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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Connie Francis

by: Connie Francis

Release Date November 02, 1999
There were only two women in my life at the age of 16; Patsy Cline and Connie Francis. But for them I might not have ever found such a love of music, and particularly country music. It's always difficult to find a quality album with so many great songs from your favourite artist. This one is gold. Connie sings pretty much her best sad songs here that will make you cry. If "Breaking in a brand new broken heart" doesn't raise the goosebumps you will never understand country music, yet this album crosses over time and time again. Country, pop, blues ... I don't know. I just know it doesn't get much better than this.

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The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas

from: Time Life Records

Release Date September 11, 2001
When we play this Christmas CD, we suddenly find ourselves back in time when we were kids listening to the stereo at home on Chrismtas Day. It's a perfect way to create or recall Christmas memories.

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Somewhere over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 04, 2002
A wonderful collection of Hollywood musical moments that you will enjoy over and over again. The recordings are crisp and clear. This 2 disc set will have you running to rent these classic movies. Kelly, Astaire, Garland, Crosby, Keel and many others were one-of-a-kind talents . What a great way to remember them.

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Gold

by: Connie Francis

Release Date June 14, 2005
To affirm Connie Francis was the best foreign female artist singing Italian melodies is now a commonplace. Any hard listener of unforgettable melodies of that beloved nation may verify it.

Her beauty, alluring charisma and engaging sympathy became her a supreme legend at the moment to appear in any international stage.

This album is by itself the best testimonial evidence, and so far as the memory serves, one shudders to enjoy her unlimited expressiveness, accurate phrasing and winged musicality.

At the moment to select among the most representative elite of great female voices of the Pop song of the last century, she should be part of any list, no matter how exigent can be.

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Italian Favorites/More Italian Favorites

by: Connie Francis

Release Date April 27, 2004
This CD combines two albums that Connie Francis fans and Italians will truly enjoy. Lots of the old Italian songs that became popular in the U.S. in the 1950-60s.

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The Italian Collection, Vol. 1

by: Connie Francis

Release Date November 18, 1997
I'm an Irishman who married into an Italian family. I have spent 22 years scoffing at the Italian music my in-laws listen to. If only they had turned me on to Connie Francis. She touches places in the heart I didn't know existed. I listen to this every day. Every day I feel more alive. Few artists have touched me like this. Simply beautiful.

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The Christmas Album

by: Connie Francis

Release Date November 23, 1999
Although some people might argue that not every song here is truly a Christmas song, every song here is entitled to appear on such an album. And any idea that a song has to mention Christmas in the lyrics in order to be classed as a Christmas song is clearly nonsense as that would rule out Silent night, the most popular Christmas song of all, and a whole hot of other Christmas perennials. I agree that some Christmas albums stretch the boundaries a bit too far, but this isn't one of them.

So to the actual music, which Connie recorded at at a time when her popularity was extremely high. Here, Connie was in top form as usual. Most of the songs are Christmas standards including Winter wonderland, The Christmas song, White Christmas, I'll be home for Christmas, Have ... Read More:

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Connie Francis - Where the Boys Are: 24 Greatest Hits

by: Connie Francis

Release Date February 27, 2001
I wish I had read the reviews on this CD before I purchased it. I, too, was very disappointed because I wanted original recordings. On most of the songs, it's apparent they tried to re-create the song like the original, but some of my favorites were quite far from the original.

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Lifetime of Romance: It Must Be Love { Time Life Various Artists }

from: Time Life

Release Date 2004

DISC ONE:

1 Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
2 Return To Me (Ritorna-Me) - Dean Martin
3 Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton
4 It's Not For Me To Say - Johnny Mathis
5 Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Caliente El Sol) - Ray Charles Singers
6 I Love How You Love Me - Bobby Vinton
7 Don't Break The Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis
8 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me -Mel Carter
9 Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
10 Born Free - Roger Williams With Orchestra Directed By Ralph Carmichael
11 Tonight - Ferrante & Teicher
12 When I Fall In Love - The Lettermen
13 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? - The Kingston Trio
14 Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
15 Never On Sunday - Don Costa
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World of Connie Francis

by: Connie Francis

Release Date July 02, 1996
Well, If you read my review of her 4-cd set on here at Amazon, and wondered what I was talking about that was "missing", you will get some of those songs HERE!


"I Wish I Had A Wooden Heart"
"Moon River"
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"
"Love IS A Many Splendid Thing"
"My Foolish Heart"
"Wayward Wind"
"True Love"

All these songs, while mostly "B" sides, were some of the greatest songs the "Wonderful Girl" ever sang. What REALLY needs to be released in this country (I am fortunate to have a copy on a limited release import) is Connie's album "The Great American Waltzes"....Now THERE was a GREAT GREAT Album of hers, so very sadly neglected. I do not understand where Universal's heads are. Millions of people from my/our ... Read More: