Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel - dieser Erfolgsschlager von Connie Francis (im Original "Everybody's Somebody's Fool") beschreibt auch das Privatleben der Künstlerin, denn sie war viermal verheiratet und musste viele Schicksalsschläge hinnehmen wie den Verlust ihrer Stimme, eine Vergewaltigung sowie den gewaltsamen Tod ihres Bruders. Auch die musikalische Karriere von Concetta Franconero, so ihr richtiger Name, kam lange nicht richtig in Fahrt, bis "Who's Sorry Now?" endlich zum Hit und die adrette und charmante Connie auch in Europa zu einem Star ganz ohne Allüren wurde. Insgesamt 19 ihrer Originalalben plus Bonussongs haben wir in dieser Box zusammengefasst, die in zahlreichen Sprachen die enorme Vielseitigkeit von Amerikas größtem weiblichen Popstar zeigt. Von vielen ihrer Lieder gibt es deutsche Versionen, sie sang aber auch Duette mit Peter Kraus sowie Hits von Buddy Holly und Elvis Presley, Country-, Musical- oder Twist-Songs ebenso wie jüdische Volkslieder - nicht viele Sängerinen waren so vielseitig. Wie nur ganz wenige in ihrer Branche verkörperte Connie Francis den Star für jedermann und war außerhalb der USA sehr erfolgreich. Diese zehn CDs bieten ein Wiederhören mit zahlreichen Evergreens wie Stupid Cupid, Love Me Tender, O Sole Mio oder Volare, um nur einige zu nennen. Weltweit hatte die Sängerin mit viel Schmelz und Schmalz in der Stimme mehrere hundert Charterfolge - die besten davon sind in dieser Box zu hören.

CD 1"WHO'S SORRY NOW" (1958) 1. Who's Sorry Now (Snyder / Kalmar / Ruby) 2.17 2. I'm Nobody's Baby (Davis / Ager / Sandly) 2.20 3. It's the Talk of the Town (Symes / Neiburg / Livingston) 2.52 4. I Miss You So (Henderson / Scott / Robin) 2.32 5. I Cried For You (Freed / Arnehim / Lyman) 2.55 6. Heartaches (Hoffman / Klenner) 2.31 7. I'm Beginning to See the Light (James / Ellington / Hodges / George) 2.39 8. My Melancholy Baby (Burnett / Norton / Watson) 3.53 9. You Always Hurt the One You Love (Roberts / Fisher) 2.2210. How Deep Is the Ocean (Berlin) 2.2211. If I Had You (Shapiro / Cambell / Connelly) 2.4612. I'll Get By (Turk / Ahlert) 2.32 "THE EXCITING CONNIE FRANCIS" (1959) 13. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen / Mercer) 2.1714. Hallelujah I Love Him So (Charles) 2.5615. All by Myself (Berlin) 2.2816. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (Lewis / Young / Schwartz) 2.2817. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren / Gordon) 1.5218. The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (Berlin) 2.0119. Time After Time (Styne / Cahn) 3.1120. How Did He Look (Silver / Shelley) 3.3921. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Noble) 3.4322. That's All (Haymes / Brandy) 3.2023. Blame It on My Youth (Levant / Heyman) 2.5424. Melancholy Serenade (Gleason / Enston) 3.35 Total Time 67.05 CD 2"MY THANKS TO YOU" (1959) 1. My Thanks to You (Gay / Nevell) 3.34 2. The Bells of St. Mary's (Adams / Furber) 2.32 3. A Garden in the Rain (Dyrenforth / Gibbons) 3.07 4. Try a Little Tenderness (Campbell / Connelly / Woods) 3.51 5. A Tree in the Meadow (Reid) 3.29 6. Now Is the Hour (Kaihan / Scott / Stewart) 2.34 7. I'll Close My Eyes (Kaye / Reid) 3.32 8. The Very Thought of You (Noble) 3.48 9. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (Link / Marvell / Strachey) 4.2210. Cruising Down the River (Beadell / Tollerton) 2.2411. The Gipsy (Reid) 3.0112. Goodnight Sweetheart (Campbell / Connelly / Noble) 3.05 "CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS ITALIAN FAVORITES" (1959) 13. Comm'e Belle a Stagione (Salvo / Pisano / Brown) 1.4914. Anema E Core (D'Espesito / Manlio) 3.0315. Arriverderci Roma (Rascel / Giovannini) 2.5616. You Alone (Solo Tu) (Stillman / Allen) 2.5617. Volare (Nel Blu Di Pint Di Blu) (Modugno / Migliacci) 3.1318. Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget) (T'No Volunto Bene) (Galdisri / Redi / Dobbins) 3.1619. Toward the End of the Day (Stillman / Jeffrey) 2.3720. Ciao, Ciao Bambina (Chiow, Chiow Baambeena) (Modugno) 2.4821. Mama (Parsons / Turner / Bixio) 3.5622. Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me (Scapriccoiatiello) (Roffman / Manning / Alsavo) 2.3723. I Have But One Heart (O'Maronariellio) (Farrow / Symes) 3.3124. O Sole Mio (There's No Tomorrow) (Hoffman / Carday / Carr) 2.5525. Santa Lucia (Traditional) 3.09 Total Time 79.20 CD 3 "ROCK 'N' ROLL MILLION SELLERS" (1960) 1. Come Back to Sorrento (Traditional) 2.56 2. Heartbreak Hotel (Axton / Durden / Presley) 2.01 3. Tweedle Dee (Scott) 2.30 4. I Almost Lost My Mind (Hunter) 2.38 5. I Hear You Knocking (Bartholomew / King) 2.22 6. Just a Dream (Clanton / Matassa) 2.55 7. Don't Be Cruel (Blackwell / Presley) 1.41 8. Lipstick on Your Collar (Goehring / Lewis) 2.17 9. Sincerely (Freed / Fuqua) 2.5110. Ain't That a Shame (Domino / Bartholomew) 2.1311. Silhouettes (Slay / Crewe) 2.4712. I'm Walkin' (Domino / Bartholomew) 1.5713. It's Only Make Believe (Twitty / Nance) 2.30 "COUNTRY & WESTERN GOLDEN HITS" (1960) 14. Singing the Blues (Endsley) 2.1415. Tennessee Waltz (Stewart / King) 2.5216. Young Love (Cartey / Joyner) 2.3217. Your Cheatin' Heart (Williams) 2.1918. Bye Bye Love (Bryant / Bryant) 2.2119. Peace in the Valley (Dorsey) 3.3520. My Special Angel (Duncan) 2.5421. Hearts of Stone (Crewe / Slay) 1.5522. Half As Much (Williams) 2.4723. Cold Cold Heart (Williams) 2.46 24. Let Me Go Lover (Carson / Hill) 2.3425. Anytime (Lawson) 2.45 Total Time 63.56 CD 4"CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS SPANISH & LATIN AMERICA FAVORITES" (1960) 1. Malaguena (Lecuona) 3.06 2. Quiereme Mucho (Yours) (Gamse / Roig / Sherr) 2.53 3. Siboney (Lecuona) 2.53 4. Solamente Una Vez (You Belong to My Heart) (Lara / Gilbert) 2.47 5. Quiensera (Sway) (Gimble / Ruiz) 1.50 6. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) (Davis / Farres) 2.07 7. Beso De Fuego (Kiss of Fire) (Allan / Hill / Rojas) 2.36 8. Granada (Lara / Dodd) 3.37 9. Besame Mucho (Kiss Me) (Velazquez / Skylar) 2.4510. Nosotros (Junco) 2.5711. Vaya Con Dios (Pepper / Hoff / James / Russell) 3.1312. Te Quiero Dijiste (Magic Is the Moonlight) (Pasquale / Grever) 2.2813. Jalousie (Jalousy) (Ortega / Gade / Bloom) 2.43"CONNIE FRANCIS MORE ITALIAN FAVORITES" (1960) 14. Guaglione (Fanciulli / Nicola) 3.1215. Senza Mamma Nammurata (Brown / Donadio) 4.0616. Just Say I Love Him (Dicitincello Vuie) (Falvo / Kalmanoff / Val / Ward) 3.2317. Funiculi, Funicula (Denza) 2.2218. Summertime in Venice (Icini / Sigman) 3.1819. Roman Guitar (Chitarra Romana) (Bruno / Harper / Lazzaro) 3.2320. Torero (Caicedo / Caicedo) 2.3121. Nights of Splendor (Zamecnik) 2.5722. Tell Me You're Mine (Per Un Bacio D'Amor) (Ravasini / Vincent) 2.5523. That's Amore (Brooks / Warren) 2.1524. Ritorna a Me (Return to Me) (Lombardo) 3.2025. The Loveliest Night of the Year (Se Tu Sei Con Me) (Webster) 2.56 Total Time 73.00CD 5"CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS JEWISH FAVORITES" (1961) 1. