CONNIE FRANCIS LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR MGM 1018 10" 78 (V+/E-) RARE Classic
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Shellac Graded V+/E- Superb Sounding Record. will be sent Royal Mail
RECORD WAS PLAYED BEFORE LISTING
Connie Francis born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on 12 December 1938, in Newark, New Jersey. TV talent scout, Arthur Godfrey, had difficulty pronouncing her name and suggested something "easy and Irish," which turned into Francis. Francis performed weekly on Startime for four years.
At 16-year-old Connie signed a recording contract with MGM, "Freddy" was released in June 1955 as the singer's first single was a flop. After a series of flop singles, including "little blue wren" and "my sailor boy", she undertook what was to be her last session for MGM on October 2nd, 1957. Francis had recently accepted a pre-med scholarship to New York University and was contemplating the end of her career as a singer.
Having recorded two songs, hoping not to have to have to record the third song her father had in mind, an old tune from 1923. she sang it in one take. That song was "Who's Sorry Now" MGM executives heard it, and issued it as a single release. When Dick Clark played it on American Bandstand, he told its eight million viewers that Connie Francis was "a new girl singer that is heading straight for the number one spot."
"Who's Sorry Now" went to number 4 on the US pop chart and number 1 in the UK and was the first in a long string of hit records between 1957 and 1962.
Songwriter George Goehring recalled in 1982 that he had personally pitched "Lipstick on Your Collar" to Francis, when he made an unannounced visit to her New Jersey home and played the song for her on her piano.
Francis recorded the song April 15, 1959 in a session at Metropolitan Studio (NYC) produced and conducted by Ray Ellis, with veteran guitarist George Barnes contributing a solo to the track. At the same session Francis recorded the romantic ballad "Frankie", a Howard Greenfield/Neil Sedaka composition meant to appeal to Frankie Avalon fans. "Lipstick on Your Collar" was originally intended to serve as the B-side to "Frankie", but MGM Records and Francis decided that the two tracks were both promoted equally.
The result was the most successful double-sided hit of Francis' career, as "Lipstick on Your Collar" – the first up-tempo Connie Francis single to reach the US Top Ten – peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1959, while "Frankie" peaked at No. 9. "Lipstick on Your Collar" sold over one million copies in the US.
In the summer of 1959 "Lipstick on Your Collar" also reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart, and became Francis' first Top Ten hit in Australia at No. 4.
Disc Details:- UK MGM 1018 10" 78rpm shellac
CONDITION = V+/E-
PLAYS GREAT
Record will be sent Royal Mail Combined postage available
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