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Connie Francis - 40 CD's   1996 - 2001   (deel 17)


Connie Francis is the prototype for the female pop singer of today. At the height of her chart popularity in the late '50s and early '60s, Francis was unique as a female recording artist, amassing record sales equal to or surpassing those of many of her male contemporaries. Ultimately, she branched into other styles of music -- big band, country, ethnic, and more. She still challenges Madonna as the biggest-selling female recording artist of all time. Like Madonna, Concetta Rosemarie Franconero came from an Italian-American background. Francis started her music career at three, playing an accordion bought for her by her contractor father, George. Her father's dream was not for his daughter to become a star, but for Francis to become independent of men as an adult with her own accordion school of music. At age ten, she was accepted on Startime, a New York City television show that featured talented child singers and performers. The show had no one else who played an accordion. Its host, legendary TV talent scout Arthur Godfrey, had difficulty pronouncing her name and suggested something "easy and Irish," which turned into Francis. After three weeks on Startime, the show's producer and Francis' would-be manager advised her to dump the accordion and concentrate on singing. Francis performed weekly on Startime for four years. 

 After being turned down by almost every record label she approached, 16-year-old Francis signed a record contract with MGM, only because one of the songs on her demo, "Freddy," also happened to be the name of the president's son. "Freddy" was released in June 1955 as the singer's first single. After a series of flop singles, on October 2, 1957 she undertook what was to be her last session for MGM. Francis had recently accepted a premed scholarship to New York University and was contemplating the end of her career as a singer. Having recorded two songs, she thanked the technicians and musicians, hoping not to have to record the third song her father had in mind, an old tune from 1923. After a false start, she sang it in one take. When Dick Clark played "Who's Sorry Now?" on American Bandstand, he told the show's eight million viewers that Connie Francis was "a new girl singer that is heading straight for the number one spot."




De volgende CD's zijn geposts,

1996 - Promotion LP
1996 - Que Sera, Sera
1996 - Readers' Digest Series (3 CDs)
1996 - Salute To Connie Francis
1996 - Sings Burt Bacharach
1996 - Songs From The American Songs
1996 - Songs to a Swinging Band
1996 - Souvenirs  4-CD-set - Polydor
1996 - The American Tour
1996 - The B Site And More
1996 - The Great Connie Francis
1996 - The Return Concert Live At Trump's
1996 - The Swinging Connie
1996 - The Wedding Cake
1996 - The World Of Connie Francis
1996 - There Will Never Be Anhoter You
1996 - When The Boys Meet The Girls
1996 - Whos Happy Now
1996 - You Made Me Love You
1997 - American Waltzes & Italian Hits
1997 - Die Liebe Ist Ein Seltsames Spiel 2CD
1997 - Golden Hits 1 (Taiwan LP 8)
1997 - Golden Hits 2 (Taiwan LP 9)
1997 - Italian Collection Vol. 1
1997 - Italian Collection Vol. 2
1997 - On Guard
1997 - When The Boys Meet The Girls
1997 - Where The Man Are
1999 - Millenium Collection (2CD's)
1999 - Sus Primeras Grabaciones (1960-1964) 1
1999 - Sus Primeras Grabaciones (1960-1964) 2
2000 - Connie Is Cool
2000 - Some Very Rare Songs By Connie
2000 - Where The Boys Are (24 Hits)
2001 - In New York
2001 - Jive Connie, Jive!
2001 - Lipstick And  Powder (2 cd's)
2001 - Rare Songs
2001 - Lipstick And Powder  (3 CD's)





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