Goodbye to Connie Francis, successful singer in the 1950s and 1960s

At the age of 87 he died Connie Francissuccessful singer in the 1950s and 60s with classics such as “Stupid Cupid”, “Where the Boys are” and recently, Thanks to Tiktok, “Pretty Little Baby”.

Ron Roberts
friend of Francis, whose real name was
Connie Franconero
announced the disappearance with a message published on Facebook. “It is with the heavy heart and extreme sadness that I inform you of the disappearance of my dear friend Connie Francis that took place last night. I know that Connie would approve that her fans were among the first to learn this sad news. Further details will come later”.
Connie Francis
Days ago she had been hospitalized for “very strong pains”, but on July 4 she had written on Facebook of “feeling much better after a beautiful night”.

Francis was one of the most influential singers of the 50s and 60s, reaching the summit of the rankings on several occasions and selling over 200 million records all over the world with successes such as
“Stupid Cupid”, “Who’s Smry Now”
And
“Frankie”
. In 1960, he was the first woman who reached the first place in the American ranking of individuals with
“Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool”
and later the first woman to have three songs in first place.

At the end of 1959 he recorded an album of Italian songs,
“Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites”
. It was in fact one of the first artists who regularly released albums sung entirely in other languages as well as English: Italian, Yiddish, German, Romanian, Spanish and Irish. In the mid -1960s, the good Francis star on the US charts declined with the advent of
Beatles
And
Rolling Stones
.