Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia) - Connie Francis, Harper, Marjorie
Robot Man [Alternate Take] - Connie Francis, Dee, Sylvia
Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
I Think of You [Second Recording] - Connie Francis, Craig, Jim
Robot Man [Master] - Connie Francis, Dee, Sylvia
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/False Start/Take 19][Take] - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/Single Vocal/Take 21][Take] - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/Double Vocal/Take 23][Take] - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
I've Got Reason to Worry - Connie Francis,
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 2/Take 37][Take] - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 3/Take 49/RE 4][Take] - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
Love Is Where You Find It - Connie Francis, Brent, Earl K.
Swanee - Connie Francis, Caesar, Irving
My Love, My Love - Connie Francis, Acquaviva, Tony
Angel Eyes - Connie Francis, Brent, Earl
I Got Lost in His Arms - Connie Francis, Berlin, Irving
Gone With the Wind - Connie Francis, Magidson, Herbert
How Long Has This Been Going On? - Connie Francis, Gershwin, George
It Might as Well Be Spring - Connie Francis, Hammerstein, Oscar
Track Listings (30) - Disc #2
Ol' Man Mose - Connie Francis, Armstrong, Louis
Dat's Love - Connie Francis, Bennett, Robert Rus
Taboo - Connie Francis, Lecuona, Margarita
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Connie Francis, Cavanaugh, James [1
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
On the Outside Looking In - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis, Scott, Winfield
Happy New Year Baby - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
Breaking in a Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
No One [Third Recording] - Connie Francis, Pomus, Doc
Without Your Love - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
Auf Wiederseh'n, My Dear - Connie Francis, Ager, Milton
Baby Roo - Connie Francis, Greenfield, Howard
One Tear Too Many - Connie Francis,
Let the Rest of the World Go By - Connie Francis, Ball, Ernest
Someone Else's Boy - Connie Francis, Gordon, Hal
It's Time to Say Goodnight [False Start] - Connie Francis,
It's Time to Say Goodnight [Long Version] - Connie Francis,
Too Many Rules - Connie Francis, Stirling, Don
Your Love - Connie Francis, Yradier, Sebastian
Together [Re-recorded Narrative] - Connie Francis, Brown, Lew
Together - Connie Francis, Brown, Lew
Oh, Susannah - Connie Francis, Traditional
On Top of Old Smokey - Connie Francis, Traditional
Every Night (When the Sun Goes Down) - Connie Francis, Traditional
Boll Weevil - Connie Francis, Traditional
Clementine - Connie Francis, Traditional
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain - Connie Francis, Traditional
Come on Jerry - Connie Francis, Traditional
Careless Love - Connie Francis, Handy, W.C.
Track Listings (30) - Disc #3
True Love, True Love - Connie Francis, Traditional
Aura Lee - Connie Francis, Traditional
Red River Valley - Connie Francis, Traditional
Beautiful Brown Eyes - Connie Francis, Traditional
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin') - Connie Francis, Tiomkin, Dimitri
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - Connie Francis, Fain, Sammy
Three Coins in the Fountain - Connie Francis, Cahn, Sammy
Around the World - Connie Francis, Young, Rida Johnson
Tammy - Connie Francis, Evans, Ray [Lyricis
April Love [Second Recording] - Connie Francis, Fain, Sammy
Anna - Connie Francis, Engvick, William
The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?) - Connie Francis, Auric, Georges
Love Me Tender - Connie Francis, Matson, Vera
Young at Heart [Second Recording] - Connie Francis, Leigh, Carolyn
Never on Sunday - Connie Francis, Hadjidakis, Manos
Moonglow/Theme from "Picnic" - Connie Francis, Allen, Steve [1]
Pretty Little Baby - Connie Francis, Nauman, Bill
He's My Dreamboat - Connie Francis, Loudermilk, John D.
He's Just a Scientist (That's All) - Connie Francis, Loudermilk, John D.
Hollywood - Connie Francis, Loudermilk, John D.
