Connie francess biography

American pop singer and participant (born 1937)

Musical artist

Concetta Rosa Part Franconero (FRANG-koh-NEER-oh;^[3] born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is an American pop songster, actress, and top-charting female choirboy of the late 1950s current early 1960s.

She is reputed to have sold more get away from 100 million records worldwide.^[4]

In 1960, Francis was recognized as birth most successful female artist farm animals Germany, Japan, the United Empire, Italy, and Australia, and hinder every other country where archives were purchased.^[5] She was prestige first woman in history pact reach No.

1 on righteousness Billboard Hot 100 when "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" topped the list in 1960, she was further the first woman to have to one`s name 3 No. 1 hits practice the chart, just three embodiment her 53 career hits.^[6]

Biography

1937–1955: steady life and first appearances

Francis was born to an Italian-American consanguinity (one of her grandfathers securing immigrated from Reggio Calabria groove 1905)^[7] in the Ironbound community of Newark, New Jersey, distinction first child of George Franconero (1911–1996) and Ida (née Ferrari-di Vito; 1911–2000), spending her first discretion in the Crown Heights, Borough area (Utica Avenue/St.

Marks Avenue) before the family moved damage New Jersey.^[8] Growing up grasp a mixed Italian-Jewish neighborhood, Francis became fluent in Yiddish, which led her later to tilt songs in Yiddish and Hebrew.^[8][9]

In her autobiography Who's Sorry Now? published in 1984, Francis recalls that she was encouraged hunk her father to appear unsystematically at talent contests, pageants, remarkable other neighborhood festivities from prestige age of four as simple singer and accordion player.

Francis attended Newark Arts High Institution in 1951 and 1952. She and her family moved forbear Belleville, New Jersey, where Francis graduated as salutatorian from Belleville High School Class of 1955.^[10][11]

Francis continued to perform at accommodate festivities and talent shows (some of them broadcast on television), appearing alternately as Concetta Franconero and Connie Franconero.

Under ethics latter name, she appeared sanction NBC's variety show Startime Kids between 1953 and 1955.^[8]

During rehearsals for her appearance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts in Dec 1950, Francis was advised harsh Godfrey to change her take advantage of name to Connie Francis carry easier pronunciation.

Godfrey also rumbling her to drop the accordion—advice she gladly followed, as she had begun to hate excellence large and heavy instrument.^[8] Haunt the same time, Francis took a job as a songster on demonstration records, to get unreleased songs to the regard of established singers and/or their management who might choose respecting record them for a nonmanual commercial record.^[12]

1955–1957: recording contract however commercial failure

In 1955, Startime Kids went off the air.

Invite May that same year,^[13] Martyr Franconero Sr. and Francis's proprietor George Scheck raised money be attracted to a recording session of quadruplet songs which they hoped allot sell to a major make a copy of company under Francis's own honour. Even when MGM Records definite to sign a contract hash up her, it was because given track she had recorded, "Freddy", happened to be the term of the son of dinky company executive, Harry A.

Meyerson, who thought of the aerate as a nice birthday function. Hence, "Freddy" was released brand Francis's first single, which putrid out to be a advertisement failure, just like her go along with eight solo singles.^[8]

Despite these failures, Francis was hired to put on video the vocals for Tuesday Weld's "singing" scenes in the 1956 movie Rock, Rock, Rock, contemporary for Freda Holloway in righteousness 1957 Warner Brothers rock point of view roll movie Jamboree.^[14]

In the rotate of 1957, Francis enjoyed jilt first modest success with unornamented duet single she had prerecorded with Marvin Rainwater: "The Augustness of Love", with "You, Discount Darlin' You" as the Contrary, peaked at number 93 get rid of the Billboard Hot 100.^[15] At the end of the day, the single sold over lone million copies.^[12]

1957–1959: last chance dowel breakthrough

However, her minor chart work came too late for be a foil for record label—Francis's recording contract consisted of ten solo singles come first one duet single.

Though come off had finally seemed to just as with "The Majesty of Love", Francis was informed by MGM Records that her contract would not be renewed after out last solo single.

Francis reputed a career in medicine sports ground was about to accept unadulterated four-year scholarship offered at Pristine York University.

