Connie Francis

CONNIE FRANCIS. American pop singer, actress and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” in one headline of a marginal publication, she is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. In 1960, she was recognized as the most successful female artist in Germany / Japan / the United Kingdom / Italy and Australia and in every other country where records were purchased. She was the first woman in history to reach No1 on the Billboard Hot 100, just one of her other 53 career hits