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (Grossman / Miron / Parish) 1.56 2. My Yiddische Momme (Pollack / Yellen) 4.14 3. I Love You Much Too Much (Ich Hob Dich Zuveel Lieb) (Olshanetsky / Raye / Towber) 3.20 4. Shein Vi De Levone (Rumschinsky / Tauterl) 2.02 5. Mein Shtetele Belz (Jacobs / Olshanetsky) 3.03 6. Oh Mein Papa (Burkhard / Turner / Parsons) 3.29 7. Anniversary Song (Chaplin / Jolson) 3.00 8. Oifen Pripetchik (Traditional) 2.53 9. Hava Nagila (Danoff) 3.0010. Yossel, Yossel (Casman / Steinberg) 2.3311. Wus Geven Ist Geven (Traditional) 3.1912. Mom E-Le (Mother Dear) (Parish / Alstone / Goodhart) 4.04"SING ALONG WITH CONNIE FRANCIS" (1961)13. Sing Along (Traditional) 2.1914. Home on the Range (Traditional) 2.0715. My Wild Irish Rose (Olcott) 2.0716. I Love You Truly (Traditional) 2.5617. Tavern in the Town (Traditional) 1.5818. And the Band Played On (Traditional) 2.2719. You Tell Me Your Dream (Traditional) 2.1720. Down in the Valley (Traditional) 2.1221. In the Good Old Summertime (Traditional) 1.5922. Auld Lang Syne (Burns) 1.52 Total Time 59.31CD 6"SONGS TO A SWINGING BAND" (1961) 1. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (Cavanaugh / Morgan / Stock) 2.31 2. Ol' Man Mose (Armstrong / Randolph) 3.02 3. How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin / Gershwin) 2.58 4. My Love, My Love (Acquaviva / Haymes) 2.42 5. It Might As Well Be Spring (Hammerstein II / Rodgers) 4.11 6. Taboo (Lecuona / Russell) 2.15 7. Love Is Where You Find It (Brent / Brown) 2.14 8. I Got Lost in His Arms (Berlin) 2.45 9. Dat's Love (Bennett / Bizet / Hammerstein II) 2.0210. Angel Eyes (Brent / Dennis) 3.0311. Gone With the Wind (Magidson / Wrubel) 2.3712. Swanee (Ceasar / Gershwin) 2.22 "CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS NEVER ON SUNDAY & OTHER TITLE SONGS FROM MOTION PiCTURES" (1961)13. Never On Sunday (Hadjidakis / Towne) 2.4114. Young At Heart (Leigh / Richards) 3.0715. Around the World (Young) 2.2416. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin') (Tiomkin / Washington) 3.2117. April Love (Fain / Webster) 3.2718. The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) (Auric / Engvick) 2.5419. Three Coins in the Fountain (Cahn / Styne) 3.0620. Tammy (Livingston / Evans) 3.1121. Anna (Engvick) 2.2922. Moonglow / Theme from "Picnic" (Allen / DeLange / Duning / Hudson / Mills) 2.4823. Love Me Tender (Matson / Presley) 3.0624. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Fain / Webster) 2.46 Total Time 68.47CD 7"CONNIE FRANCIS AT THE COPA" (1961) 1. Ol' Man Mose (Armstrong / Randolph) 2.00 2. It All Depends On You (Brown / DeSylva / Henderson) 2.27 3. Many Tears Ago (Scott) 1.32 4. You Always Hurt the One You Love (Fisher / Roberts) 2.42 5. MEDLEY: Shein Vi De Levone / Hava Nagila (Rumschinsky / Tauterl - Danoff) 2.41 6. Jealous of You (Harper / Mascheroni / Mendes) 2.48 7. Mama (Barlow / Bixio / Brito / Cherubini) 3.52 8. Smack Dab in the Middle (Calhoun) 2.14 9. AL JOLSON MEDLEY: You Made Me Love You / Swanee / Rock-A-Bye Your Baby 7.36 with a Dixie Melody / My Mammy / Toot Toot Tootsie (Monaco / McCarthy - Ceasar Gershwin - Lewis / Young / Schwartz - Erdman / Kahn / King / Rito)10. MEDLEY: When the Saints Go Marching In / Bill Bailey Won't You Please 3.26 Come Home (Traditional - Cannon) "CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS FOLK SONG FAVORITES" (1961)11. Oh Suzanna (Traditional) 1.3912. Red River Valley (Traditional) 1.5713. Boll Weevil (Traditional) 2.1414. True Love, True Love (Traditional) 2.5915. Clementine (Traditional) 1.5416. Aura Lee (Traditional) 2.1017. Come on Jerry (Traditional) 1.5618. Careless Love (Handy / Koenig / Williams) 2.1519. Every Night (When the Sun Goes Down) (Traditional) 3.2020. She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain (Traditional) 1.5421. Brown Eyes (Traditional) 2.2322. On Top of Old Smokey (Traditional) 2.04 Total Time 58.05CD 8"COUNTRY MUSIC CONNIE STYLE" (1962) 1. I Really Don't Want to Know (Barnes / Robertson) 3.12 2. Oh Lonesome Me (Gibson) 2.17 3. I Fall to Pieces (Cochran / Howard) 2.36 4. