own terms and record a solo studio album. In October 1998 she released her second self-titled studio album. Consisting of ten tracks, nine of them were co-written by both Smith and Stuart. Although the album attracted little attention, it was given high critical praise for its traditional and contemporary style. Kurt Wolff of the book "Country Music: The Rough Guide" commented that the album sounded "far gutsier than anything in the Reba and Garth mainstream". Thom Jurek of "Allmusic" gave the release four out of five stars, calling it "a solid effort", also commenting, "...it stands head and shoulders over most of the stuff that's come out of Nash Vegas in over a decade. Even if it doesn't sell a copy, it's a triumphant return for Smith. She hasn't lost a whit of her gift as a singer or as a writer."
Connie's Country
"Connie's Country" only released one single, her cover version of "Ribbon of Darkness." Released in February 1969, the song became a major hit in the United States, reaching #13 on the "Billboard Magazine" Hot Country Songs chart, while also becoming her first #1 single on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart. The album itself also reached a peak position. "Connie's Country" reached a peak of #14 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart upon its official release in 1969.
Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door
Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
In 1966, Francis recorded German versions of "Over the Rainbow" and "Moon River" for her German concept album "Melodien, die die Welt erobern", overdubbing her German vocals to the original 1962 playbacks.
Connie Francis
On November 27, 2002, she filed a second suit against UMG alleging the label had inflicted severe emotional distress on her and violated her moral rights when, without her permission, it synchronized several of her songs into "sexually themed" movies: the 1994 film "Post Cards from America", the 1996 film "The Craft", and the 1999 film "Jawbreaker". This suit was also dismissed.
Connie's Country
Connie's Country is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in April 1969 by RCA Records and was produced by Bob Ferguson. It was Smith's first album release in 1969 and contained the single, "Ribbon of Darkness," which became a major hit.
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
After the success of her 1959 album "Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites" (which remained on the albums chart for 81 weeks and peaked at No. 4), Francis released more albums which appealed to immigrants in the United States.
Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites
The album was originally released in October 1960 under the catalogue numbers E-3869 (mono pressings) and SE-3869 (stereo) on MGM Records. The album consisted of 12 songs, although 13 playbacks had been produced. But conflicts with Francis' busy schedule of filming, recording for other markets and public appearances had led to the fact that she did not overdub vocals for her rendition of "Eli, Eli".
Connie Francis Sings German Favorites
Unlike the other installments in Francis' series of "Favorites"-albums, "Connie Francis sings German Favorites" does not focus on the traditional songs of a certain country or ethnic group. Beginning in 1960 with the overwhelming success of "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", a German version of her U.S. #1 hit "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", Francis had established herself in Germany as a respected performer of contemporary German music. By the time of the album's release Francis had enjoyed six # 1 hits on the German charts. Hence, "Connie Francis sings German Favorites" is more a typical Greatest Hits Album in the Pop Music genre.
Do the Twist (Connie Francis album)
For her own Twist album, Francis recorded a total of seventeen songs, most of them written by Eddie Curtis who had also written Francis' 1959 recording "You're Gonna Miss Me". Most of his works for this album were new songs, the exception being "Mommy, You're Daughter's Fallin' in Love", which used the tune of Winfield Scott's "Tweedlee Dee". Here, Curtis only provided new lyrics.
Who's Sorry Now? (album)
By 1957, none of Connie Francis' first nine solo singles had charted. Her duet single with Marvin Rainwater, "The Majesty Of Love", b/w "You, my Darlin' You" had only been a minor hit, peaking at # 93 (though it sold over one million copies). As a result of these failures, the managers at MGM Records had decided not to renew her contract after the last scheduled single release.
Connie Francis
Following this success, Francis recorded seven more albums of "favorites" between 1960 and 1964, including Jewish, German, and Irish, among others. These albums marked Francis' transition from the youth-oriented rock 'n' roll music to adult contemporary music, which George Franconero, Sr. had realized to be necessary if his daughter wanted to pursue a successful longterm career in music.
