Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (/ ˌfræŋkoʊˈnɪəroʊ / FRANG-koh-NEER-oh; [3] born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. [4]

2014年4月2日 · Connie Francis was a pop music star in the 1950s and '60s and starred in a number of films aimed at the teen market. (1938-) Who Was Connie Francis? Connie Francis won television's Startime...

2025年1月14日 · Francis was involuntarily committed to mental institutions 17 times from 1982 to 1991 after she says she was misdiagnosed with manic-depressive disorder. She was raped in 1974. Her brother was murdered seven years later — reportedly gunned down by the mob in front of his New Jersey home.

2024年12月11日 · Connie Francis, American singer whose recordings in the 1950s and ’60s encompassed country, rock and roll, and traditional pop. She was known for her pursuit of non-Anglophone audiences, which made her an international star, and for her tortured personal life.

2018年1月26日 · Connie Francis isn’t sorry now about sharing her story. The beloved singer, who is recognized as the top-selling female vocalist of the ‘60s, has enjoyed a lasting career, but her success...

Connie Francis. Actress: When the Boys Meet the Girls. Singer, composer, actress, entertainer and publisher Connie Francis was educated at Arts High School and was a music student of her father. At age 11 she appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (1948) as …

Connie Francis is an American pop singer who ruled the charts in late 1950s and early 1960s. Her music talent was spotted early in her life and by the age of three she began attending music school for vocal and accordion training and started performing in public by the age of four.

Connie Francis. Actress: When the Boys Meet the Girls. Singer, composer, actress, entertainer and publisher Connie Francis was educated at Arts High School and was a music student of her father. At age 11 she appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (1948) as …

2023年3月23日 · When Connie Francis was 19, she and Bobby Darin fell in love but her father thwarted the romance, going so far as to carrying a gun backstage when the two were on The Jackie Gleason Show. It broke her heart. In 1957, the first 18 songs she recorded were flops.

2017年3月30日 · Her breezy pop hits and beach party movies made Connie Francis one of the biggest stars of the ’50s and early ’60s, but her life has been far from sunny.