Connie Francis on the Internet

Last update: 3/26/09

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This page has links to websites pertaining to Connie Francis such as the Connie Francis Mailing List, webpages by fans, interesting articles, songs, videos, discussions about her on bulletin boards, news search for Connie Francis articles, and lyrics of Connie’s songs.

Connie Francis Yahoogroups Internet Mailing Lists

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conniefrancisthelegend

From the groups introduction:
We’re here to talk about Connie Francis, and we welcome young fans, established fans, new fans... even fans who wish to maintain a dual membership with other Connie Francis groups. We are a fun group of people, and you will be amazed at the information we can all aquire from around the world.

Connie Francis Chatroom

Connie Francis Chatroom at http://connie.awardspace.com/chat.html

Connie Francis Forum

Connie Francis Forum at http://conniefrancis.proboards99.com/index.cgi
from Jonathan Long:
This is not to take away from our mailing list of course, but rather to have a place to go to post topics about Connie or just general chat. I have a few different folders set up so you have options on where you want to post.

The neatest thing is, we have CONNIE AVATARS!! For those who do not know what this is, it’s a small picture that expresses who you are! It stays beside your screen name on the board.

MAKE your OWN avatar, you can do so and email it to me and I can add it. Or, if you want me to make you one I can do that too using whatever Connie picture (or whatever picture for that matter).

Websites by Connie Francis Fans

Donatelli’s Connie Francis webpage

John Donatelli has a superb Connie Francis page at http://www.freewebs.com/conniefrancis. He has a section that includes photo sleeves of many Connie Francis CDs, LPs and 45s. This page is also useful for identifying the different kinds of MGM labels. It is a excellent resource for collectors and others interested in seeing different versions of picture sleeves.

Interview with Connie from DISCoveries Magazine
45 Collection
LP Collection
CD Collection
EP Collection
Discography
Cornucopia of info on Connie’s records
Midi’s
TV Appearances
Sheet Music Collection
Lyrics to Connie Francis recordings

German Connie Francis Webpage

There’s a lot of Connie at http://www.die-rock-and-roll-ag.de/html/connie_francis.html

It’s in German and they write about Connie’s carreer. Nice photos and her chart hits in the years 1958-65 in Germany, US and UK. This website is very impressive and a nice connie tribute. Lot of great quality pix and discographies.

Fan Club Connie Francis Polska

You will appreciate this webpage by Henryk Stawicki on Connie Francis at http://republika.pl/hstawic/stronaconnie.htm The page is all in Polish. Henryk has done a lot of work to provide Connie international recognition. Click on the title of that webpage to see the other parts of it. Henryk also added a page of the San Remo Music Fair in 1965 which also featured Connie, see http://republika.pl/hstawic/sanremo.htm

Jim Swords’ Connie Francis webpage

Jim Swords passed away on May 22, 2006 but his friend Tina has kept his website online. Jim was a longtime Connie fan and his webpage has a collection of memorabilia, pictures, concert ads and a custom drawing of Connie.

http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/missconniefrancis

From Tina (Oct 2006):

Jim and I were friends for over 20 years, and I now have reluctant custody of his extensive Connie Francis collection. I would like for you to know that his collection is now being liquidated by me as I have no place to store it. Anyone interested in purchasing any Connie albums, etc, please click on the email me link below, and let me know what you are looking for. This collection is FULL of RARE items dating back to the beginning of Connie’s career. At this time, part of it is in storage due to size, but I have plenty of rare albums in my possession. I will also be receptive in accepting a legitimate bid for the entire collection--just bear it mind that it will be expensive to ship due to the weight and size. Get in touch if you are interested. I will try to post some photos of some of the things here if time permits. Thanks! Tina, moonwitch @ bellsouth.net

“Ode to Connie Francis”

A poem by Justin Ingalls at http://www.poetscorner.org/ingalls.htm

Carol Adams Connie Francis Page

Carol is a long time fan of Connie’s and she has a page for her hero at http://www.conniefrancisrocks.com. Carol welcomes stories, photos, memories and other contributions to add to her Connie Francis site.

