More Italian Favorites | ||||
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Released | 1960 | |||
Genre | Vocal | |||
Length | 35:44 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Connie Francis chronology | ||||
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More Italian Favorites is the thirteenth album by Connie Francis and was released in 1960 by MGM Records. [1]
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Top LPs | 9 |
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero , known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” in one headline of a marginal publication, she is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song appeared first in the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to Love is a Many Splendored Thing, the soap opera based on the movie.
"Mamma" is a popular song composed in 1940 by Cesare Andrea Bixio with Italian lyrics by Bixio Cherubini under the title "Mamma son tanto felice".
"Just Say I Love Her" is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje". The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930; and was arranged in United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.
"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield that was a No. 1 hit for Connie Francis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", was the first German single recorded and released by Connie Francis, and it reached No. 1 on the single chart in 1960 in West Germany.
"Forget Domani" is a song introduced in the 1964 film The Yellow Rolls-Royce being a composition by Riz Ortolani, who scored the film, and lyricist Norman Newell.
Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites is a studio album of Spanish and Latin American songs recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis sings German Favorites is a studio album of German songs recorded by U.S. entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis sings "Never on Sunday" is a studio album of songs from motion pictures recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis:
Connie Francis sings Jewish Favorites is a studio album of Jewish songs recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
One for the Boys is an unreleased studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
Melodien, die die Welt erobern is a studio album recorded for the German market by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites is a studio album recorded by American singer and entertainer Connie Francis.
Schöner fremder Mann is the fourth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.
Love Is Me, Love Is You is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and first recorded by Connie Francis.
Barcarole in der Nacht is the tenth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis. The B-side was Colombino.
"Where the Boys Are" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield for, and first recorded by, Connie Francis as the title track of the 1960 movie by the same name in which she was co-starring.
"Return to Me" is a song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Danny Di Minno. The song was released in 1958 by Dean Martin. Martin recorded the song again in 1961 for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs.
"Are You Satisfied?" is a song written by Homer Escamilla and Sheb Wooley and performed by Rusty Draper featuring the Jack Halloran Singers. It reached #11 in the U.S. in 1956.