Episode 2998
Connie Francis
Fri, 2025-Jul-18 02:41 UTC
Length - 2:22
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With 557,797 views on Thursday, 17 July 2025 our article of the day is Connie Francis.
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025), known professionally as Connie Francis, was an American pop singer, actress, and one of the top-charting female vocalists of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She was estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
In 1960, Francis was recognized as the most successful female recording artist in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, and the United States. She became the first woman in history to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 when "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" topped the chart in 1960. She was also the first woman to achieve three No. 1 hits on the chart, among her 53 career entries.
In 1974, Francis was beaten and raped at knife point at a hotel in Jericho, New York. In the years after the incident, Francis suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. She attempted suicide in 1984 and was in a coma for several days. Two months after her 1962 song "Pretty Little Baby" became viral on social media platforms, including TikTok, Francis died in July 2025, aged 87.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:41 UTC on Friday, 18 July 2025.
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