Connie Smith
Because Chet Atkins found himself too busy with other artists, Bob Ferguson acted as Smith's producer on her first sessions and would continue to work as her producer until her departure from RCA. Smith's first session took place on July 16, 1964, where she recorded four songs, three of which were written by Bill Anderson. One of the four songs recorded during the session entitled "Once a Day" was chosen to be Smith's debut single. The song was rush-released as a single on August 1, 1964 and became Smith's breakout single, reaching No. 1 on the "Billboard Magazine" Hot Country Singles chart on November 28 and remained at the number one position for eight weeks.
More Greatest Hits (Connie Francis album)
More Greatest Hits is a compilation album by U.S. entertainer Connie Francis. The album features the songs from Francis' most successful singles on the American market from her 1959 hit "Among my Souvenirs" up to the date of the album's release in May 1961.
Connie Francis
After her modest success with "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?" Francis began performing regularly again. While appearing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, on November 8, 1974, Francis was raped at the Jericho Turnpike Howard Johnson's Lodge in Jericho, New York, and nearly suffocated under the weight of a heavy mattress the culprit had thrown upon her. She subsequently sued the motel chain for failing to provide adequate security and reportedly won a $2.5 million judgment, at the time one of the largest such judgments in history, leading to a reform in hotel security. Her rapist was never found. During the years after the incident, Francis went into depression, taking as many as 50 Darvon pills a day and rarely leaving her home in Essex Fells, New Jersey.
Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas
Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas is a live album recorded by American singer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
In April 1962, Connie Francis was working mostly in Europe, recording several German language songs at Austrophon Studio, located in the basement of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and shooting her on-location scenes for the Motion Picture "Follow the Boys" at the French and Italian Riviera.
O mein Papa
Fisher's recording became a No. 1 hit on the U.S. "Billboard" chart in 1954. Fisher's version also made the UK Top 10; thus, in the UK, Calvert's version was number one while Fisher's made the top 10, but missed the top spot, and in the U.S., the opposite occurred. Calvert's version was the first UK number one hit recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The song returned to Abbey Road when Brian Fahey conducted an instrumental version in 1960, to be used as a backing track for Connie Francis' English-Yiddish recording for her album "Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites". Francis overdubbed her vocals in Hollywood. In June 1966, Francis overdubbed the same playback once more, this time with the original German lyrics for her German concept album "Melodien, die die Welt erobern".
Connie Smith
In addition, the label also gave her the advantage of being able to incorporate more gospel songs into her regular country studio albums. Because of these factors, most of her singles remained out of the top ten, but she did manage to stay in the top 20 most of the decade. That year Smith recorded her first country album for the label entitled "A Lady Named Smith" with producer George Richey. Smith and Richey co-wrote the album's lead single, "You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)", which became a minor hit on the "Billboard" country chart. However Smith was dissatisfied with Richey's production strategies and replaced him with Ray Baker for her next album, "That's the Way Love Goes" (1974). Her next single (released on "That's the Way Love Goes") was written by Dallas Frazier called "Ain't Love a Good Thing", which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Country Singles Chart in 1974.
Lili Marleen
"List of personnel for the original 1945 single."American entertainer Connie Francis recorded "Lili Marlene" on 3 June 1961. She recorded the single's B-side, "Mond von Mexico", on 5 October 1961. Both songs were recorded in Vienna, Austria at the Austrophon Studio. The single was released in 1962, marking her seventh single in German. Francis also recorded the song in Italian and French. Her version of "Lili Marleen" peaked at number 9 on the German music charts.
Connie's Country
"Connie's Country" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, between February 1967 and December 1968. The album consisted of twelve tracks of newly recorded material by Smith. Some of songs on the album were cover versions, including Perry Como's "Seattle", Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again", and Marty Robbins's "Ribbon of Darkness". The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, containing six songs on each side of the record. The album was reviewed by Allmusic, which gave it a rating of four and a half out of five stars, a higher rating than her previous two albums in 1968 ("I Love Charley Brown" and "Sunshine and Rain"). In addition, unlike any of Smith's previous albums, none of the songs were written by Bill Anderson or Dallas Frazier, who had written many of Smith's previous hits.
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You
The "Billboard" Hot 100 dated 31 March 1962 ranked "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" at No.1, making it Francis third and final chart-topper. The Connie Francis recording also went to number one on the easy listening charts.
One for the Boys (Connie Francis album)
One for the Boys is an unreleased studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
If My Pillow Could Talk
"If My Pillow Could Talk" was a hit single for Connie Francis recorded in New York City on March 22 1963 in a session conducted and arranged by Marty Manning best known for his work with Tony Bennett.
Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album)
The album was repackaged with a new cover design and re-released in October 1962. Another repackaging and re-release followed in November 1966; this time the album was also retitled "Connie's Christmas" and received a new catalogue number: E-4399 for mono pressings and SE-4399 for stereo pressings.
Connie's Greatest Hits
Connie's Greatest Hits is a studio album by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features the songs from Francis' most successful singles from her breakthrough hit "Who's Sorry Now?" in early 1958 up to the date of the album's release in November 1959.
My Happiness (1948 song)
Connie Franciswhose favorite song at the age of eight had been the Jon and Sondra Steele version of "My Happiness"remade the song in a November 6, 1958 session at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California, produced by Morton Craft and Jesse Kaye; David Rose conducted the orchestra. The song almost became Francis's first number one hit in the first months of 1959, but was kept at number two by another remake of a standard: the Platters' version of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".
The Exciting Connie Francis
The Exciting Connie Francis is a studio album recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis. It is the second album Francis cut for MGM Records.
Connie Francis Sings &quot;Never on Sunday&quot;
In the wake of this success, Francis returned to Nashville several times to record further singles and albums with Bradley's highly prolific team of musicians and arrangers until her contract with MGM Records ended in 1969. ""Connie Francis sings 'Never on Sunday'"" was the first of these album projects to be released. Another album, ""Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites"", had been recorded two days before on August 8 and 9, 1961 but was released later.
Connie Francis Sings Bacharach &amp; David
Francis had already begun to work on this project in April 1968 under the musical supervision of Teddy Randazzo, a former fellow high school student. Unsatisfied with Randazzo's working methods, Francis had abandoned the project after recording only three songs.
Forget Domani
"Forget Domani" was the second 1965 Connie Francis single to vie on the Hot 100 with a rival version by a male vocalist: on the Hot 100 dated March 6, 1965 "For Mama" had been a chart debut at both number 86 for Francis and at number 88 for Jerry Vale with both versions charting for seven weeks total and peaking in their sixth week at respectively number 48 (Francis) and number 53 (Vale).
Do the Twist (Connie Francis album)
The album's opening track, "Mr. Twister" (not to be confused with the Chubby Checker song of the same name), was released in several territories outside the U. S. as a 45 rpm single. Francis herself recorded the song also in Italian, French, Japanese and Spanish. It is also one of only two songs Francis ever recorded in Swedish.
Connie Francis
In 1992, a medley of remixed versions of her biggest German hits charted in Germany. This single, entitled "Jive, Connie", ended up among the top-ten best-selling singles of the year, which brought Connie Francis the prestigious R.SH-Gold award for the "Best Comeback of the Year" from R.SH (short for "Radio Schleswig-Holstein"), back then one of Germany's most important private radio stations. A subsequent compilation album of her biggest German hits in their original versions was also released successfully. In the wake of this, Francis recorded two duets for the German Herzklang label (a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) with Peter Kraus, with whom she had already worked several times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A German-language solo album was supposed to follow on Herzklang, but despite all songs being recorded and mixed, the album remains unreleased to this day.
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
In July 1960, Francis was in Hollywood for the interior shots of her first motion picture "Where the Boys Are" which made it impossible for her to record the album during live sessions at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London as she had done with "Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites". Hence, the playbacks to these songs were pre-recorded in London under the supervision of Francis' British producer Norman Newell and were conducted by Geoff Love. The tapes containing these playbacks were shipped to Hollywood where Francis overdubbed her vocals.
Connie Francis
Veteran lyricist Ralph Maria Siegel penned a set of German lyrics, named ""Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel"", which, after some friction between Francis and her MGM executives, was recorded and released. The song peaked at number 1 in Germany for two weeks, as it did in many other countries, and Francis had six more number 1 hits on the German charts.
Connie Francis
Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, December 12, 1937) is an American pop singer and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw. Despite several severe interruptions in her career, she is still active as a recording and performing artist.
