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RIP Connie Francis

Algarveaddick
Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
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The singer who had fifties pop hits with songs like "Who's Sorry Now" and "Lipstick on your Collar", and was also the first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 has died at the age of 87. RIP 

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  • jose
    jose Posts: 622
    edited July 17
    RIP.
    A big star.
    Her hits were so catchy…and classy.
    Stupid Cupid was another big hit, was a loved singer around the late fifties and early sixties.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,792
    RIP
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    A unique voice. RIP.
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,721
    Yes, childhood memories, of her song Vacation comes to mind. Epitome of teenage American way of life.
    May perpetual light shine upon her.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,716
    RIP  


  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    Blast from the past, a BIG star in her day .. R I P

    Connie Francis - Wikipedia
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    RIP - I'll forever associate her with one of the only things that makes me cry regularly... 

    https://youtu.be/WziNN7L2ERI?feature=shared
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    RIP
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    A real talent.

    Few singers manage to be so iconic.

    RIP.
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,147
    RIP
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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    RIP, beautiful voice.
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,955
    This lady was my dear old dads favourite,I can remember him buying her records as soon as they where released,her music filled our home,along with others,petula Clark,Alma Cogan etc.,with great joy,RIP Connie,thanks for the wonderful memories and the joy you brought to my home.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,682
    'Who's Sorry Now' reminds me of my dad, as it was one of his go to songs that he bashed out on the piano. 

    Mind you the song was written in 1923 (the year my dad was born) and wasn't recorded by Connie until 1957. Still a great rendition and a great memory. 

    RIP Connie.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,656
    A true star.  Loved her songs in the good old days of rock ‘n roll.  There was a laugh out loud tv programme named after one of her songs Lipstick on Your Collar. It was  set in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs office during the Suez Crisis and followed the dreams of a young clerk in the deadly dull office.  He would lapse into dreams of song and dance.
  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    'Who's Sorry Now' reminds me of my dad, as it was one of his go to songs that he bashed out on the piano. 

    Mind you the song was written in 1923 (the year my dad was born) and wasn't recorded by Connie until 1957. Still a great rendition and a great memory. 

    RIP Connie.
    Some great songs from when I was a kid in the 60s being sung at family parties. How I loved those times 😍.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Such a beautiful voice. RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Blackheathen said:
    A true star.  Loved her songs in the good old days of rock ‘n roll.  There was a laugh out loud tv programme named after one of her songs Lipstick on Your Collar. It was  set in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs office during the Suez Crisis and followed the dreams of a young clerk in the deadly dull office.  He would lapse into dreams of song and dance.
    Written by the wonderful Dennis Potter, a few of my mates were extras in some of the ballroom scenes. 
  • jose
    jose Posts: 622
    edited July 18
    Lipstick On Your Collar was a fantastic TV series that had a pretty stella cast, and it launched the career of  Ewan McGregor.
    The title was certainly from the Connie Francis song, and as mentioned above written by the TV writing genius Dennis Potter.
    It was a wonderful and very creative series, and Potter a wonderful writer who left us with masterpiece series like Pennies from Heaven, The Singing Detective, and the one off stunning Blue Remembered Hills.

  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    RIP 
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,826
    Had a wonderful voice

     RIP

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