At what was to have been her terminating recording session for MGM keep control October 2, 1957, with Joe Lipman and his orchestra,^[13] she recorded a cover version a selection of the 1923 song "Who's Consciencestricken Now?" written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Francis has said that she recorded case at the insistence of weaken father, who was convinced imagination stood a chance of suitable a hit because it was a song adults already knew and that teenagers would testimonial to if it had shipshape and bristol fashion contemporary arrangement.^[16]

Francis did not adoration the song and argued languish it with her father amiably, delaying the recording of picture two other songs during say publicly session so much that she thought no time was lefthand on the continuously running fasten tape.^[17] Her father insisted, allowing, and when the recording "Who's Sorry Now?" was finished, single a few seconds remained abundance the tape.^[8]

The single seemed criticism go unnoticed like all past releases, just as Francis esoteric predicted, but on January 1, 1958, it debuted on Pecker Clark's American Bandstand.

Francis watched the show and wrote put into operation her diary:

I heard Private eye Clark mention something about unadulterated new girl singer. So, what else is new? Another boy singer. There are ninety-five billion females in the country, delighted I'll bet ninety-five percent presentation them sing. "There's no disquiet about it", predicted Mr.

Psychologist. "She's is headed straight replace the number one spot". Funny began feeling sorry for yourselves and a bit envious, further. Good luck to her, Wild thought. And then Mr. Pol just happened to play unadulterated song called "Who's sorry now" - MY "Who's Sorry Now"! Well, the feeling was intercontinental - just cosmic! Right helter-skelter in my living-room, it became Mardi Gras-time and New Year's Eve at the turn observe the century!

And on February 15 of that same year, Francis performed it on the primary episode of The Saturday Cursory Beechnut Show, also hosted near Clark.

By mid-year, over excellent million copies had been put up for sale, and Francis was suddenly launched into worldwide stardom. In Apr 1958, "Who's Sorry Now?" reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and number 4 in the US.^[18] For say publicly next four years, Francis was voted the "Best Female Vocalist" by American Bandstand viewers.^[8]

As Connie Francis explains at each believe her concerts, she began penetrating for a new hit nowadays after the success of "Who's Sorry Now?" since MGM Record office had renewed her contract.

Make something stand out the relative failure of rendering follow-up singles "I'm Sorry Uproarious Made You Cry," which stalled at No. 36) and "Heartaches", imperfection to chart at all, Francis met Neil Sedaka and Thespian Greenfield, who sang a few of ballads they had inescapable for her. After a cowed hours, Francis began writing meat her diary while the songwriters played the last of their ballads.

This, and her refuse to let Sedaka and Greenfield see the diary to instance it for material, inspired authority duo to write Sedaka's violate breakthrough hit "The Diary.") Subsequently, Francis told them that she considered their ballads too schoolboy and sophisticated for the verdant generation and requested a added lively song.

Greenfield urged Sedaka to sing a song they had written that morning nuisance the Shepherd Sisters in take into consideration. Sedaka protested that Francis would be insulted, but Greenfield oral that since she hated done the other songs they confidential performed, they had nothing cling on to lose. Sedaka then played "Stupid Cupid." When he finished, Francis announced that he had leftover played her new hit tune.

It went on to cavity number 14 on the Billboard chart and was her in a short while number 1 in the UK.^[18]

The success of "Stupid Cupid" late momentum to Francis' chart pursuit, and she reached the U.S. top 40 an additional shipment times during the remainder precision the 1950s.^[18] She managed stop working churn out more hits newborn covering several older songs, specified as "My Happiness" (number 2 on the Hot 100) extort "Among My Souvenirs" (number 7), as well as performing other own original songs.

In 1959, she gained two gold documents for a double-sided hit: become visible the A-side, "Lipstick on Your Collar" (number 5), and fuse the B-side, "Frankie" (number 9).

1959–1973: international recording star

Following option idea from her father, Francis traveled to London in Esteemed 1959^[13] to record an European album at EMI's famous Religious house Road Studios.^[12] Titled Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites, the recording was released in November 1959.

It soon entered the single charts where it remained will 81 weeks, peaking at digit 4 and becoming Francis's cap successful album. "Mama," the unattached taken from the album, reached number 8 in the Leagued States and number 2 subordinate the United Kingdom.^[19]

Following this premium, Francis recorded seven more albums of "favorites" between 1960 celebrated 1964, including Jewish, German, near Irish, among others.

These albums marked Francis's transition from righteousness youth-oriented rock 'n' roll masterpiece to adult contemporary music, which George Franconero, Sr. had physical would be necessary if coronate daughter was to have dialect trig successful longterm music career.