Do the Twist (Connie Francis album)
The album was originally released in January 1962 shortly after the last recording session under the title "Do The Twist!". It was released in both mono and stereo, both editions containing the song "Does ol' Broadway ever sleep" in versions with differently mixed street noises at the intro. It was shipped to record stores in a simple black cover with the title written on it in large neon green colored letters, very similar to Ray Charles' "Do The Twist!" album from 1961. The UK version of the album sported the letters in neon red.
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
"Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites" was recorded following a suggestion from Francis' father, George Franconero, Sr., who played an active part in directing Francis' career. He had realized that Francis would have to make a timely transition from the youth-oriented Rock 'n' Roll music to adult contemporary music if she wanted to pursue a successful long-term career in music.
My Thanks to You
My Thanks To You is a studio album recorded by US Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs which had been popular on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and the 1940s. It was recorded March 4–6, 1959 at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
List of songs recorded by Kylie Minogue
Returning to more dance-oriented music, Minogue signed to Parlophone in 1999 and released "Light Years" the following year. "Fever" (2001) contained disco elements, while "Body Language" (2003) references to songs from the 1980s and explores genres like R&B and hip hop. She worked with Stuart Price, Greg Kurstin and Calvin Harris during her tenth and eleventh album, "X" (2007) and "Aphrodite" (2010), which mostly continued her dance-pop style of music. "Kiss Me Once" (2014), released under her short-lived contract with Roc Nation, featured production and songwriting from Sia and Pharrell Williams. Her first Christmas release, "Kylie Christmas" (2016) contains sixteen holiday-themed tracks, was released in 2015. She co-wrote every song on "Golden" (2018), which was heavily influenced by country and dance music.
Connie Francis
The success of "Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites" in late 1959/early 1960 led Francis to become one of the first American artists to record in other languages regularly. She was to be followed by other major British and American recording stars including Wanda Jackson, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Brenda Lee, the Supremes, Peggy March, Pat Boone, Lesley Gore, the Beatles and Johnny Cash, among many others. In her autobiography, Francis mentioned that in the early years of her career, the language barrier in certain European countries made it difficult for her songs to get airplay, especially in Germany.
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
The album was recorded between August 22 and 27, 1959, at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London under the musical direction of Tony Osborne and was released in November 1959. Soon afterwards it entered the album charts where it remained for 81 weeks, peaking at # 4. It remains to this day as Francis' most successful album release.
Connie Francis
Finally, even when MGM Records decided to sign a contract with her, it was basically because one track she had recorded, "Freddy", happened to be the name of the son of a company co-executive, Harry A. Myerson, who thought of this song as a nice birthday gift. Hence, "Freddy" was released as Francis' first single, which turned out to be a commercial failure, just as her following eight solo singles were.
Connie Francis
In 1981, further tragedy struck Francis when her brother, George Franconero, Jr., with whom she was very close, was murdered by Mafia hitmen. Despite this, she took up live performing again, even gracing the "American Bandstand" 30th Anniversary Special Episode and appearing in the town where she had been raped. Francis' newfound success was short-lived, though, as she was diagnosed with manic depression, which brought her career to a stop for a further four years, during which she was committed to a total of 17 hospitals. Francis admitted that she nearly committed suicide because she found the hospitals to be extremely depressing.
Connie Francis discography
This article documents the discography of American pop artist Connie Francis.
Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today
Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features signature songs from the soundtracks of then current and/or recent Broadway musicals.
Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album)
Christmas in My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by Connie Francis. The album features popular songs of the season on the A-side and the sacred music of Christmas on the B-side. It was re-released as Connie's Christmas in 1966.
Connie &amp; Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s
Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis
In 1989, Connie Francis resumed her recording and performing career again. For Malaco Records, Francis recorded a double album entitled "Where the Hits Are", containing re-recordings of 18 of her biggest hits, as well as six classics of yesteryear Francis had always wanted to record songs such as "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" or "Torn Between Two Lovers".
Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
After , Francis recorded a new album entitled "Who's Happy Now?" in 1978. A revamped Disco version of "Where the Boys Are" was chosen as the leading track of the album and issued as a single. Although the English recording wasn't able to crack the charts anywhere, Francis also recorded Spanish, Italian and Japanese Disco versions of the song.