Connie Francis Interactive webpage

Created by Jonathan Long, this site at http://www.ConnieInteractive.cjb.net has a chatroom, message board, photo gallery, fan forum, fan map, Connie postcards, classifieds, and lots more.

Connie Francis Multiply site

http://conniefrancis.multiply.com is an extensive site managed by Meindert Roemeling with lots of photos and links. Some are duplicate material as seen on other sites but it is well organized so definitely take a look.

Denise Larin’s Multiply site

Her site includes a review of major Connie Francis events at http://delarco45.multiply.com/journal/item/164

Sailor meets Connie during Follow The Boys

When Connie was on the French Riviera while making the movie Follow The Boys, Don Claar, a sailor on shore leave from the USS Independence, met Connie on the beach. He writes about her at http://www.ussindependencecv-62.org/is0002dc.htm

Connie Francis for German speakers

Surprisingly positive and accurate and correct but, it’s in German: http://www.netzwelt.de/lexikon/Connie_Francis.html

Dutch Connie Francis Fanclub website

This site is very professionally created with several of Connie’s releases never seen before... only heard of. See http://www.conniefrancis.nl

Japanese Connie Francis site

All in Japanese at http://www.honey2.net/music/artist/connie_francis/

Connie Francis Impersonators

Maggi Albisani

Maggi is not specifically a Connie impersonator but this sultry Italian singer in Las Vegas has many qualities and has the beautiful and sexy likeness of Connie Francis. It is only natural for Maggi to perform renditions of songs by Connie. She performs frequently in Las Vegas, Nevada. See http://www.mfwright.com/albisani.html.

Joey Josephs, Female Impersonator

Many Connie Francis fans throughout the years has said Joey Josephs probably the best CF impersonator (frequently called Connie’s double). A longtime fan himself, Joey is able to make himself look like the singer he adores. From years of dedicated practice, Joey performs as Connie Francis in the Philadelphia area. Below are a few clips on youtube:

Performing “Al Di La”
Performing a Connie Francis hits medley
Performing “Exodus Havah Negilah”

Joey’s Youtube site

Rosemarie Ballard as “Connie Francis”

Rosemarie does a nice impersonation of Connie, see http://rosemarieballard.com. There is also a picture of her styled beautiful and sexy like Connie.

Nikki Reed as “Connie Francis”

Nikki Reed from Canada is a singer/impersonator and one of her people is Connie Francis. Nikki also styles in vintage 50’s 60’s dresses including up to date Connie gowns. See her webpage at http://www.nikkireed.com/new/index.html

from Nikki’s webpage: “Connie Francis... her work goes on forever. Nikki was inspired to adopt this living legend when she listened to radio that featured music of the Francis era. She felt that Connie Francis performed great music, realized that there was a remarkable resemblance to herself and admired and respected the romantic, upbeat, clean and innocent Francis image that still endures today. Connie’s a natural choice.”

Joni Morris as “Connie Francis”

Joni mainly does Patsy Cline and she also does tributes to Connie Francis. See http://www.cwareno.com/jonimorris.htm

C.J. does Connie Francis at http://www.starztributes.com/connie_francis_tribute.htm and she also performs as Patsy Cline and Cyndi Lauper. Her site includes a great video where she sings some of Connie's songs at http://starztributes.com/media/connievid2.wmv

Performers, Impersonators, and Lookalikes as “Connie Francis”

http://celebrity-lookalikes.com/performers/cf1.htm

http://celebrity-lookalikes.com/performers/cf2.htm

Reference and Commercial Sites featuring Connie

Connie Francis with Bobby Darin at http://www.bobbydarin.net/francis.html

IMDB website for Connie at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290120/

Classic Movies: This site has a webpage on Connie at http://www.thegoldenyears.org/cfrancis.html has a number of links. Classic Movies has a collection of webpages for various movie stars.

