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Connie Francis
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Connie Francis
Homepage
https://www.conniefrancis.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-12-12,Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (/ˌfræŋkoʊˈnɪəroʊ/ FRANG-koh-NEER-oh; December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025), known professionally as Connie Francis, was an American singer and actress. One of the top-charting female vocalists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, she amassed over 100 million records sold, placing her among the best-selling music artists in history. After a string of unsuccessful releases, Francis rose to fame in 1958 with her cover of the 1923 song "Who's Sorry Now?", which was followed by various other top-10 hits. She became the first woman to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart when "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" topped the chart in 1960. She was also the first woman to achieve three No. 1 hits on the chart, among her 53 career entries. Before the advent of the British Invasion, Francis was the most popular female vocalist in the United States between 1958 and 1964. Francis recorded music in multiple languages, including English, Italian, French, German, Greek, Yiddish, and Japanese, making her a best-selling artist in international markets as well as in American immigrant communities. Between 1974 and 1988, a series of traumatic personal experiences, including a rape attack at knifepoint, led Francis to suffer years of psychological and physical difficulties that sidelined her career. She resumed performing from 1989 until her retirement in 2018. She regained prominence in 2025, shortly before her death, when her 1962 recording "Pretty Little Baby" went viral on social media platforms. Description above from the Wikipedia article Connie Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Where the Boys Are

6

Where the Boys Are
1960-12-28

Follow the Boys

4.625

Follow the Boys
1963-02-27

5.429

Jamboree!
1957-12-07

When the Boys Meet the Girls

4.75

When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965-10-10

Hava Nagila: The Movie

7

Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012-07-19

Looking for Love

5.75

Looking for Love
1964-08-05

Neil Sedaka: King of Song

0

Neil Sedaka: King of Song
2014-02-14

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

American Bandstand

8.222

American Bandstand
1957-08-05

This Is Your Life

6.5

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

0

The Big Beat
1957-07-12

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Dick Clark Show

6.667

The Dick Clark Show
1958-02-15

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

7

Flitterabend
1988-12-01

10

Starparade
1968-03-14

5

Legends
2006-11-17

The Bell Telephone Hour

8

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-01-12

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

0

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
1994-06-02

Soeben eingetroffen

0

Soeben eingetroffen
1965-01-23

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

Wieder zurück: Siegfried Arno - Eine Musik-Show aus Studio 3

0

Wieder zurück: Siegfried Arno - Eine Musik-Show aus Studio 3
1962-01-02