Sing Along - Connie Francis, Traditional
You Tell Me Your Dream - Connie Francis, Traditional
In the Good Old Summertime - Connie Francis, Traditional
I Love You Truly - Connie Francis, Traditional
Home on the Range - Connie Francis, Traditional
And the Band Played On - Connie Francis, Traditional
My Wild Irish Rose [Singalong Version] - Connie Francis, Olcott, Chauncey
Auld Lang Syne - Connie Francis, Burns, Robert [2]
Tavern in the Town - Connie Francis, Traditional
Down in the Valley - Connie Francis, Traditional
Track Listings (30) - Disc #4
When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) - Connie Francis, Bennett, Roy
I'm Falling in Love - Connie Francis, Davis, Benny
Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis, Davis, Benny
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis, Davis, Benny
White Cliffs of Dover - Connie Francis, Burton, Nat
White Cliffs of Dover [Alternate Take] - Connie Francis, Burton, Nat
Mr. Twister [Alternate Take] - Connie Francis, Berry, John [Doo Wo
Mr. Twister - Connie Francis, Berry, John [Doo Wo
Ain't That Better Baby - Connie Francis, Lynn, Cathy
Don't Cry on My Shoulder - Connie Francis, Benjamin, Bennie
Love Bird - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Does Ol' Broadway Ever Sleep? - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Gonna Git That Man [Complete Version] - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Johnny Darlin' - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Teach Me How to Twist - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Kiss N' Twist - Connie Francis, Canosa, Michael
Cha Cha Twist - Connie Francis, Christopher, Don
Lovey-Dovey Twist - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Telephone Lover - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Drop It Joe - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Hey Ring-A-Ding - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
Mommy Your Daughter's Fallin' in Love - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
I Won't Be Home to You - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
My Real Happiness - Connie Francis, Curtis, Eddie
A Little Bit of Heaven - Connie Francis, Ball, Ernest
Mother Machree - Connie Francis, Ball, Ernest
How Can You Buy Killarney? - Connie Francis, Grundland, Freddie
Danny Boy - Connie Francis, Weatherly, Frederic
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Connie Francis, Harburg, E.Y.
My Wild Irish Rose [Irish Version] - Connie Francis, Olcott, Chauncey
Track Listings (27) - Disc #5
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Connie Francis, Ball, Ernest
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's My Irish Lullaby) - Connie Francis, Shannon, James Royc
It's a Great Day for the Irish - Connie Francis, Edens, Roger
Dear Old Donegal - Connie Francis, Graham, Steve
McNamara's Band - Connie Francis, O'Connor
Did Your Mother Come from Ireland? - Connie Francis, Carr, Leon
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home - Connie Francis, Traditional
I'm So Alone - Connie Francis, Bolin, Nicolai
It Happened Last Night - Connie Francis, Whitcup
No One Ever Sends Me Roses [Single Vocal] - Connie Francis, Davis, Benny
I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love With You) - Connie Francis, Canosa, Michael
Second Hand Love [Single Vocal] - Connie Francis, Hunter, Hank
Second Hand Love [Double Vocal] - Connie Francis, Hunter, Hank
You'll Never Know - Connie Francis, Gordon, Mack
Lullaby of Broadway - Connie Francis, Dubin, Al
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Connie Francis, Gilbert, Ray
Moon River - Connie Francis, Mancini, Henry
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Connie Francis, Evans, Ray [Lyricis
Over the Rainbow - Connie Francis, Arlen, Harold
Secret Love - Connie Francis, Fain, Sammy
When You Wish upon a Star - Connie Francis, Harline, Leigh
Buttons and Bows - Connie Francis, Evans, Ray [Lyricis
High Hopes - Connie Francis, Cahn, Sammy
The Last Time I Saw Paris - Connie Francis, Hammerstein, Oscar
All the Way - Connie Francis, Cahn, Sammy
The Way You Look Tonight - Connie Francis, Fields, Dorothy
It's Time to Say Goodnight [Short Version] - Connie Francis,
5-CD LP-sized Box-Set with 32-page full color illustrate booklet. Picking up where our highly acclaimed White Sox, Pink Lipstick and Stupid Cupid left off in 1959, this set takes Connie's career up to the Spring of 1962, a... more »nd includes all of her English language recordings from those years. Few singers from that era covered so many bases so convincingly. She did classic 1920s and 1930s pop, country songs, cabaret, and rock 'n' roll. The chart placings speak for themselves. Among the Connie Francis Hall of Fame recordings on this set are Everybody's Somebody's Fool, My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, Where The Boys Are, and Don't Break The Heart That Loves You. We've also included the rare Australian Award Winning Motion Picture Hits LP in Stereo.« less
5-CD LP-sized Box-Set with 32-page full color illustrate booklet. Picking up where our highly acclaimed White Sox, Pink Lipstick and Stupid Cupid left off in 1959, this set takes Connie's career up to the Spring of 1962, and includes all of her English language recordings from those years. Few singers from that era covered so many bases so convincingly. She did classic 1920s and 1930s pop, country songs, cabaret, and rock 'n' roll. The chart placings speak for themselves. Among the Connie Francis Hall of Fame recordings on this set are Everybody's Somebody's Fool, My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, Where The Boys Are, and Don't Break The Heart That Loves You. We've also included the rare Australian Award Winning Motion Picture Hits LP in Stereo.
