Born on this day – Connie Francis:

Connie Francis

Singer

Composer

Actress

Writer

December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025

Songs:

Al Di La; Among My Souvenirs; Blue Winter; Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart; Carolina Moon; Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel; Don't Break the Heart That Loves You; Everybody's Somebody's Fool; Follow The Boys; Frankie; Guaglione; I Will Wait for You; I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter; I'm Sorry I Made You Cry; Invierno Triste Azul; Jealous of You; Lipstick on Your Collar; Mama; Mi Tonto Amor; My Happiness; My Heart Has a Mind of It's Own; Never on Sunday; Pretty Little Baby; Schöner fremder Mann; Stupid Cupid; Teddy; Tennessee Waltz; Tiny Bubbles; Vacation; Who’s Sorry Now; Wishing It Was You; You're Gonna Miss Me.

Albums:

Al Di La (1962); Christmas in My Heart (1959); Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s (1968); Connie & Clyde (1968); Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door (1966); Connie Francis at the Copa (1961); Connie Francis At the Copa / Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1961 (2013); Connie Francis Sings "Never On Sunday" and Other Title Songs from Motion Pictures: Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks (1961); Connie Francis Sings "Second Hand Love" (1962); Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits (1963); Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David (1968); Connie Francis Sings Buddy Holly (1996); Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites (1961); Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites / Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1961 (2013); Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children (1959); Connie Francis Sings German Favorites (1964); Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites (1962); Connie Francis Sings Italian, Spanish and Latin American Favorites (2014); Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites (1960); Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits (1963); Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites (1960); Connie Francis Sings the Songs of Les Reed (1969); Connie Francis: Five Original Albums, Vol. 1 (2014); Connie Francis: Greatest Hits (1992); Country & Western – Golden Hits (1959); Country Music Connie Style (1962); Do the Twist (1962); Folk Song Favorites (2001); Grandes Éxitos del Cine de los Años 60 (1967); Greatest American Waltzes (1963); Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today (1967); Hawaii Connie (1968); In the Summer of His Years (1963); Live at the Copa, New York 1961 (2014); Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas (1966); Love, Italian Style (1967); Maybe Baby Vol. 4 (2013); More Italian Favorites (1960); Movie Greats of the 60s (1966); My Thanks to You (1959); One for the Boys (2023); Party Power (1992); Rock 'n' Roll Million Sellers (1959); Second Hand Love (2001); Sings Italian Favorites (1959); Sings The All Time International Hits (1965); Songs to a Swinging Band (1960); The Exciting Connie Francis (1959); Who's Sorry Now? (1958).

Books:

Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 (2017); Connie Francis-Among My Souvenirs (2017); For Every Young Heart (1962); Who's Sorry Now? (1984).

Movies and television:

11.22.63 (2016); 11er Haus (2005); 2046 (2004); 30 Favoriten (2021); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show (2005); American Bandstand (1958–1980); American Bandstand's 23rd Birthday Special (1975); American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special (1981); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); American Bandstand's Teen Idol (1994); American Horror Story (2018); American Soundtrack: Red, White & Rock (2002); Another Happy Day (2011); At This Very Moment (1962); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Bad Sisters (2022); Bandstand (1962); Banished (2007); Banklady (2013); Battle of the Ages (1952); Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964); Big Night Out (1961); Big Time Adolescence (2019); Biography (1998); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song (1998); Bob's Burgers (2017); Boston Ballroom (1958–1964); Brat Pack (1994); Call the Midwife (2014–2016); Celebrity Party (1963); Coke Time (1960); Connie Francis: A Legend in Concert (1989); Dancing with the Stars (2008); Dead Boy Detectives (2024); Designing Women (1989); Die goldene Schlagerparade (1992); Dom kallar oss raggare (2021); Donkey Konga (2003); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Es funkeln die Sterne - Eine musikalische Silvesterreise um die Welt (1966); Evil (2003); Feste der Volksmusik (2004); Festival di Sanremo (1965–1967); Feud (2017); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Flitterabend (1993); Follow the Boys (1963); Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992); From the Future with Love (2013); Futurama (2002); Good Morning America (1980–1984); Gotham (2015); Grantchester (2022); Happy-End in La Turbie (1964); Hava Nagila (2012); Here's Hollywood (1960); Herzlichst Ihr Peter Kraus (1960); Homeward Bound Telethon (2013); Hour Magazine (1981–1985); Household Saints (1993); In a Year with 13 Moons (1978); Inside Edition (2025); I've Got a Secret (1964); Jamboree! (1957); Jawbreaker (1999); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1971–1985); Jess + Moss (2011); Kim Friele - homokampens førstedame (2021); Klein Schau – international (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Larry King Live (2002); Laverne & Shirley (1976–1977); Legends (2010); Les Cowboys (2015); Lewis & Clark & George (1997); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); Live Wednesday (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Looking for Love (1964); Mambo Italiano (2003); Melissa (1966); Melodien, die die Welt eroberten (1966); Midnight's Children (2012); Mike macht alles (1961); Modern Romances (1956); Moeder, ik wil bij de revue (2012); My Cousin Vinny (1992); My Yearbook 1960-1963 (2015); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Neil Sedaka: King of Song (2014); Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On (2001); New British Canon (2024); Nonnas (2025); On Stage America (1984); Parade (1960); Password (1962); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967); Person to Person (1961); Personality (1967); Pop 2000: 50 Jahre Popmusik und Jugendkultur in Deutschland (1999); Postcards from America (1994); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965); Rock Rock Rock! (1956); Roger & Me (1989); Romance & Cigarettes (2005); Rund um die Welt (1965); Schlager International (1967); Showbiz Tonight (2006); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2009); Soeben eingetroffen (1966–1967); Stage Show (1955–1956); Star Time (1954–1955); Starved (2014); Superintelligence (2020); Takin' Over the Asylum (1994); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1965); That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (2008); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 33rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1959); The 35th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1961); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1964); The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars (1987); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Breakfast (1996); The Big Record (1958); The Brooklyn Banker (2016); The Carson Podcast (2018); The Connie Francis Scrapbook (1992); The Connie Francis Show (1961); The Craft (1996); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Dick Clark Show (1958–1960); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1970); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Garry Moore Show (1966); The Great British Sewing Bee (2020–2022); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1970–1971); The Island (2005); The Jack Benny Program (1963–1964); The Jimmie Rodgers Show (1959); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Specials (1964); The Lawrence Welk Show (1963); The Look of the Year (1985); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1973); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Novice (2021); The Original Amateur Hour (2005); The Other Side of Sunday (1996); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1958); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1985); The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958); The Songmakers Collection (2001); The Sopranos (1999); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1971); The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (1991); The Wages of Spin (2008); The Wire (2004); This Fool (2022); This Is Your Life (1959–1961); Today (1989); Tohuwabohu (1992–1997); Toute la chanson (1961); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1958–1960); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1959–1961); Veronica Mars (2005); What's My Line? (1961); When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965); Where the Boys Are (1960); Where the Boys Were: A Retrospective (2004); Wieder zurück: Siegfried Arno - Eine Musik-Show aus Studio 3 (1962); Wildlife (2018); Win, Lose or Draw (1989); Wogan (1989); You Again (2010).