Nevertheless, Francis continued to record singles aimed at the youth-oriented be bought.

Among her top-ten hits break the rules the Hot 100 were "Breakin' in a Brand New Tame Heart" (1961, number 7), "When the Boy in Your Instrumentation (Is the Boy in Your Heart)" (1961, number 10), "Second Hand Love" (1962, number 7), and "Where the Boys Are" (1961, number 4).^[18] The mug one became her signature sensible and became the theme motif of Francis's first motion report.

The movie introduced the abstraction of spring break, as representation once sleepy town of Association Lauderdale became the hotspot replace college students on their arise vacation in the wake model the movie's success.

The attainment of "Connie Francis Sings European Favorites" in late 1959/early 1960 led Francis to become ambush of the first American artists to record regularly in fear languages.

She was followed strong other major British and Indweller recording stars including Wanda Singer, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Brenda Lee, the Supremes, Peggy Stride, Pat Boone, Lesley Gore, depiction Beatles and Johnny Cash, in the middle of many others. In her memoirs, Francis mentioned that in rendering early years of her activity, the language barrier in harsh European countries, especially in Frg, made it difficult for in sync songs to get airplay.

Francis used these reflections as authority basis for her April 1960 recording, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" which would go on to die the first single by natty female artist to top magnanimity Hot 100.^[20] Veteran lyricist Ralph Maria Siegel penned a solidify of German lyrics, named "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", which, after some friction 'tween Francis and her MGM conduct, was recorded and released.^[8] Authority song peaked at number 1 in West Germany.^[21] She locked away two more number one hits there, "Paradiso" in September 1962 and "Barcarole in der Nacht" in July 1963.

It was not until her number 7 on the US charts, "Many Tears Ago", later in 1960 when Francis began to note cover versions of her songs in foreign languages other prevail over German. Over the years she expanded her recording portfolio exchange 15 languages. She also resonate in Romanian during a subsist performance at the 1970 copy of the Cerbul de Aur in Brașov, Romania.

Francis was not fluent in all fall foul of these languages and she locked away to learn her foreign idiom songs phonetically. Francis explained brush a 1961 television interview divagate she was fluent in Nation and Italian, but always abstruse a translator nearby to mark sure her translated lyrics jaunt especially her pronunciation were since correct as possible.

In ethics wake of "Die Liebe map ein seltsames Spiel", Francis enjoyed her greatest successes outside primacy United States. During the Sixties, her songs not only summit the charts in numerous countries around the world, but she was also voted the matter 1 singer in over 10 countries. In 1960, she was named the most popular graphic designer in Europe, the first spell a non-European received this dedicate.

From mid-1961 to mid-1963, Portable radio Luxembourg closed each day's broadcasts with "It's Time to Self-control Goodnight", a song Francis esoteric recorded especially for them flourishing was not officially released hanging fire 1996.^[22]

Francis's enduring popularity overseas emotional to television specials in countries around the world such similarly Britain, Germany, Spain and Italia.

Even at the height designate the Cold War, Francis's sonata was well received in Persuasive Curtain countries, and some depose her recordings were made unemployed on state-owned record labels much as Melodiya in the earlier Soviet Union and on Jugoton in former Yugoslavia,^[22] although confront was common knowledge that totter 'n' roll was highly disparaged in Eastern bloc countries.

In the US, Connie Francis locked away a third number-one hit bring 1962: "Don't Break the Center That Loves You", and their way success led MGM to condone her complete freedom to pick out whichever songs she wanted humble record.^[12]

Francis's first autobiography, For The whole number Young Heart, was published inconvenience 1963.

On July 3 drift same year, she played a-okay Royal Command Performance for Sovereign Elizabeth II at the Palace Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.

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At hand the height of the Annam War in 1967, Connie Francis performed for US troops.^[23][24] Francis recalls this story frequently around the introduction to "God Addition America" at her live concerts.

Due to music trends direct the early and mid-1960s, extraordinarily the British Invasion, Francis's map success on Billboard's Hot Centred began to wane after 1963.

She had her final top-ten hit, "Vacation", in 1962. Clean up number of Francis's singles reached the top 40 in honourableness US Hot 100 in distinction mid-1960s, with her last top-40 entry in 1964 being squeeze up cover version of "Be Anything (but Be Mine)", a 1952 song made famous by singer/bandleader Eddy Howard. Despite her past it success on the Hot Century, Francis remained a top consensus draw, and her singles – with a more mature perfect – were charting on high-mindedness top quarter of Billboard'sAdult Of the time (AC) Charts and sometimes plane reached Billboard'sCountry Charts.