The incomplete complete Connie Francis? discography
Tadeusz Zdrojewski | Warszawa (Warsaw) Poland | 05/10/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The result of Connie Francis' phenomenon and permanent shortage of her CDs on the market is that sometimes those more voluminous than one-CD editions are met by her fans with enthusiasm, and this enthusiasm often blinds their eyes to the imperfections of these editions. Box-sets "White sox, pink lipstick and ... stupid cupid" and "Kissin', twistin', goin' where the boys are" were issued by Bear Family not for average music fans (which are usually satisfied with one of "The Best" editions) but for more demanding listeners, let's say COLLECTORS. Addressed to them, they have been packed in huge, old-fashion, looking like special LPs edition boxes. But from the collector's point of view, there are some details I would like to turn attention at, because one may expect that such expensive box-sets are perfect. But they are certainly not!
1. The sub-titles "In the 1950s" and "The early 1960s" suggest that we will find here the complete recordings from these periods. But we won't. Connie's Italian, Spanish, Jewish, Christmas and songs for children were (with premeditation?) omitted in this collection. Thanks God, Collectables label has just issued "Italian Favorites/More Italian Favorites" (2 LPs on 1 CD); you can just simply attach it to the Bear Family incomplete collection.
2. The books you'll find in both sets contain Connie's MGM discography (in chronological order). The discography attached to "White sox..." seems to be complete, it lists also titles not included on the discs. But discography from "Kissin', twistin'..." refers only to the recordings placed on the discs, therefore is incomplete. Where are, for example, recordings from May 1960 (Abbey Road, England), mentioned in the text?
3. The songs which were printed on the discs in chronological order create a mess. Songs of the corresponding MGM vinyl LP origin were usually spread between two discs, e.g. MY THANKS TO YOU between discs 3 and 4, COUNTRY AND WESTERN GOLDEN HITS between discs 4 and 5 ("White sox..."), SONGS TO A SWINGING BAND between discs 1 and 2, FOLK SONG FAVORITES between discs 2 and 3, IRISH FAVORITES between discs 3 and 4 ("Kissin', Twistin'...), etc. Thus, if you don't have an easily programmable 5-CD changer better make your own compilations!
4. The recordings are not of equal quality - most of them are OK but some are poor (especially rare, unpublished tracks, alternates, and archival tracks 25-29/CD1 from "White sox..."). Many of them sound like recorded in tinned bucket and not in a studio. The metallic coating due to the digitalization of the analog material has not been avoided. Their main disadvantage is a lack of low frequencies, so the vocal (distorted in some early recordings) stings your ears unpleasantly. Thus, the digital mastering work is not fully acceptable. The same songs sound much better on discs by Polygram, where are warmer, more "analog". Also, the dynamic range and output level of recordings is usually too low and varies from song to song! 5. Some alternate, unpublished recordings are very interesting and even better than "originals" (e.g. Hawaiian-flavored version of "No one" or "Valentino"- double vocal). But some are poor and not worth mentioning (e.g. "Second hand love" - double vocal or "White cliffs of Dover"-alt.). More sensitive listeners may not withstand repeated five times "My heart has a mind of its own" or three times "It's time to say goodnight". Ready to believe in the last title they may fall asleep!
