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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.




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   1. (00:02:17) Connie Francis - Hollywood
   2. (00:02:03) Connie Francis - Bacarole in der Nacht
   3. (00:01:55) Connie Francis - 24 mila baci
   4.(00:03:36) Connie Francis - Granada
   5. (00:02:36) Connie Francis - La Paloma
   6. (00:02:41) Connie Francis - Jij bent niet van mij
   7. (00:02:22) Connie Francis - I'm gonna be warm this winter
   8. (00:02:58) Connie Francis - Hava nagilah
   9. (00:02:15) Connie Francis - Pretty little baby
  10. (00:02:41) Connie Francis - Paradiso
  11. (00:02:38) Connie Francis - Valentino
  12. (00:02:16) Connie Francis - Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
  13. (00:02:53) Connie Francis - Tango Italiano
  14. (00:02:36) Connie Francis - Amor
  15. (00:03:34) Connie Francis - Vamos amar esta noite
  16. (00:02:17) Connie Francis - Mister Twister
  17. (00:02:29) Connie Francis - Where the boys are
  18. (00:01:56) Connie Francis - Tzena tzena tzena
  19. (00:02:19) Connie Francis - L' amor est un cadeaux du ciel
  20. (00:02:24) Connie Francis - Around theworld
  21. (00:02:41) Connie Francis - Schöner fremder Mann
  22. (00:03:06) Connie Francis - Malagueña
  23. (00:02:21) Connie Francis - Vacation
  24. (00:03:19) Connie Francis - Al di la
  25. (00:02:49) Connie Francis - En suivant mon coeur
  26. (00:02:04) Connie Francis - Fiddler on the roof
  27. (00:03:06) Connie Francis - Romantica
  28. (00:02:23) Connie Francis - Bye bye love