Francis Dunnery
By this time, Frank was based in Pennsylvania, studying for a psychology degree at Goddard University, and doing session and production work to developing Aquarian Nation as a company. In newsletters, he promised that his next three projects would be a solo album, Dorie Jackson's debut album and new recordings with the reunited It Bites. In 2005, Dunnery released the first of these, a solo double album called "The Gulley Flats Boys", a more sedate and acoustic album than its predecessor, featuring next to no drum or percussion parts and sparse use of electric guitar. It was recorded by Dunnery with piano/keyboard player David Sancious and Dorie Jackson on backing vocals. Dunnery acknowledged the album was the product of a mid-life crisis, but embraced the fact.
Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
Francis recorded the record version of "Where the Boys Are" on 18 October 1960 in a New York City recording session with Stan Applebaum arranging and conducting. The same session also came up with Francis' hits "Many Tears Ago" and "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" as well as the songs "On the Outside Looking In", "Happy New Year Baby", and "Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will", which all would remain unreleased until the 1980s.
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites is a studio album of Spanish and Latin American songs recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
Forget Domani
"Forget Domani" was a number-one hit in South Africa for Connie Francis.
Danny Davis (country musician)
While at MGM Davis was assigned to produce one of the label's most successful artists, Connie Francis. This collaboration lead to several number 1 hits for Francis. In the early 1960s Davis began taking Francis to Nashville where he recorded pop versions of country songs with her. It was during this time that his idea to record country songs with brass instruments was born. Also during his time at MGM Davis was responsible for bringing Herman's Hermits (featuring Peter Noone) to the label.
Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children
Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children is a studio album of children's songs recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis. It is one of the few U. S. albums by Connie Francis to be released exclusively in mono. All songs were co-written by George Goehring who had provided Francis earlier that year with one of her biggest hits, "Lipstick On Your Collar".
Connie (Burmese singer)
Connie got her start as a background vocalist for the New Wave band. In the mid-1980s, she was signed by successful cover songwriter Thukhamein Hlaing for three albums. She released her first album, "Tarzan," in 1986, and achieved success with her follow-up album "Ninja".
Rough Francis
Rough Francis's first show was in Winooski, Vermont in 2008. Having enlisted two friends to fill out the band, they played seven of Death's songs for an enthusiastic crowd that included their own father and mother. The following year, Death's original 1975 recordings of these songs were released as "...For the Whole World to See" by Drag City, and Rough Francis supported the release by touring and continuing to play the songs live along with some original material. When an article in the "New York Times" moved Death from obscurity into the limelight, Bobby Sr. and Dannis Hackney reformed Death with Lambsbread guitarist Bobbie Duncan, and Rough Francis moved on to write, perform, and record more original music. They released a 4-song EP in March 2010, followed by their debut album, "Maximum Soul Power" in March 2013. The final track on the album, "Comm to Space," features recordings of their late uncle, David Hackney, making prank phone calls in the early 1970s using homemade analog delay effects.
Do the Twist (Connie Francis album)
Do the Twist! is a studio album recorded in late 1961/early 1962 by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. It was released in early 1962 on MGM Records. Later that same year it was repackackaged and re-released under a new title, "Dance Party".
Love, Italian Style
Love, Italian Style is a studio album recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis
In the wake of ""Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel"", Francis enjoyed her greatest successes outside the United States. During the 1960s, her songs not only topped the charts in numerous countries around the world, but also she was also voted the number 1 singer in over 10 countries. In 1960, she was named the most popular artist in Europe, the first time a non-European received this honor. From mid-1961 to mid-1963, Radio Luxembourg closed each day's broadcasts with "It's Time to Say Goodnight", a song Francis had recorded especially for this purpose and which was never officially released until 1996.
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.
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
The album was originally released in October 1960 under the catalogue numbers E-3853 (mono) and SE-3853 (stereo) on MGM Records. The album consisted of 13 songs, although 15 playbacks had been produced. First pressings of the album contain the complete intended listing of all 15 tracks on the cover, though actually the songs "Amor" and "Aquellos ojos verdes" were not released in the U. S. and at that time were only available on singles and EPs in Spain and South America.
Greatest American Waltzes
Greatest American Waltzes is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
Connie Francis recorded "Where the Boys Are" as the theme song for the motion picture "Where the Boys Are" a 1961 MGM release filmed in 1960 in which Francis made her movie acting debut as one of four coeds on spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
Connie Francis
In her autobiography "Who's Sorry Now?", published in 1984, Francis recalls that she was encouraged by her father to appear regularly at talent contests, pageants, and other neighborhood festivities from the age of four as a singer and accordion player.
Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites
After the success of her 1959 album "Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites" (which remained on the album charts for 81 weeks and peaked at number four), Francis decided to release more albums which appealed to immigrants in the United States.
Who's Sorry Now?
"Who's Sorry Now?" was recorded in 1957 by Connie Francis, and since then the song has become closely identified with her due to the immense popularity of her version which was her breakout hit. Since 1955, Francis had recorded 20 sides for MGM Records and only one ("The Majesty of Love") charted at all. Due to her near-complete failure as a recording artist, MGM informed her that her contract would end after one more disc. With her music career on the line, Francis's father suggested she record "Who's Sorry Now", an old song written back in 1923 by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. He was convinced that it would have crossover appeal with both older listeners and teenagers if the song were given a modernized sound. Francis strongly objected to the idea on the grounds that selling the youth audience on an almost 35-year-old song was "ridiculous", but she finally agreed to it as a favor to her father.
Connie Smith albums discography
In the early 70s, Smith released a series of albums including "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" (1970), "Just One Time" (1971), "Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time" (1972), and "If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs". In addition, Smith released her third Gospel album in 1971 entitled "Come Along and Walk with Me". After signing with Columbia Records in 1973, Smith issued her first label release that May entitled "A Lady Named Smith", which peaked at #31 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart. In 1974 she released the albums "That's the Way Love Goes" and "I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)", the latter of which went to #22 on the "Billboard" country albums chart. Before departing Columbia in 1977, Smith released three more studio releases including 1975's "Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel" and 1976's "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore". In 1977 Smith moved to Monument Records where she recorded two albums. Taking a twenty-year break to raise her five children, Smith returned in 1998 with a self-titled album on Warner Bros. Records. In 2003 she collaborated with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White on the Gospel album "Love Never Fails". In August 2011, Smith released her thirty fourth studio album on the Sugar Hill label entitled "Long Line of Heartaches".
Connie Francis
In 1996, "With Love To Buddy", a tribute album of songs made famous by the late Buddy Holly, was released. Although this album continues to be re-released under various names on countless low-budget labels, "With Love To Buddy" remains Francis' last original release as of October 2011. At infrequent intervals, though, Francis releases compact disc albums and EPs in limited quantities on her own label, Concetta Records, containing previously unreleased material from her private archives.
Connie Smith
In August 2003, she released a collaborative gospel album with country artists Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White called "Love Never Fails" on Daywind Records. In an interview with "Country Stars Central", Smith said that she was ill with the stomach flu while recording the album, but, still enjoyed making the record, Produced by country and bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs (White's husband), the album received a nomination from the Dove Awards. The website Slipcue.com reviewed the release and commented that "Love Never Fails", "is probably too rowdy for most Southern Gospel fans (who really like tinkly pianos and less-twangy vocals), and while it probably won't wow many country listeners, for folks who are fans any of these three singers, this is kind of a treat.
The Story of My Life (Marty Robbins song)
Connie Francis had recorded the song in 1968 for possible inclusion in her album "Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David" but it was omitted. The track was later released in 1979 on the album "Connie Francis – Sings Bacharach, Kaempfert, Last & Mancini".
Fallin' (Connie Francis song)
"Fallin'" can be heard in the 1996 film "The Craft" in which the Helen Shaver character uses the insurance windfall she receives after her abusive husband is dispatched by her daughter's witchcraft to purchase a jukebox stocked with Connie Francis singles. In 1999 Francis sued Universal Music Group – who by then held the MGM catalog – over "Fallin'"'s appearance in "The Craft" as well as the appearance of her songs in two other films ("Postcards From America" and "Jawbreaker"). The suit was dismissed.
Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites
In July 1960, Francis was in Hollywood for the interior shots of her first motion picture "Where The Boys Are" which made it impossible for her to record the album during live sessions at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London as she had done with "Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites". Hence, the playbacks to these songs were pre-recorded in London under the supervision of Francis' British producer Norman Newell and were conducted by Brian Fahey. The tapes containing these playbacks were shipped to Hollywood where Francis overdubbed her vocals.
