EARLY CONNIE FRANCIS 78 MY FIRST REAL LOVE / BELIEVE IN ME MGM 902 M-
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS MEGA-RARE EARLY UK ISSUE MGM 78 BY CONNIE FRANCIS
MY FIRST REAL LOVE
written by Bobby Darin!
Bobby Darin and Connie Francis were sweethearts as they both began there careers in the recording industry. Bobby and Connie met in January of 1956.
Connie recorded "My First Real Love," a song written by Bobby and Don Kirshner. Bobby and his group "The Jaybirds" sang the background vocals !
"Bobby Darin was different -- dynamic, versatile, chock full of energy, with a fierce determination I had never seen before," she writes in the book. "I learned to adore him for all the reasons I always would -- his respect for the little guy, his sense of fairness, his intellect, candor, and self confidence, his brashness, toughness and sweet tenderness -- all the contrasts that made him so fascinating."
Although, the relationship did not last, Connie writes that she always loved Bobby, "... until the day he died, and beyond."
b / w BELIEVE IN ME
Connie Francis was born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on December 12th, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey. She began her musical career at the age of three, learning to play an accordion bought for her by her roofing contractor father, George. Her father's dream was not for his daughter to become a star, but for her to become independent of men as an adult with her own accordion school of music.
At age ten, she was accepted on Startime, a New York City television show that featured talented child singers and performers. Its host, the legendary TV talent scout, Arthur Godfrey, had difficulty pronouncing her name and suggested something "easy and Irish," which turned into Francis. After three weeks on Startime , the show's producer and Francis' would-be manager advised her to forget the accordion and concentrate on singing. Francis performed weekly on Startime for four years.
After being turned down by almost every record label she approached, 16-year-old Connie signed a recording contract with MGM, only because one of the songs on her demo, "Freddy," also happened to be the name of the president's son. "Freddy" was released in June 1955 as the singer's first single and went nowhere. 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, she thanked the technicians and musicians, hoping not to have to have to record the third song her father had in mind, an old tune from 1923. After a false start, she sang it in one take. That song was "Who's Sorry Now" and when MGM executives heard it, they issued it as a single release. The song caught on quickly and 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."
Disc Details:- UK MGM 902 10" 78rpm 1956 SHELLAC in MGM sleeve CONNIE FRANCIS with JOE LIPMAN and his Orchestra A SIDE:- MY FIRST REAL LOVE B SIDE:- BELIEVE IN ME CONDITION = NEAR MINT HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PICK UP THIS MEGA-RARE EARLY CONNIE FRANCIS 78 WRITTEN BY BOBBY DARIN IN NEAR MINT CONDITIONDON'T MISS OUT - BID NOW!!
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