Connie Francis (born 12 December 1937 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an Ame… Read Full Bio ↴Connie Francis (born 12 December 1937 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as "Who's Sorry Now?," "Where The Boys Are", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool".
Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero in Newark's Italian Down Neck or Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey neighbourhood, she is considered the most prolific and popular female rock 'n' roll hit-maker of the early rock era -- the late 1950s to the early 1960s. After an appearance on Startime, Francis was advised to change her name from Franconero to something more easily pronounceable, as well as to quit the accordion and focus on singing.
Francis' first single "Freddy" (1955) met with little success. Her next nine singles were also failures, and she began considering a career in medicine; however, "Who's Sorry Now" (a cover version of a 1923 song) launched her into super-stardom worldwide. Francis recorded the song at what was to have been her final recording session for MGM, as the label was about to drop her since her previous singles had generated little activity. She has said (paraphrased from The Billboard Book of Number One Singles by Fred Bronson) that she recorded it at the suggestion of her father, who convinced her it stood a chance of becoming a hit because it was a song adults already knew and that teenagers would dance to if it were released with a more contemporary arrangement.
The gamble paid off. In April 1958, "Who's Sorry Now" reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart (number four in the USA); in 2000, it was named one of the Songs of the Century. On January 1, 1958, she debuted it on Dick Clark's American Bandstand television show; by mid-year over a million copies were sold. This was followed by many other hits over the next decade, as Connie Francis became one of the most popular vocalists in the world.
Francis specialized in downbeat ballads delivered in her trademark "sobbing" style -- such as "My Happiness," "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry," "Among My Souvenirs," "Together," "Breakin' In a Brand New Broken Heart," and the Italian song "Mama," many of which were remakes of old standards. However, she also had success with a handful of more upbeat, rock-and-roll-oriented compositions, such as "Stupid Cupid," "Lipstick On Your Collar," and "Vacation." Among her other notable performances were "In the Summer of His Years" (a tribute to slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy) and Bert Kaempfert's "Strangers In The Night" (although the latter song is more identified with Frank Sinatra). Both "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" went to No.1 on the Billboard music charts in 1960. In 1962 she had another No.1 hit with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You."
Francis recorded in nine languages during her career, including English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, and even Japanese, and remade many of her hits in foreign languages, including "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and her signature song, "Where the Boys Are." In fact, her biggest hit album in the U.S. was 1960's Italian Favorites, and she followed it with several more albums of Italian songs over the years, as well as collections of Spanish-language and Jewish songs, among others.
"Where The Boys Are," one of many Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield compositions Francis recorded during her career (others included "Stupid Cupid" and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"), gained wide exposure through its inclusion in the 1960 motion picture with the same title. Francis had a role in the film and sang the title song. During the first half of the 1960s she starred in three additional films -- Follow the Boys (1963) (the title song of which became a No. 17 Billboard single for Francis), Looking for Love (1964) and When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965).
In 1960 Francis became the youngest headliner to sing in Las Vegas, where she played 28 days a year for nine years. In 1961 she was successful in starring in her own television special on ABC television sponsored by Brylcreem titled Kicking Sound Around, singing and acting along-side Tab Hunter, Eddie Foy Jr. and Art Carney. She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on July 1, 1962 with French singing star Johnny Hallyday in a show that was taped at the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, France. On July 3, 1963 she played a Command performance before Queen Elizabeth II at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. By 1967, she had 35 U.S. Top 40 hits, and three number ones.
Connie Francis has always been a great fan of country music and recorded several albums of country standards during her pop career. In 1969 she had a modest country hit with "The Wedding Cake" and made the country charts again in 1982 with "There's Still a Few Good Love Songs Left in Me." Several country singers found chart success remaking Francis' pop hits for the country market, including Marie Osmond ("Who's Sorry Now" in 1975), Susan Raye ("My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" in 1972), Margo Smith ("Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" in 1978), and Debby Boone.
During the height of the Vietnam War in 1967, Connie Francis performed for U.S. troops.
Francis ended her recording career in 1969. She returned in 1973 with "The Answer," a song written just for her, and soon began performing again. Her son Joey was born in 1974. Tragedies followed soon after. In 1974 she was sexually assaulted in a hotel following a performance in Westbury, New York. Nasal surgery to correct a sensitivity to air conditioning deprived her of her ability to sing professionally for four years. Her brother was murdered in 1981.