Connie as one of the Swingin’ Chicks of the ‘60s at http://www.swinginchicks.com/connie_francis.htm

Connie’s Canadian releases, a small portion at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/denis.schwartz/connie.htm

Gary James' Interview With Connie Francis at http://www.classicbands.com/ConnieFrancisInterview.html

Connie Francis pictures on Corbis and Getty at http://www.corbis.com and http://www.gettyimages.com do a search for "Connie Francis" they have some great pictures listed there. If you register, it removes the watermark logo from the picture.

Opera Gloves website features Connie Francis at
http://www.operagloves.com/Classicstars/ConnieFrancis/connie.html in a gallery just like other galleries with sexy actresses in long gloves.

Connie Career Time Line at
http://www.epinions.com/content_4169113732 Lots of Information on dates of Connie releases and appearances and some lyrics to songs.

Connie in Germany at
http://www.beepworld.de/members67/dangi1/berichte.htm

German Connie Francis webpage at
http://www.netzwelt.de/lexikon/Connie_Francis.html

Connie Francis Swings The Nashville Sound by Don Charles (co-producer of the 1996 box set Souvenirs) at
http://popculturecantina.blogspot.com/2006/04/connie-francis-part-one.html

Singer’s ‘Biography’ comes to TV by Jane Wollman Rusoff, Entertainment News Service at
http://www.s-t.com/daily/10-98/10-25-98/e08ae182.htm

Match yourself with Connie Francis
In order to calculate the compatiblity between you and Connie Francis you need to enter your birthday. Your birthday is needed since biorhythms are used to calculate the compatibility. Go to http://www.celebmatch.com/birthdayform.php?categoryid=1881&celebrity=Connie+Francis

MTV has Connie Francis!
http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/francis_connie/artist.jhtml

MTV listing of albums by Connie which includes picture of LP cover plus link to song lists and 30 second audio files (some songs). Also links to purchase the CD (if available). Good resource.
http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/francis_connie/albums.jhtml

Site says, “MTV.com is your destination for official Connie Francis lyrics. This is the place to find the words to songs like ‘When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)’ and ‘I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love With You).’ This is where you can find ‘Where the Boys Are’ and ‘Arrivederci Roma’ lyrics. Search here and find words to Connie Francis music by song name, album name, or by year released, and it’s absolutely free. ”
http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/francis_connie/lyrics.jhtml

MTV also has a site for concert dates!
http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/francis_connie/tour_dates.jhtml

Connie Francis music listing
http://www.musicstack.com/search/francis,+connie

Connie on Oldies Radio
All of the stations listed are supposed to play Connie’s music... at http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?searchdesc=connie+francis&x=10&y=7

Ebay review of Connie Francis recordings
by susanfan at http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=susanfan

“Ms. Francis was not one exposed to media glitz and hype. She went into the studio with live musicians and sang the song. If something went wrong, she did it over until it was perfectly recorded. This is a feat you will not find Madonna and her ‘wannabees’ attempting, thanks to modern technology, it can make a medicore singer sound fairly good.”

Connie Francis Quotes
at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/connie_francis.html

Interesting advertisment from 1959
at http://www.atomicplatters.com/more.php?id=25_0_1_0_M

Connie on HitParade Hall of Fame
Nice mini-bio at http://www.hitparadehalloffame.org/xhtml_heads/Candidates/Inductee_ConnieFrancis.html

Historical Fort Lauderdale, FL
website has Connie Francis at http://www.oldfortlauderdale.org/exhibits/CurrentExhibit.html

Message Boards

Webtunes: Nice to read, and to see comments on Connie of other people, too. Have a look, and maybe post a new message at http://www.webtunes.com/artist/index.cfm?BandNameA=Connie%20Francis

Connie Francis TV and Movie Listings

Connie Francis Current Monthly TV Schedule http://www.tv-now.com/stars/confranc.html

TCM Channel

Go to this page http://turnerclassicmovies.com/Search/Index and do a search on Connie Francis. Check this site to see if TCM will be showing any of Connie’s movies in the near future. Their calendar page is also at http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/Schedule/Index
Ted Turner’s network is now the copyright owner of the four Connie Francis movies.

