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How Connie Francis Made ‘Where the Boys Are’: The Song That Became a Summer Anthem
Some songs are tied to a season so closely that hearing the first notes is like feeling sunshine on your face. “Where the Boys Are” is such a song. For Connie Francis, it was more than a hit; it was the title song of a film, an anthem for a generation of young people on…
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Connie Francis: The Heart Behind the Hits
Behind Connie Francis’s bright, confident voice was a woman who knew both great joy and great pain, and who sang about both with a honesty that made listeners feel less alone. Her hits sound effortless, but they were shaped by a close, sometimes complicated family, by early fame, by love and loss, and by a…
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The Untold Story of Connie Francis: The Voice That Carried a Generation’s Heart
There are singers who sing a song, and there are singers who become the song, who make you feel as if the words were written for your own heart. Connie Francis was the second kind. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she was the most popular female singer in America, a voice that could…