Do the Twist (Connie Francis album)
"Gonna Git That Man" was released in April 1962 as the flipside to Francis' single "Second Hand Love" (MGM Records K 13074, # 9) and later on the compilation Album "Connie Francis sings "Second Hand Love"" (MGM Records E-/SE-4049)
Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
The album remained in the vaults until March 1963. When Francis decided to record the winning song from the 1963 Academy Award ceremony, "Days of Wine and Roses," plans were made to include this recording to the set of songs from the 1962 sessions. Yet, Francis still was not satisfied with the whole album and asked orchestra leader Don Costa - who had arranged and conducted her # 1 hit "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" in November 1961 and was also in charge of Francis' recording of "Days of Wine and Roses" - to create and record new playbacks for the 1962 recordings while keeping Francis' original vocals.
Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites
"Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites" was the sixth installment in this series of "Favorites", which would produce two more albums featuring German Favorites and Great Country Favorites, both in 1964, the latter being a duet album with Hank Williams, jr..
Vacation (Connie Francis song)
"Vacation" was written by Francis, Gary Weston, and Hank Hunter. Hank Hunter had written the previous Connie Francis single "Second Hand Love" and Francis would subsequently chart with the Hunter compositions "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" (1962) and "Drownin' My Sorrows" (1963). "Vacation" became Francis' only hit on which she had writing credits. Francis has stated: "when ["Vacation"] was brought to me, they only had 'V-a-c-a-t-i-o-n in the summer sun.' That's all they wrote. I wrote the rest of the words and didn't even take credit for it." (In reality, Francis has always received songwriting credit on the track.)
Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites
Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites is a studio album of Folk Song recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
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.
Connie Francis
In 1977, Francis underwent nasal surgery and completely lost her voice. She went through several more operations and even when she got her voice back, she was forced to take vocal lessons. Although she had taken vocal lessons previously, this was the first time she had been asked to do so.
Connie Francis
Francis' enduring popularity overseas led to her having television specials in numerous countries around the world, such as Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy. Even at the height of the Cold War, Francis' music was well received in Iron Curtain countries, and some of her recordings were made available on state-owned record labels such as Melodiya in the former Soviet Union and on Jugoton in former Yugoslavia, although it was common knowledge that rock 'n' roll was highly looked down upon in Eastern bloc countries.
Forget Domani
Both Connie Francis and Frank Sinatra also recorded "Forget Domani" with its Italian lyrics with the Sinatra track being promoted as the singer's first Italian language recording. Francis' version charted at number 49 in Italy, the original version by Katyna Ranieri being more successful there at number 24. Francis also recorded "Forget Domani" in Japanese to serve as B-side for her English-language single of "Forget Domani" as released in Japan where that single charted as high as number 13. On May 9, 1967 Francis recorded the Spanish rendering of "Forget Domani": "Olvidemos el Mañana", which appeared on her Spanish-language album "Grandes Exitos del Cine de los Años 60".
Connie Smith
Meanwhile, both of Smith's albums under the label stiffed upon release. Her debut 1977 Monument album, "Pure Connie Smith", only spawned one single, entitled "Coming Around", which peaked outside the Top 40. Only one single released on the label became a significant hit, a cover of Andy Gibb's 1977 pop hit "I Just Want to Be Your Everything", which peaked at No. 14 on the country singles chart in 1978. Her next five singles on the label continued to descend into progressively lower positions on the country singles chart and because of poor record sales, Smith decided to go into semi-retirement in 1979 to raise her five children.
Smith was encouraged to restart her mainstream career in 1985 with a new recording contract to Epic Records. The label released two singles over the course of two years. The first single, "A Far Cry from You" (1985), was written by Alternative country artist Steve Earle and reached No. 71 on the Hot Country Singles chart.
Connie Francis
During the rehearsals for her appearance on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts", Francis was advised by Godfrey to change her stage name to Connie Francis for the sake of easier pronunciation. Godfrey also told her to drop the accordion – advice she gladly followed, as she had begun to hate the large and heavy instrument. Around the same time, Francis took a job as a singer on demonstration records, which were brought to the attention of established singers and/or their management who would subsequently choose or decline to record the song for a professional commercial record.