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (Hodges) 2.24 5. I Walk the Line (Cash) 2.11 6. He Thinks I Still Care (Lipscomb) 3.17 7. She'll Have to Go (Allison / Allison) 2.58 8. I'm Movin' on (Snow) 2.16 9. I Don't Hurt Anymore (Rollins / Robertson) 2.0310. I'm a Fool to Care (Daffan) 2.2611. I Can't Stop Loving You (Gibson) 2.4512. Heartaches By the Number (Howard) 2.40"CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS IRISH FAVORITES" (1962)13. MacNamara's Band (O'Connor / Stamford) 2.1614. Mother Machree (Olcott / Ball / Young) 2.2715. My Wild Irish Rose (Olcott) 2.0216. Dear Old Donegal (Graham) 1.5217. Did Your Mother Come from Ireland (Kennedy / Carr) 2.0718. Danny Boy (Weatherly) 3.3219. It's a Great Day for the Irish (Edens) 1.4920. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (Shannon) 2.1621. How Can You Buy Killarney (Morrison / Kennedy / Grundlans / Steels / Grant) 2.0822. How Are Things in Glocca Morra (Harburg / Lane) 2.5923. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Olcott / Graff Jr.) 2.3424. A Little Bit of Heaven (Brennan / Ball) 3.05 Total Time 61.01CD 9"DO THE TWIST" (1962) 1. Mister Twister (Berry / Covay / Lewis) 2.07 2. Teach Me How to Twist (Berry / Covay / Lewis) 2.25 3. Johnny Darlin' (Curtis) 2.13 4. Telephone Lover (Curtis) 2.37 5. Mommy, Your Daughter's Fallin' in Love (Curtis) 2.39 6. Drop It Joe (Curtis) 2.48 7. Kiss 'N' Twist (Tarantella) (Canossa) 1.57 8. I Won't Be Home to You (Curtis) 2.26 9. My Real Happiness (Curtis) 2.2510. Ain't That Better Baby (Lynn / Medley) 2.3411. Hey Ring-A-Ding (Curtis) 2.3412. Does Ol' Broadway Ever Sleep (Curtis) 2.44"SECOND HAND LOVE & OTHER HITS" (1962)13. Second Hand Love (Hunter / Spector) 2.5014. Someone Else's Boy (Gordon / Hosey) 2.4215. Together (Brown / DeSylva / Henderson) 2.5416. Too Many Rules (Stirling / Temkin) 2.2417. He's My Dreamboat (Loudermilk) 2.4218. Gonna Git That Man (Curtis) 2.5719. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You (Davis / Murray) 3.0220. Pretty Little Baby (Nauman / Stirling) 2.1921. When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) (Bennett / Tepper) 2.4322. It Happened Last Night (Bennett / Tepper) 2.2923. Baby's First Christmas (Davis / Murray) 2.2824. Breaking in a Brand New Broken Heart (Sedaka / Greenfield) 2.38 Total Time 62.17CD 10"CONNIE FRANCIS SINGS MODERN ITALIAN HITS" (1962) 1. Al Di La (Donida / Mogol) 3.21 2. Il Cielo in Una Stanza (This World We Live in) (Mogol) 3.09 3. Quando, Quando, Quando (Tell Me When) (Renis / Testa) 2.20 4. Nessuno Al Mondo (No Arms Can Ever Hold You) (Rastelli) 3.30 5. Arrivederci (Bindi / Gannon) 3.06 6. Tango Italiano (Beretta / Malgoni / Pallesi / Skylar) 2.51 7. Come Sinfonia (Donaggio) 2.42 8. Nun E Piccato (Calise) 3.09 9. Romantica (Rascel) 3.0510. 24 Mila Baci (Celentano / Fulic / Vivarelli) 1.5311. Come Prima (For the First Time) (DiPaola / Taccani) 2.2512. Addio, Addio (Modugno) 3.51BONUS TRACKS13. Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Greenfield / Keller) 1960 # 1 2.4014. Robot Man (Dee / Goehring) 1960 1.5215. Stupid Cupid (Sedaka / Greenfield) 1958 # 14 2.1216. My Heart Has a Mind of It's Own (Greenfield / Keller) 1960 # 1 2.3317. Fallin' (Sedaka / Greenfield) 1958 # 30 2.1418. Plenty Good Lovin' (Francis) 1959 # 69 2.0319. Carolina Moon (Davis / Burke) 1958 2.3220. My Happiness (Peterson / Bergantine) 1958 # 2 2.2821. Among My Souvenirs (Leslie / Nicholls) 1959 # 7 2.3122. Many Tears Ago (Scott) 1960 1.5623. Baby Roo (Sedaka / Greenfield) 1961 2.2624. Where the Boys Are (Sedaka / Greenfield) 1960 # 4 2.39 Total Time 64.07Total 657:09