Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites | ||||
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Studio album by Connie Francis | ||||
Released | November 1959 | |||
Recorded | August 22, 1959 August 25–27, 1959 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 42:34 | |||
Label | MGM E-3791 (mono)/SE-3791 (stereo) | |||
Producer | Danny Davis | |||
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Singles from Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites | ||||
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Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites is a studio album recorded by American singer and entertainer Connie Francis.
Background
The album consists of traditional Italian and Neapolitan songs (e. g. Santa Lucia) as well as then-current contemporary songs like Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) or Piove which both had risen to international fame after being Italy's entries to the Eurovision Song Contests of 1958 and 1959.
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites was recorded following a suggestion from Francis' father, George Franconero Sr., who played an active part in directing Francis' career. He had realized that Francis would have to make a timely transition from the youth-oriented Rock 'n' Roll music to adult contemporary music if she wanted to pursue a successful long-term career in music.[1]
To make the album appealing to both Italian immigrants as well as listeners not familiar with Romanic languages, Francis sang most of the songs bilingual in either Italian/English or Neapolitan/English. Only Volare and Piove are sung entirely in Italian whilst Torna a Surriento is sung entirely in Neapolitan. Francis, who didn't learn to speak Italian and Neapolitan fluently until 1962, received assistance from a Berlitz teacher to achieve the correct pronunciation of the lyrics' Italian and Neapolitan lines.[2]
The album was recorded between August 22 and 27, 1959, at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London[3] under the musical direction of Tony Osborne[4] and was released in November 1959. Soon afterwards it entered the album charts where it remained for 81 weeks, peaking at # 4. It remains to this day as Francis' most successful album release.[5]
Following the success of Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites, Francis recorded seven more albums of "Favorites" between 1960 and 1964, including Jewish, German and Irish Favorites, among others.
Track listing
Side A
# | Title | Songwriter | Length |
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1. | "Comm'è bella 'a stagione" | Gigi Pisano, Rodolfo Falvo, George Brown | 1.51 |
2. | "Anema e core" | Salvatore d'Esposito, Domenico Titomalino, Curtis Mann, Harry Akst | 3.03 |
3. | "Arrivederci Roma" | Renato Rascel, Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini, Carl Sigman | 2.56 |
4. | "Solo tu (You alone)" | Robert Allen, Al Stillman | 2.57 |
5. | "Volare" | Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci | 3.19 |
6. | "Non dimenticar" | Gino Redi, Michele Galdieri, Shelly Dobbins | 3.16 |
7. | "Toward the End of the Day (Alla fine del dì)" | Jeffrey Stillman | 3.16 |
Side B
# | Title | Songwriter | Length |
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1. | "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" | Domenico Modugno | 2.52 |
2. | "Mama" | Cesare Andrea Bixio, Bixio Cherubini, Harold Barlow, Phil Brito | 3.55 |
3. | "Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me (Scapricciatiello)" | Pacifico Vento, Ferdinando Albano | 2.39 |
4. | "I Have But One Heart (O' Marenariello)" | Gennaro Ottaviano, Salvatore Gambardella, Johnny Farrow, Marty Symes | 3.33 |
5. | "'O sole mio (There's No Tomorrow)" | Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro | 2.56 |
6. | "Santa Lucia" | traditional, transcription by Teodoro Cottrau | 3.12 |
7. | "Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento)" | Ernesto De Curtis, Giambattista De Curtis | 2.49 |
Not included songs from the sessions
# | Title | Songwriter | Length | Remark |
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1. | "Volare" | Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci | unknown | alternate version with different arrangement and tempo, unreleased to this day |
References
- ^ Connie Francis: Who's sorry now, St. Martin's Press, London 1984
- ^ as above
- ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955–1975
- ^ 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 EI, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
- ^ Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
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- Who's Sorry Now?
- The Exciting Connie Francis
- My Thanks to You
- Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
- Christmas in My Heart
- Connie's Greatest Hits
- Rock 'n' Roll Million Sellers
- Country & Western – Golden Hits
- Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children
- Connie Francis Sings "Second Hand Love"
- One for the Boys
- Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
- Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites
- More Italian Favorites
- Songs to a Swinging Band
- More Greatest Hits
- Connie Francis Sings "Never on Sunday"
- Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites
- Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites
- Do the Twist!/Dance Party
- Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits
- Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
- Greatest American Waltzes
- In the Summer of His Years
- Connie Francis Sings German Favorites
- Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites
- Movie Greats of the 60s
- Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas
- Connie's Christmas
- Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door
- Love, Italian Style
- Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today
- Grandes Éxitos del Cine de los Años 60
- Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s
- Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David
- Connie Francis Sings the Songs of Les Reed
- "Who's Sorry Now?"
- "Stupid Cupid"/"Carolina Moon"
- "Fallin'"/"Happy Days and Lonely Nights"
- "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"
- "My Happiness"
- "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
- "If I Didn't Care"
- "Lipstick on Your Collar"/"Frankie"
- "Among My Souvenirs"/"God Bless America"
- "Mama"
- "Jealous of You (Tango della Gelosia)"/"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
- "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"/"Malagueña"
- "Many Tears Ago"
- "Where the Boys Are"
- "No One"
- "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart"/"Someone Else's Boy"
- "Together"
- "(He's My) Dreamboat"
- "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)"
- "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"
- "Vacation"
- "I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)"/"He Thinks I Still Care"
- "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter"/"Al di là"
- "If My Pillow Could Talk"
- "Your Other Love"
- "In the Summer of His Years"
- "Blue Winter"
- "Be Anything (but Be Mine)"
- "Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?"
- "For Mama"
- "Wishing It Was You"
- "Forget Domani"
- "Roundabout"
- "Jealous Heart"
- "Love Is Me, Love Is You"
- "So Nice (Summer Samba)"
- "Spanish Nights and You"
- "Time Alone Will Tell"
- "My Heart Cries for You"
- "Lonely Again"
- "I Don't Wanna Play House"
- "The Wedding Cake"
- "I love you much too much"
- "Robot Man"
- "Burning Bridges"
- "Lili Marleen"
- "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel"
- "Ich komm' nie mehr von dir los"
- "Wenn ich träume"
- "Schöner fremder Mann"
- "Einmal komm' ich wieder"
- "Eine Insel für zwei"
- "Jamais"
- "Tu' mir nicht weh"
- "Wenn du gehst"
- "Barcarole in der Nacht"
- "Ho bisogno di vederti"
- "Volare"
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- "Young at Heart"
- "Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will"
- "Once a Day"
- "The Shadow of Your Smile"
- "Strangers in the Night"
- "Misty Blue"
- "Are You Satisfied?"
- "Games That Lovers Play"
- Where the Boys Are
- Follow the Boys
- Looking for Love
- When the Boys Meet the Girls