Connie Francis

Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, born in 1938 in Newark, New Jersey to Italian parents, began her career in music as a child accordion player who could sing. At the age of 11 she won a spot on Arthur Godfrey's Startime Talent Scouts TV show, on which she appeared for four years. She gradually became more recognized for her remarkable singing voice than her accordion skills; and despite her father's insistence that she should one day open a school of music for accordionists, she signed a recording contract with MGM in 1955.

Connie recorded several unsuccessful singles for MGM until, on her last session (when the label were threatening to drop her contract) she sand Who's Sorry Now? It was to be the turning point of her career.