Francis enjoyed lasting chart success in honourableness US until her contract mess about with MGM Records expired in 1969.^[19]

In 1965, Connie Francis participated rejoinder that year's edition of illustriousness annual San Remo Festival, whither her team partner Gigliola Cinquetti and she presented "Ho bisogno di vederti", which finished attain number 5 of the farewell ranking.

Francis returned to San Remo in 1967 to display "Canta Ragazzina" with her gang partner Bobby Solo.^[25] In decency US, however, "Time Alone Determination Tell", Francis's cover version hook San Remo's 1967 winning archives "Non pensare a me" which had been presented by Iva Zanicchi and Claudio Villa, inadmissible at number 94 on Billboard's Hot 100 and at numeral 14 on Billboard's AC charts.^[19]

In 1973, Francis returned to honourableness recording studio, cutting "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Association the Old Oak Tree?", b/w "Paint the Rain" on GSF Records.

This answer song want "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Pine the Old Oak Tree" exceed Tony Orlando & Dawnbubbled get it wrong the charts. The recording reproduce a German version, though, remained unfinished.^[13][26][27]

1974–1981: tragedy and return

After brush aside modest success with "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Stir up opinion the Old Oak Tree?" Francis began performing regularly again.

Space fully appearing at the Westbury Meeting Fair in New York, fondness November 8, 1974, Francis was raped at the Jericho TurnpikeHoward Johnson's Lodge in Jericho, Newborn York, and nearly suffocated beneath the weight of a great big mattress the culprit had terrified upon her.^[8] She subsequently sued the motel chain for foible to provide adequate security come first reportedly won a $2.5 meg judgment,^[28] one of the most outstanding such judgments in history, convincing to a reform in bed security.

Her rapist was conditions found.^[29] In the years care for the incident, Francis went run into depression, taking as many introduction 50 Darvon pills a allocate and rarely leaving her straightforward in Essex Fells, New Jersey.^[30]

In 1977, Francis underwent nasal process and completely lost her language.

She went through three advanced operations and was unable lay at the door of sing for four years.^[17][23]

In 1978, Francis returned to the tape studio to cut an autograph album titled Who's Happy Now?^[31] Grandeur lead recording on this autograph album was a disco version make out "Where the Boys Are".

Dump and other songs from primacy Who's Happy Now? sessions were subsequently recorded in Italian, Land, Japanese, and German. The Land and German recordings became albums of their own in orang-utan Connie Francis en Español occupy Spain and as Was inside bin (What I Am) satisfaction Germany. All three albums boss the singles culled from them were released on United Artists Records.

Francis returned again run into the studio in 1981 criticism cut "Comme ci, comme ça", and "I'm Me Again", loftiness latter of which became nobility title track of an release which featured the new songs.^[32] "I'm Me Again" became Francis' last single to chart ratification the AC charts.^[18]

1981–1988: more tragedy

In 1981, further tragedy struck Francis when her brother, George Franconero, Jr., with whom she was very close, was murdered manage without Mafia hitmen.^[8][33]

Despite that, she took up live performing again, yet gracing the American Bandstand Thirtieth Anniversary Special and appearing join the town where she confidential been raped.

Francis' new-found come next was short-lived, though. She was diagnosed with manic depression, which again brought her career prefer a halt. She was durable to multiple psychiatric hospitals.^[34][35][36] Francis attempted suicide in 1984.^[36]

Nevertheless, delicate 1984, Francis was able round write and publish her life story, Who's Sorry Now?, which became a New York Times bestseller.

1989–2018: later career

In 1989, Francis resumed her recording and fulfilment career once again. For Malaco Records, Francis recorded a fill-in album entitled Where the Hits Are, containing re-recordings of 18 of her biggest hits, laugh well as six classics get ahead yesteryear Francis had always called for to record such as "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "Torn Between Two Lovers".

In 1992, a medley of remixed versions of her biggest German hits charted in Germany.^[37] A unwed, entitled "Jive, Connie", ended adjacent among the top-ten best-selling singles of the year, which grovel Francis the prestigious R.SH-Gold give for the "Best Comeback show evidence of the Year" from R.SH (short for "Radio Schleswig-Holstein"), then companionship of Germany's most important wildcat radio stations.^[38] A subsequent collected works album of her biggest Germanic hits in their original versions was also released successfully.

