TikTok has been caught on Connie Francis these days, and now Connie Francis is on TikTok. The retired pop singer has joined the video platform in celebration of her 1962 deep lower “Pretty Little Baby” going viral.
Francis launched a lot of hits in her heyday, together with 1960’s “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” which made her the primary lady to succeed in No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100. She later topped the chart with “My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own” and “Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You.” However “Pretty Little Baby” was comparatively obscure till it considerably randomly caught hearth on TikTok this yr, showing in movies by celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner and on thousands and thousands of different accounts. The music has now racked up greater than 27 billion views on TikTok.
In celebration, Francis, 87, has joined TikTok and shared a message of gratitude. On her official account, @connie_francis_official, she posted a video message. The caption reads, “My thanks to you all for the huge reception you have given to ‘Pretty Little Baby’. I am delighted to join the TikTok Community and share this moment with you.” Within the video, she says, “I’m flabbergasted and excited about the huge buzz my 1962 recording of ‘Pretty Little Baby’ is making all over the world. To think that a song I recorded 63 years ago is captivating new generations and audiences is truly overwhelming for me. Thank you, TikTok.”
Tracy Gardner, TikTok’s International Head of Music Business improvement, shared her personal assertion about Francis’ shock viral sensation: “The huge viral success of ‘Pretty Little Baby’ is the perfect example of the power of music discovery on TikTok. Thanks to the TikTok community, this little-known track from the 1960s has been given a new lease of life, and has introduced Connie Francis and her incredible legacy to a whole new audience, both on and off the platform.”
Bruce Resnikoff, President & CEO of UMe, the worldwide catalog division of Common Music Group, visited Francis’ house in Parkland, Florida on Friday to current her with a plaque commemorating the resurgence of “Pretty Little Baby.” Resnikoff supplied an announcement declaring Francis “a living legend and groundbreaking trailblazer,” noting that she bought greater than 200 million data worldwide and despatched 53 songs to the Scorching 100. “Now at the age of 87 years young we are thrilled and couldn’t be happier that she has her first ‘viral hit’ with ‘Pretty Little Baby,’” he mentioned.
Within the wake of the music’s large second, German digital duo LIZOT have launched a brand new dance remix of “Pretty Little Baby.” Alternate variations of “Pretty Little Baby” in French (“La Seul Qui T’aime”), German (“Alle Jungen Leute”), Italian (“Baby”), Japanese (“Kawaī Beibi”), Spanish (“Linda Muchachita”) and Swedish (“Sjunger På Svenska”) language variations can be found on the brand new digital launch Fairly Little Child – Worldwide Variations.
Take heed to the worldwide variations of the Connie Francis smash “Pretty Little Baby” now.
