On December 12, 1938 Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Starting out as an accordion player, she soon switched
to singing under the name of Connie Francis before reaching her
20th birthday and had her first million selling single
with the old standard “Who’s Sorry Now” after debuting it
on American Bandstand.

It would the start of an international career that saw her
rise to being one of the most popular vocalists in the world as she
recorded many of her hits in nine different languages, including English,
Italian, French, Spanish, German, and even Japanese.

In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Connie Francis was the
top female recording artist as her trademark “tearful” ballads
“My Happiness”, “If I Didn’t Care”,“Among My Souvenirs”, “Mama” ,
“Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool”,“My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own”,
“Many Tears Ago”, “Where The Boys Are”,“Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart”,
“Together”, “When The Boy In Your Arms”,“Don’t Break
The Heart That Loves You” and “Second Hand Love” were million sellers.

Rock hits “Stupid Cupid”, “Lipstick On Your Collar”
and “Vacation” reached the top ten in the U.S. as Connie’s string
of chart singles worldwide vaulted  into the dozens.

With more than 50 albums on the best selling charts worldwide,
Connie headlined in Las Vegas for several years.
In 1963 she played a Command performance before
Queen Elizabeth II in Glasgow, Scotland. Almost fifty years
after first becoming a star, Connie Francis continues to perform to
sold-out audiences around the world with a voice as good as it
was at the start of her career.

In 2007 Connie Francis was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

Visit her web site here .