In honor of the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of the late Connie Francis, some of the iconic voices of the twentieth century, a slew of her timeless music is now out there to get pleasure from in quite a lot of codecs. Francis handed away on July 16 on the age of 87.
Greater than 100 songs, spanning singles and rarities launched between 1955-1960, at the moment are out there to stream for the primary time ever on the compilations The Singles 1955-1957, The Singles 1958-1959, The Singles 1960-1961, Rarities 1957-1959, and Rarities 1960.
Moreover, each volumes of Francis’ The Italian Assortment will quickly return to streaming as one massive celebratory compilation after a few years of being unavailable.
Moreover, over the subsequent few months, extra of Francis’ albums will discover their solution to streaming for the primary time, beginning September 12 with A New Sort of Connie (1964), together with newly-expanded editions of Jealous Coronary heart (1966), My Coronary heart Cries For You (1967), and The Marriage ceremony Cake (1969).
In different Francis launch information, her rediscovered gem, “Pretty Little Baby,” recorded when she was simply 23 years outdated, and which grew to become a viral sensation on social media greater than 60 years later this yr, might be launched as a limited-edition child pink 7” vinyl single on August 29. Her 1958 breakthrough hit, “Who’s Sorry Now,” might be on the flipside; the tune climbed to No.4 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart the place it stayed for a outstanding 22 weeks.
The irresistible and infectious “Pretty Little Baby,” which was by no means a success for Francis and even launched as a single, launched hundreds of thousands of younger listeners across the globe to Francis’ joyful artistry this spring when the tune went viral for its use on TikTok the place it soundtracked lip synching movies and movies of infants, youngsters, and pets. At its peak, “Pretty Little Baby” averaged 600K+ day by day creates on TikTok alone.
Moreover, Francis’ beloved vacation basic Christmas In My Coronary heart might be launched on October 17 as an expanded version on CD with two bonus tracks, “Blue Winter” and “Happy New Year Baby,” together with two vinyl choices: normal black vinyl or restricted version “lipstick-red” coloration vinyl. Christmas In My Coronary heart is obtainable for pre-order now.
Store for Connie Francis’s music on vinyl or CD now.