Guest Starring Roles of Connie Francis on TV

http://www.tv.com/connie-francis/person/86458/summary.html

Connie Francis on Italian TV

http://users.libero.it/vigro/videohi-fi/come_erano/comerano_14.htm

2002 Interview with Larry King

Connie was on the Larry King show in March 11, 2002. You can download the transcript here at http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/11/lkl.00.html

“Connie Francis Video Archive”

(a collection of video stills) at http://www.bettemidleraloha.com/connie.htm. The webmaster also shares and trades clips from his collection.

Newsgroup search

Click http://groups.google.com to search recent newsgroup postings that have the words “Connie Francis” and type in Connie Francis to search for the name in the postings (you might get postings with separate words of Connie and Francis). This may not get all messages that have been posted and you may have to use a separate newsreader.
Caution: Be aware that when doing a search on the Internet, particularly a global search, you may come across individuals with vastly different opinions than yours, some of which are not exactly favorable to Connie Francis.

Dejanews.com bought by Google.com has newsgroup archives going back to 1995. Some background on Deja and newsgroup stuff (original text here):

Dejanews archived EVERYTHING posted to ALL newsgroups since 1995 which makes it a good resource to do background searches for research. It was convenient because you don’t have to read every stinking article on one newsgroup at a time.

For readers that are unfamiliar with the newsgroups, a brief description. The Internet newsgroups are like chatrooms but not real time. You post a message to the newsgroup and anyone can read it by clicking on the headline of your postings. These range from moderated groups on music to groups on ads for used LPs. This is an excellent resource to post questions to large number of people, or locate used LPs for your collection. There are many great deals (I’ve seen many Connie albums sell for less than $10!), and you may find that one album that can make your collection of Connie Francis music complete. Many postings on used records are done on the Newsgroups by both commericial outlets and private collectors. However, be aware that this is the Internet and is not subject to regulation (use caution).

There are other newsgroups such as alt.showbiz.gossip, an example of the Internet running amok. On this group people post anything about anybody, and most of it is derogatory. 95% of the information on this Newsgroup is garbage but the other 5% may have informative articles or annoucements of interesting websites (use discretion).

One more item about Newsgroups. Change your email address in your browser or newsreader before you post to the newsgroup. You could, although not necessary, list your email in the body of the message, but do the change in the “Preferences” (as in Netscape navigators) so your email address does not appear in the headers. The spammers read the headlines with the name and email on the newsgroups to collect email address for junk emailing. All spammers are not good company. They all lie, cheat, and steal from people everyday. That is why they use fake email addresses to hide their identity.

Online News Search

Search for news articles on Google or Yahoo. Go to http://news.google.com or http://news.yahoo.com and do a search of "Connie Francis" (may return articles that have nothing to do with Connie).

Ebay Online Bidding

http://www.ebay.com


This is where you can bid on items people have for sale. Many times you can get good deals. There are frequent sales of Connie albums and 45s plus other items such as song books and Connie Francis paper dolls. Go to the main page, http://www.ebay.com, and do a search on Connie Francis.

Used Books from Advanced Book Exchange

Advanced Book Exchange of Victoria, British Columbia at http://www.abebooks.com, is a website linking various bookstores (with links) and is a convenient way to locate the two books Connie has written but that are out-of-print: Who’s Sorry Now and For Every Young Heart. Do a search at this link, ABE Book Search, for the author “Connie Francis.” The ABE search should return those dealers who are selling the books by Connie. You may also get responses on records or videos for sale.