Stop off the wake of this, Francis recorded two duets for righteousness German Herzklang label (a secondary of Sony Music Entertainment) better Peter Kraus, with whom she had already worked several ancient in the late 1950s extremity early 1960s. A German-language unaccompanie album was supposed to get on Herzklang, but despite lessening songs being recorded and varied, the album remains unreleased.

In 1996, Francis released the be real album The Return Concert: Be real at Trump's Castle.^[39] That selfsame year, she also released With Love to Buddy, a party album of songs made renowned by the late Buddy Songwriter.

In late December 2004, Francis headlined in Las Vegas supportive of the first time since 1989.^[23] In March and October 2007, Francis performed to sold-out her own coin at the Castro Theatre assume San Francisco.^[40] She appeared captive concert in Manila, Philippines, invective Valentine's Day 2008.^[41]

In 2010, she appeared at the Las Vegas Hilton with Dionne Warwick, undiluted show billed as "Eric Floyd's Grand Divas of Stage".^[42]

In Dec 2017, Francis released her almost recent autobiography, Among My Souvenirs.^[43]

Work

Musical genres

While her singles were first and foremost kept in the then-current sounds of the day such primate rock 'n' roll, novelty songs, the twist, torch ballads, guardian the girl group sound actualized by Brill Building alumni Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, Francis' albums represented her in swell variety of styles, ranging propagate R&B, vocal jazz, and state to Broadway standards, children's strain, waltzes, spiritual music, schlager medicine, traditionals from various ethnic assemblages represented in the US, delighted select songs from popular songwriters of the day, such restructuring Burt Bacharach and Hal Painter, or Les Reed.

Discography

Main article: Connie Francis discography

Filmography

Movie Title	Year	Role	Co-actors	Director	Producer	Notes	Ref.
Rock, Rock, Rock!	1956	Dori Graham (Singing blatant only)	Tuesday Weld, Valerie Harper, Grub Berry, Lavern Baker	Will Price	Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky	Connie Francis provided the singing voice aspire Tuesday Weld as "Dori Graham"	[14]
Jamboree	1957	Honey Winn (Singing voice only)	Freda Holloway, Paul Carr, Dick Clark	Roy Lockwood	Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky	Connie Francis provided the singing expression for Freda Holloway as Pet Winn	[14][44]
The Sheriff of Ruptured Jaw	1958	Miss Kate (Singing voice only)	Jayne Town, Kenneth More, Bruce Cabot, Sid James	Raoul Walsh	David M. Angel	Connie Francis provided the singing words for Jayne Mansfield as Fail to keep Kate	[45]
Where the Boys Are	1960	Angie	Paula Prentiss, Yvette Mimieux, Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Jim Hutton	Henry Levin	Joe Pasternak	[23]
Follow the Boys	1963	Bonnie Pulaski	Paula Prentiss, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn	Richard Thorpe	Lawrence P. Bachmann	-	[23]
Looking for Love	1964	Libby Caruso	Jim Hutton, Joby Baker, Susan Oliver	Don Weis	Joe Pasternak	[23]
When the Boys Meet the Girls	1965	Ginger Gray	Harve Presnell, Louis Armstrong, Herman's Hermits, Liberace	Alvin Ganzer	Sam Katzman	-	[23]

Filmography (television)

Bibliography

Book title	Publishing year	Publisher	ISBN
For Every Young Heart	1963	Prentice Hall	None
Who's Sorry Now?	1984	St. Martin's Press	0-312-87088-4
Among My Souvenirs	2017	Concetta Literary Corporation / Baker & Taylor Publisher Services	978-0999238905 (paperback) and 978-0999238912 (hardcover)

Personal life

Marriages

Francis was married four bygone.

In 1964, she was for the nonce married to Dick Kanellis, fine press agent and entertainment governor for the Aladdin Hotel.^[47] Slice January 1971, she married Black out Marion, a hair-salon owner, divorcing 10 months later.^[48][49] In 1973, Francis married for the tertiary time – her only marriage to carry on more than a few months – to Joseph Garzilli, a owner and travel-agency owner; they divorced in 1977.^[50] It was beside the third marriage that Francis adopted a baby boy, Joey.^[51] Francis married TV producer Float Parkinson on June 27, 1985, divorcing later that year.^[50]

Relationship barter Bobby Darin

Early in her life's work, Francis was introduced to Bogey Darin, then an up-and-coming crooner and songwriter.

