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Connie Francis, 20th-Century Star Turned TikTok Sensation, Recorded an Album of Jewish Songs in 1960 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, JUL 18 – Connie Francis’s 1960 album featured songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, reflecting her Newark upbringing and appealing to Jewish Americans, with her 1962 song recently gaining viral popularity.

A new generation of music lovers got turned on to mid-century pop star Connie Francis’ oeuvre in recent months when her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby” went viral on TikTok. Now, Francis’ death on Wednesday at 87 has drawn attention to another little-known element of her discography: her 1960 album of Jewish music, including songs in Yiddish and Hebrew. Francis, whose real name was Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, grew up in Newark, New Jersey, in…

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Ricardo Del Muro / Austral Connie Francis, one of the most important female singers of pop and rock and roll of the 50s and 60s, died on Wednesday, July 16, at the age of 87, leaving an indelible mark on the first generation of “ruqueros”. He was an international star who not only conquered the youth audiences of the United States, Europe and Asia, but is also considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Mexico, although he only made a bri…

At 87 years of age, the performer of "Pretty Little Baby" died; she knows the singer's wonderful work.

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