Connie singing on the Internet

Download, Listen, Play & Burn Connie Francis at http://www.rhapsody.com/conniefrancis

Songs of Connie Francis
on Don Edrington’s site at http://www.pcdon.com/ConnieFrancis.html includes pop, country, international, and movie/theatrical tunes by Connie.

Connie Francis MP3 Downloads (which also shows album covers and song listing) at http://www.mp3.com/conniefrancis

Connie Francis Sing Along at http://www.freewebs.com/conniefrancis/midi.htm

Connie singing a few of her Jewish favorites at Harmony Ridge Music at http://www.hrmusic.com/artists/conniefrancis.html

A website that lets you listen to samples http://www.mp3shits.com/full/download/The_Czars_-_Sorry_I_Made_You_Cry_mp3/71914/ May sound like a strange website, lol. Song listed as "I'm Sorry" is NOT the Brenda Lee song. It is actually the Connie Francis song.

Connie on VH1
Sonicnet.com was absorbed by vh1.com and they have a site for Connie at http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/francis_connie/artist.jhtml

Audiofiles of Connie singing Coca Cola commercials are at http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/jingles1.html and http://www.geocities.com/colacentury/

Connie Francis Coca-Cola Ad, 1960:

Be really refreshed
Work & play at your best
Enjoy the refreshing-est
Pause for a Coke
Ice-cold Coca-Cola
Pause for a Coke

Where The Boys Are instrumental music, no voice, at http://www.geocities.com/~goldenoldies/WhereTheBoysAre-ConnieFrancis.mid

This site shows CDs of Connie Francis that are available from CD Universe and some have downloadable songs (click here).

Videos of Connie Francis

TCM features "Looking For Love" movie trailer
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/Multimedia/RealPlayer/0,,69954,00.ram
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/Multimedia/WindowsMedia/0,,69956,00.wvx

Follow the Boys

Here's a link where you can listen to the trailer, and order the DVD of Follow the Boys: http://shop.vendio.com/supersounds/item/748727811/index.html

http://www.videocure.com/

Lyrics

Publishing music lyrics as always been a touchy subject in terms of copyright laws. People sometimes ask me for those lyrics, and so here are some links of websites that have lyrics of Connie’s songs [as I find them]:

Song Titles
If anyone is interested in searching for a particular song title here is a useful website at http://www.songfile.com

Sheet music can be found from sheetmusicplus.com. They are based in San Francisco. However, some songs are in a book with other songs. It is hard to find sheet music in single copy, sometimes you can.

Lyric hunt.com has some lyrics of Connie Francis songs at http://www.lyrichunt.com/index.php?getartist=Connie%20Francis

Connie's discography listed here at http://www.lpdiscography.com/_lyrics/francis-lyrics.htm and if you click the album name it will bring up the lyrics of some of the songs.

Link to the Italian lyrics to Il Cielo in una Stanza along with both the English translation as well as the song performed by Mina Mazzini (who has quite a pleasing voice). You'll recall this song from Connie's Modern Italian Hits LP. http://www.rightlinx.com/?p=510

Connie Francis Lyrics at http://www.lyricsdownload.com/album-B00000G6L8.html An interesting site to browse.

Lyrics to the song Mama from google.com (Dejanews, what someone posted) by clicking this URL http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&ic=1&selm=an_384711236

Connie Francis Song List of lyrics (in ZIP files) at http://pages.map.com/~freek/cfrancis.html

Lyrics to a few of Connie’s R&R hits at http://www.execpc.com/~suden/franc.html

Lyrics to “Never on Sunday” by Connie at http://www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/lyrics/never_on_sunday.txt

Connie Francis song lyrics: http://www.lyricfind.com/artists/1055/

Connie Francis song lyrics: http://www.leoslyrics.com/search.php?search=connie+francis&sartist=1&ssongtitle=1

Lyrics World at http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/

For specific list of Connie Francis songs lyrics at this same site, see http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/main_index/by_artist/francis_connie.html.