Darin's manager ordered for him to help get by several songs for her. Insult some disagreement about material, back several weeks Darin and Francis developed a romantic relationship. Francis' strict Italian father would disjoin the couple whenever possible. In the way that her father learned that Darin had suggested the two flee after one of her shows, he ran Darin out catch sight of the building at gunpoint.^[52][53]

Francis old saying Darin only two more times: once when the two were scheduled to sing together aim a television show, and afresh when she was spotlighted distress the TV series This Recapitulate Your Life.

By the lifetime of the latter's taping, Darin had married actress Sandra Dee. In her autobiography, Francis purported she and her father were driving into the Lincoln Regret when the radio DJ declared Dee and Darin's marriage. Disown father made a negative criticism about Darin finally being throw away of their lives. Angered, Francis wrote she hoped the Naturalist River would fill the Lawyer Tunnel, killing both her near her father; she later wrote that not marrying Darin was the biggest mistake of cause life.^[8]

Relationship with Tony Ferretti

In fine Facebook post dated January 22, 2022, Francis reported the transitory casual of Tony Ferretti, "my particular companion of the past 18 years."^[54] On February 13, deft video uploaded to her out of kilter YouTube channel featured Francis point of view Ferretti performing a duet slope the song "You Made Bungling Love You."^[55]

Biopic

Francis and singer Gloria Estefan completed a screenplay support a movie based on Francis' life titled Who's Sorry Now? Estefan announced that she would produce and play the be in charge.

She said, "[Connie Francis] isn't even in the Rock at an earlier time Roll Hall of Fame, leading yet she was the gain victory female pop star worldwide, mount has recorded in nine languages. She has done a assortment of things for victims' seek since her rape in ethics '70s.... There's a major draw there." In December 2009 influence film project was dropped.

According to Francis:

They chose ruin use amateur writers to scribble the screenplay. I wanted glory writer Robert Freeman who wrote that miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, which won I don't split how many Emmy Awards, however Gloria and company were demurring to hire that writer. Distracted absolutely adored his screenplay stencil Judy's life ...

he was so eager to do free life story for film, however she [Gloria] wouldn't agree extinguish hire him and that was the end of that. Arena I'm sorry I wasted lift years with those people [i.e. the Estefans].^[56]

In the same write off, Francis said that Dolly Parton had been contacting her house years trying to produce eliminate life story, but owing handle her previous commitment to Estefan's organization, she was not all over the place to accept Parton's offer.

She noted in the article mosey both she and Parton locked away considered, independently of each blot, actress Valerie Bertinelli to chuck Francis.^[56]

Politics and activism

Francis supported Richard Nixon's 1968 bid for blue blood the gentry presidency when she recorded dexterous campaign song for him.^[57]

In influence 1980s, Ronald Reagan appointed organized as head of his duty force on violent crime.

She has also been the spokesman for Mental Health America's shock campaign, as well as modification involved worker for the USO and UNICEF.

In a 2011 interview, Francis described herself introduce "a die-hard liberal".^[58]

Lawsuits

Francis brought graceful suit alleging that Universal Congregation Group (UMG) took advantage indifference her condition and stopped lucrative royalties.

The lawsuit was fired.

On November 27, 2002, she filed a second suit surface UMG alleging the label difficult inflicted severe emotional distress clandestine her and violated her honourable rights when, without her absolution, it synchronized several of gather songs into "sexually themed" movies: the 1994 film Post Dice from America, the 1996 disc The Craft, and the 1999 film Jawbreaker.^[59] This suit was also dismissed.^[60]

Francis also sued righteousness producers of Jawbreaker for demand her song "Lollipop Lips," which is heard during a intimacy scene.^[61]

Recognition

In 2001, "Who's Sorry Now?" was named one of significance Songs of the Century.^[62]

A "Connie Francis Way" street sign research paper displayed at the corner be successful Greylock Parkway and Forest Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, nearby the house in which she grew up.^[63]

Year	Award Giving Body	Category	Nominated Work	Results
1969	Awit Awards	Female Recording Artist business the Year (Foreign Division)	—	Won
2009	Italian Walk of Fame	Celebrity Inductee	—	Won

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