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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.

Tillotson was born April 20, 1939, in Jacksonville, FL, the son of Jack Tillotson, a country music disc jockey, and Doris Tillotson. When Tillotson was nine, he moved 40 miles to the smaller Florida town of Palatka. He got his first exposure asa singer on his father's radio station while he was still a child. His primary interest was country music, although he was inspired when he saw Elvis Presley perform in Jacksonville on May 13, 1955, just after he had turned 14. Meanwhile, his radio work led to a stint on a local TV show and even his own program. But he maintained his studies, and he was attending the University of Florida as a journalism and composition major in 1957 when he entered a national talent contest sponsored by Pet Milk. He was chosen as one of six finalists, resulting in a trip to Nashville, TN, for the final judging. He did not win the contest, but while in Nashville he came to the attention of a song publisher who was impressed by songs he had written and got a tape of them to Archie Bleyer, owner of the independent Cadence Records label, home to the Everly Brothers and Andy Williams. Bleyer signed Tillotson to a three-year contract and, in September 1958, issued his first single, combining two of the singer's own compositions, the ballad "Dreamy Eyes" and the up-tempo "Well I'm Your Man," both of which bore similarities to the sound of Buddy Holly. "Well I'm Your Man" charted first, peaking at number 87 in the Hot 100 in October, but "Dreamy Eyes" followed, topping out at number 63 in January 1959. (The simultaneously released "I'm Never Gonna Kiss You," a duet with Genevieve, a singer on the Jack Parr TV show, did not chart.)

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   1. (00:03:18) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - The Last Waltz
   2. (00:02:47) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - I Can't Stop Loving You
   3. (00:02:23) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Anniversary Waltz
   4. (00:02:36) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Among My Souvenirs
   5. (00:02:58) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Don't Break The Heart That Loves You
   6. (00:03:34) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Kiss Me Goodbye
   7. (00:02:16) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Lipstick On Your Collar
   8. (00:02:40) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Where The Boys Are
   9. (00:02:16) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Stupid Cupid
  10. (00:02:54) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Tennessee Waltz
  11. (00:02:32) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - You're The Reason
  12. (00:02:50) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On A Hurting
  13. (00:02:30) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion
  14. (00:02:05) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Without You
  15. (00:02:38) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Talk Back Tremblin' Lips
  16. (00:02:52) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
  17. (00:02:39) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Heartaches By The Number
  18. (00:02:57) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Earth Angel
  19. (00:02:54) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - Let It Be Me
  20. (00:01:57) Connie Francis & Johnny Tillotson - That's Alright Mama


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