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You
Benny Davis and Murray Mencher (1898-1991) became associated with Connie Francis by suggestion of Francis' father, George Franconero. The idea was to combine the skills of Tin Pan Alley veterans Davis and Mencher with the current sound of the day. Francis signed Mencher and Davis as regular composers to her own music publishing company, Francon Music Incorporated. Over the following years, Davis and Mencher wrote further hits for Francis, such as the country ballad "The biggest sin of all" and the theme song for Francis' third movie, "Follow The Boys", which she also recorded in French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and German. Neither of the songs left a bigger impact on "Billboard"'s Pop Charts, but became notable successes on the Adult Contemporary Charts.
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.
Fallin' (Connie Francis song)
Fallin' is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield that was recorded by Connie Francis on 2 September 1958 at Metropolitan Studio (NYC) in a session produced by Morton "Morty" Kraft who also conducted. The same team had been responsible for Francis' precedent single "Stupid Cupid" which had returned Francis to the Top 20 after the disappointing #36 peak of "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" the followup to her breakout hit "Who's Sorry Now?".
Connie Francis
Francis returned to the recording studio in 1981 to cut ""Comme ci, comme ça"", and "I'm Me Again". The latter became the title track of a subsequent album which featured the aforementioned new songs, as well as previously unreleased material from the 1950s and 1960s. "I'm Me Again" became Francis' last single to chart on the AC charts. Both the single and the album were Francis' last original releases on MGM Records; Polydor bought the label in 1976 and discontinued it in 1982.
Winston Francis
Born in Kingston in 1948, Francis served an apprentice as a printer before relocating to Miami at the age of 16. He attended music school, and his teacher Chuck Bird arranged for him to perform with the Jackie Gleason Orchestra in front of Spiro Agnew in 1965. He then joined Carlos Malcolm's Afro Jamaicans band, with whom he toured the USA and the Caribbean. He was also a member of The Sheridans (with Pat Kelly) In the late 1960s he recorded as a solo artist for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label, with his debut album "Mr. Fix-It" released in 1969. This was followed by a second album, "California Dreaming" in 1971, with the title track released as a single and chosen as 'Hit Pick of the Week' for two weeks running by Tony Blackburn on his BBC Radio 1 show. The single's B-side, "Too Experienced", featured backing vocals from Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. He relocated to the UK that year. He toured the UK club circuit and recorded for EMI in the 1970s.
Forget Domani
Both Connie Francis' and Frank Sinatra's "Forget Domani" singles debuted on the Hot 100 in "Billboard" dated June 26, 1965, at respectively number 95 (Francis) and number 100 (Sinatra), and over the next six weeks both singles made slight roughly equal chart ascents to peak on the Hot 100 dated July 31, 1965, at respectively number 78 (Sinatra) and number 79 (Francis): both singles charted for one subsequent week for a total Hot 100 run of seven weeks. "Billboard"'s Easy Listening chart afforded the Connie Francis and Frank Sinatra "Forget Domani" singles respective peaks of number 16 and number 13.
In the Summer of His Years (album)
In the Summer of His Years is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
Together (1928 song)
"Together" became a Top Ten hit in the summer of 1961 via a recording by Connie Francis cut in New York City on 3 June 1961 with Cliff Parman acting as arranger and conductor. After focusing on new material for her recent singles releases, Francis with "Together" reverted to the mode of remaking traditional pop songs which had provided her with her biggest hits in the 1950s. "Together" reached #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and was the first single release by Francis which could avail itself of the July 1961 inauguration of "Billboard"'s Easy Listening chart where "Together" peaked at #1. Francis' "Together" also reached #2 in Australia, #6 in the UK, #7 in Ireland and #6 in New Zealand and was a #1 hit in India.
Connie Stevens
In a televised interview on August 26, 2003, on CNN's "Larry King Live", Stevens recounted that while on the set of "Hawaiian Eye" she was told she had a telephone call from Elvis Presley. "She didn't believe it, but in fact it was Elvis, who invited her to a party and said that he would come to her house and pick her up personally"; they subsequently dated.
Stevens' first album was titled "Concetta" (1958). She had minor single hits with the standards "Blame It On My Youth" (music by Oscar Levant and lyrics by Edward Heyman), "Looking For A Boy" (music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin), and "Spring Is Here" (music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart).
Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits
Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits is a studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.