6. The artwork attached to CD cases (identical in both boxes) is very poor - one leaf of white paper with b&w photos only, is not enough in such an expensive and prestigious edition. Also the quality of the photos in both books is low, compare them with the ones from the book attached to "Souvenirs" ! The discs do not have the box title on the covers (only the artist's name and disc number), so when taken out from the boxes they are not easily recognizable. To make it easier (???) Bear Family applied the following key: discs from the red box-set ("White sox...") are equipped with photos placed on a pink background and have blue inscriptions, while the discs from blue box-set ("Kissin', twistin'...") are equipped with photos placed on blue background with pink inscriptions. How clever!
7. Some discs are filled up to the limits of their capacity (78-79 minutes). What for? In some cases this may cause the technical problems with the playback, especially when the edge of the metal layer is not perfect. This happened in the case of disc no. 4 ("Kissin', twistin...") which is 79+ min. None of my players was able to read the last track without skipping and pausing. Shifting last song(s) to the disc no. 5 (which is only 71 min.) could avoid such problems.
8. The sets reviewed right here seem to be an example of unfinished work. It is hard to believe that since 1996 Bear Family has been unable to complete this series issuing "The mid 1960s" and "The late 1960s" collections. Instead, Bear Family cuts its cake into pieces and sells them under different titles, e.g. "Connie rocks". What will be next, "Connie twists"? Bear Family, it's the highest time to wake-up! The spring is all around!
Thus, if you are not a 200% Connie's fan, you are not ready to listen to alternates and you prefer listening to the songs not interrupted after false starts or introduced with session chit-chats, and you would like to listen to recordings of equal, high quality - you'd better buy "Souvenirs" (singles collection covering entire period of Connie's MGM activity, 118 songs on 4 CDs, less space-consuming box-set with book, all at incomparably lower price). But make sure you won't regret the absence of Irish songs, folk favorites, screen hits as well as many other rare recordings (e.g. "Too young", "Cry", "Auld Lang Syne", "My love"- the English version of "La Paloma" or "I'm so alone" better known as "Que sola estoy"). Bear Family boxes are currently the only source of these cuts!Summarizing, I can't rate these boxes as high as my predecessors. Comparing the ratio of contents/price I found it much higher for "Souvenirs". So three stars only, just enough to encourage Bear Family for the better work!"
MISSING AN ESSENTIAL
erniegarcia3 | 04/12/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"WHILE THIS MAY BE A GREAT COMPILATION IT IS MISSING HER BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF "CAROLINA MOON" AND ISTEAD FEATURES STUFF LIKE "ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY". OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT 5 STARS. I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER BOXED SET WHICH IS BETTER.CONNIE FRANCIS WAS A GREAT SINGER OF THE 50'S AND 60'S AND IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD "CAROLINA MOON" YOU WON'T MISS IT.I JUST HAPPEN TO LIKE IT!!IN 1958 AMERICAN BANDSTAND RATED HER THE BEST FEMALE VOCALIST ALONG WITH ELVIS AS BEST MALE.ANNETTE AND FABIAN RECEIVED THE MOST PROMISING.IT'S STILL VERY MUCH WORTH BUYING!"
Irish Connie?
Martin 13 | Slovenia | 06/29/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This five cd set if featuring her recordings from 1960 to 1962. Mostly pop, country and Irish songs. And here you'll find Aura Lee by which Love Me Tender was inspired."
Lots of songs missing
NBT Debit Card | USA | 03/29/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"where are the songs like Vacation, Looking For Love ( mono version) Don't Ever Leave Me and Mama or mama should be on the 50's box set. these songs should have been on the set."
Definitely a keeper!!
Floyd E. Reynolds, Jr. | Tidewater, Virginia | 09/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a wonderful catalog of music from one of the best singers this country has ever produced. Her talents are astounding; she can go in every direction--tearful ballads, rock 'n roll romps, country torch songs, and international favorites. She sings in seventeen languages, and you'll want to hear every one. I simply love Connie Francis, and this is by far the most comprehensive and satisfying box set available. Get one for yourself!!"