CLASSIC 1958 UK#1 CONNIE FRANCIS 78 STUPID CUPID / CAROLINA MOON MGM 985 E-/V+

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A CLASSIC NUMBER ONE TEEN HIT BY CONNIE FRANCIS ON UK MGM 78

Connie Francis was born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on December 12th, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey. She began her musical career at the age of three, learning to play an accordion bought for her by her roofing contractor father, George. Her father's dream was not for his daughter to become a star, but for her to become independent of men as an adult with her own accordion school of music.

At age ten, she was accepted on Startime, a New York City television show that featured talented child singers and performers. Its host, the legendary TV talent scout, Arthur Godfrey, had difficulty pronouncing her name and suggested something "easy and Irish," which turned into Francis. After three weeks on Startime , the show's producer and Francis' would-be manager advised her to forget the accordion and concentrate on singing. Francis performed weekly on Startime for four years.

After being turned down by almost every record label she approached, 16-year-old Connie signed a recording contract with MGM, only because one of the songs on her demo, "Freddy," also happened to be the name of the president's son. "Freddy" was released in June 1955 as the singer's first single and went nowhere. After a series of flop singles, including "little blue wren" and "my sailor boy", she undertook what was to be her last session for MGM on October 2nd, 1957. Francis had recently accepted a pre-med scholarship to New York University and was contemplating the end of her career as a singer. Having recorded two songs, she thanked the technicians and musicians, hoping not to have to have to record the third song her father had in mind, an old tune from 1923. After a false start, she sang it in one take. That song was "Who's Sorry Now" and when MGM executives heard it, they issued it as a single release. The song caught on quickly and when Dick Clark played it on American Bandstand, he told its eight million viewers that Connie Francis was "a new girl singer that is heading straight for the number one spot."

"Who's Sorry Now" went to number 4 on the US pop chart and number 1 in the UK and was the first in a long string of hit records between 1957 and 1962. These included reworkings of more oldies, such as "My Happiness", "Among My Souvenirs" and "Together". Among her more upbeat songs were "Stupid Cupid" (another UK number 1) and "Where The Boys Are" by the new songwriting team of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Her other US Top 10 entries included "Lipstick On Your Collar", "Frankie", "Mama", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (her first US number 1), "My Mind Has A Heart Of Its Own" (another US number 1), "Many Tears Ago", "Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart", "When The Boy In Your Arms Is The Boy In Your Heart", "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" (US number 1), "Second Hand Love" and "Vacation".

DOUBLE A-SIDE

 ENTERED THE UK CHARTS - 26/09/1958
6 weeks at #1 - 19 weeks on chart
  STUPID CUPID
Stupid Cupid you're a real mean guy
I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly
I'm in love and it's a crying shame
And I know that you're the one to blame
Hey hey set me free
Stupid Cupid stop picking on me

I can't do my homework and I can't think straight
I meet him every morning bout half past eight
I'm acting like a lovesick fool
You've even got me carrying his books to school
Hey hey set me free
Stupid Cupid stop picking on me

You messed me up for good right from the very start
Hey go play Robin Hood
With somebody else's heart

You got me jumping like a crazy clown
And I don't feature what your putting down
Since I kissed his loving lips of wine
The thing that bothers me is that I like it fine
Hey hey set me free
Stupid Cupid stop picking on me

You got me jumping like a crazy clown
And I don't feature what your putting down
Since I kissed his loving lips of wine
The thing that bothers me is that I like it fine
Hey hey set me free
Stupid Cupid stop picking on me
Hey hey set me free
Stupid Cupid stop picking on me
(Stupid Cupid)
(Stupid Cupid)
  CAROLINA MOON 

Carolina moon keep shining
Shining on the one who waits for me
Carolina moon I'm pining
Pining for the place I long to be

How I'm hoping tonight you'll go
Go to the right window
Scatter your light, say I'm alright
Please do
Tell him that I'm blue and lonely
Dreamy Carolina moon

(Carolina moon)

Shining on the one who waits for me

How I'm hoping tonight you'll go
Go to the right window
Scatter your light, say I'm alright
Please do
Tell him that I'm blue and lonely
Dreamy Carolina moon

Shine on, shine on
Carolina moon
  Disc Details:-   UK MGM 985 10" 78rpm SHELLAC   CONNIE FRANCIS     CONDITION = E-/V+    LABELS WILL DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM STOCK PHOTO   SOME SCRATCHES, MARKS AND SCUFFS BUT PLAYS REALLY GREAT     HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PICK UP THIS CLASSIC CONNIE FRANCIS UK #1   DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW!
   

POSTAGE STUFF

10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!!

 THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,

 

USUALLY FOR MAILING OVERSEAS, I RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN 7 IN A BOX, OTHERWISE IT GOES OVER THE AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 2Kgs WHICH CAUSES A LARGE HIKE IN POSTAL RATES.

 

MY STANDARD DISPATCH TIME IS TEN WORKING DAYS!

 

I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK


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