A newsgroup called alt.music.lyrics has many folks eager to answer inquiries about lyrics. Try using Google Groups link, http://groups.google.com, and do a subject search for the song you are looking for.

Other websites with lyrics to Connie’s songs are at


Lyrics to “Schöner fremder Mann” at http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.de/~sck04136/schlager/schoener.fremder.mann.html.

Connie Francis German Page and Lyrics at http://userwst2.fh-reutlingen.de/~streichf/francis.htm.

http://lyrics.natalnet.com.br/html/main_index/by_artist/francis_connie.html

http://lyrics.natalnet.com.br/summer.html

A&E Biography Channel

A&E featured Connie on October 25, 1998 (See the CF Videos Section) and many fans posted messages in the months prior.

Below are the links, though dead, but are listed here for reference (will try to find updated links if A&E has still has their message board).

Main index of the A&E message boards is http://www.biography.com/messageboards/index.html

Posted messages:

Connie Francis bio request by this webpage editor.
“Connie Francis...The Best!” by Chuck
Connie Francis bio request by Rebecca
“Connie: Woman of Talent and Courage” by Gabe
“Connie Francis” by John
“Connie Francis” by Jackie
“Connie Francis” by Joyce
“Connie Francis” by Ken K.
Connie Best-selling girl singer by Ken S.
“Connie Francis” by Jadzia
Dearest thoughts by Guillermo
Connie Francis bio request by Sal
“Connie Francis” Inspiring biography by Marty
“Connie Francis- Lady of Talent + Inspiration” by Gabe
“Connie Francis” by Jerry
“Connie Francis” by Mike

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Connie Francis is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but her fans have been giving good reasons why she should be. As one fan puts, "Ugh, this whole R&R HOF really bugs me. It's every year we have to deal with this same issue/complaints."

RateItAll.com - The Opinion Network has an on-going thread regarding Connie not in the R&R HOF. Post your opinion at http://www.rateitall.com/i-65050-connie-francis.aspx.

Editors note: Much of the links below are dead but still listed here for reference (will try to find updated links).

Generally speaking, much has been written and complained why Connie is not in the R&R Hall of Fame, and many fans consider the RRHOF inherently "anti-Connie" and use other venues to award Connie for her contributions in the early years of R&R.

For a brief description of the Election of Inductees process, see http://www.rockhall.com/induct/process.html.

To express your opinion in the Forum section, go to http://forums.rockhall.com/forums/get/inductees.html. Be aware that the R&R Forum is poorly organized, very large file size, and very long download time. I don’t really think their staff looks at it because most messages are trolls and flames. But it’s there, it’s free, and I believe Connie would appreciate any support towards getting her into the Hall of Fame.

Vote for Connie into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame: Here you can place your vote at this site at http://www.freevote.com/booth/rockhall (registration required).

A recent post from a unknown site has some really good points!

"First of all souljunkie, Connie Francis is more like late 50's early 60's - there's nothing '70's about her. And even though she wasn't exposing or almost exposing her private parts when she performed she still managed to climb the charts with several hits and was a viable part of the music world during her heyday. That era may seem like 3,000 years ago to you but it existed just the same. Connie Francis had (has) a very strong voice and a unique sound that very much reflected certain tastes of the time."

from Alan Golnick:

There is a very favorable letter to the editor about Connie published in Newsday. I defend Connie’s right to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can view the letter at http://home.earthlink.net/~agolnick

Trivia: my title for the letter was originally “Hall of Shame: Connie Was Robbed.”

Wanderlist Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

at w a n d e r l i s t - Artists who SHOULD be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Vote for the best Connie Francis song

http://www.wanderlist.com/Conniessongs

Feedback is desired (suggestions, comments, errors, gripes, whatever) Michael Wright,