Tony Violanti looks back on the trials and triumphs of music pioneer Connie Francis, who died this week at age 87.

The dark-haired singer was just 17 when she signed a contract with MGM Records following appearances on several TV variety ...

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 ...

Connie Francis was a giant of 1950s and ’60s sugary-sweet pop, notching more than a dozen hits. In the months leading up to ...

The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, Francis sold over 40 million records before ...

Connie Francis, the American pop singer who topped the charts in the 1950s and 1960s with genre-spanning songs of youthful ...

American pop icon Connie Francis, whose 1962 track “Pretty Little Baby” recently went viral more than six decades after its ...

Host Stephen Colbert announced the news during the taping of Thursday’s show. In a surprise announcement Thursday, CBS and ...

Singer Connie Francis, best known for her chart-topping hits in the ’50s and ’60s, has died at the age of 87. Francis’ ...

An anti-ICE protest in Fairview, NJ, was marred by violence involving protestors and bystanders. Multiple incidents were ...

Connie Francis, one of the most iconic female vocalists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, has passed away at the age of 87.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the ...