Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children

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ReleasedNovember 1959 & March 1962
RecordedSeptember 21 and 22, 1959
Genre Pop
Length23:28
Label 1959:
Lion Records
L 70126
1962:
MGM Records
E-4023
Producer Arnold Maxin
Connie Francis chronology
Country & Western - Golden Hits
(1959)
Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children
(1959)
One for the Boys
(1960)

Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children is a studio album of children's songs recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis. It is one of the few U. S. albums by Connie Francis to be released exclusively in mono. All songs were co-written by George Goehring who had provided Francis earlier that year with one of her biggest hits, Lipstick On Your Collar. [1] [2]

Contents

The album was originally released in November 1959 under the Catalogue number L 70126 on Lion Records, a subsidiary of Francis' label MGM Records. In March 1962 it was reassigned to MGM Records and given the catalog number E-4023. The album was subsequently released as a regular MGM Records Album with a newly designed cover. [3]

In Britain, Francis' label distributor EMI gave the album an immediate release on the MGM label, catalog number MGM C 819, faithfully reproducing the Lion Records artwork. [4]

Track listing

Side A

#TitleSongwriterLength
1."Buster the Butterfly"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.46
2."Chester the Chimpanzee"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.31
3."Dinah the Dinosaur"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.18
4."Elmer the Elephant"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.58
5."Gertrude the Goldfish"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.46
6."Harold the Hippo"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.15

Side B

#TitleSongwriterLength
1."Kitty the Kangaroo"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.39
2."Nancy the Nightingale"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.03
3."Oscar the Octopus"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie1.47
4."Pinky the Penguin"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.13
5."Reggie the Rooster"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.02
6."Sammy the Silkworm"George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie2.10

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References

  1. Original Album Cover of Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children, MGM Records 12" Album E-4023
  2. William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis 1955 – 1959, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set White Sox, Pink Lipstick... and Stupid Cupid, Bear Family Records BCD 16 616 AH, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
  3. Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
  4. Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975