Francis' autobiography, Who's Sorry Now? was published in 1984. Francis was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental disease which includes severe depressions and manic highs. She uses the drug Lithium to balance out the emotional highs and lows caused by the disease. Connie Francis resumed her career in 1989 after discovering the drug and has continued singing and recording since then. Francis still holds a world-wide appeal shown through continued music sales and sold-out appearances.
Her latest CD The American Tour contains performances from recent shows. In late December 2004, Francis headlined in Las Vegas for the first time since 1989.
In March of 2007, Francis performed to a sold-out crowd -- composed of gay urbanites and conservative suburbanites -- in San Francisco. The "little diva" belted out versions of her "woebegone ballads . . . in full force," according to the San Franciso Chronicle's music critic.
Connie's fan club: www.conniefrancis.com
Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero in Newark's Italian Down Neck or Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey neighbourhood, she is considered the most prolific and popular female rock 'n' roll hit-maker of the early rock era -- the late 1950s to the early 1960s. After an appearance on Startime, Francis was advised to change her name from Franconero to something more easily pronounceable, as well as to quit the accordion and focus on singing.
Francis' first single "Freddy" (1955) met with little success. Her next nine singles were also failures, and she began considering a career in medicine; however, "Who's Sorry Now" (a cover version of a 1923 song) launched her into super-stardom worldwide. Francis recorded the song at what was to have been her final recording session for MGM, as the label was about to drop her since her previous singles had generated little activity. She has said (paraphrased from The Billboard Book of Number One Singles by Fred Bronson) that she recorded it at the suggestion of her father, who convinced her it stood a chance of becoming a hit because it was a song adults already knew and that teenagers would dance to if it were released with a more contemporary arrangement.
The gamble paid off. In April 1958, "Who's Sorry Now" reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart (number four in the USA); in 2000, it was named one of the Songs of the Century. On January 1, 1958, she debuted it on Dick Clark's American Bandstand television show; by mid-year over a million copies were sold. This was followed by many other hits over the next decade, as Connie Francis became one of the most popular vocalists in the world.
Francis specialized in downbeat ballads delivered in her trademark "sobbing" style -- such as "My Happiness," "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry," "Among My Souvenirs," "Together," "Breakin' In a Brand New Broken Heart," and the Italian song "Mama," many of which were remakes of old standards. However, she also had success with a handful of more upbeat, rock-and-roll-oriented compositions, such as "Stupid Cupid," "Lipstick On Your Collar," and "Vacation." Among her other notable performances were "In the Summer of His Years" (a tribute to slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy) and Bert Kaempfert's "Strangers In The Night" (although the latter song is more identified with Frank Sinatra). Both "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" went to No.1 on the Billboard music charts in 1960. In 1962 she had another No.1 hit with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You."
Francis recorded in nine languages during her career, including English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, and even Japanese, and remade many of her hits in foreign languages, including "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and her signature song, "Where the Boys Are." In fact, her biggest hit album in the U.S. was 1960's Italian Favorites, and she followed it with several more albums of Italian songs over the years, as well as collections of Spanish-language and Jewish songs, among others.
"Where The Boys Are," one of many Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield compositions Francis recorded during her career (others included "Stupid Cupid" and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"), gained wide exposure through its inclusion in the 1960 motion picture with the same title. Francis had a role in the film and sang the title song. During the first half of the 1960s she starred in three additional films -- Follow the Boys (1963) (the title song of which became a No. 17 Billboard single for Francis), Looking for Love (1964) and When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965).
In 1960 Francis became the youngest headliner to sing in Las Vegas, where she played 28 days a year for nine years. In 1961 she was successful in starring in her own television special on ABC television sponsored by Brylcreem titled Kicking Sound Around, singing and acting along-side Tab Hunter, Eddie Foy Jr. and Art Carney. She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on July 1, 1962 with French singing star Johnny Hallyday in a show that was taped at the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, France. On July 3, 1963 she played a Command performance before Queen Elizabeth II at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. By 1967, she had 35 U.S. Top 40 hits, and three number ones.
Connie Francis has always been a great fan of country music and recorded several albums of country standards during her pop career. In 1969 she had a modest country hit with "The Wedding Cake" and made the country charts again in 1982 with "There's Still a Few Good Love Songs Left in Me." Several country singers found chart success remaking Francis' pop hits for the country market, including Marie Osmond ("Who's Sorry Now" in 1975), Susan Raye ("My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" in 1972), Margo Smith ("Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" in 1978), and Debby Boone.
During the height of the Vietnam War in 1967, Connie Francis performed for U.S. troops.
Francis ended her recording career in 1969. She returned in 1973 with "The Answer," a song written just for her, and soon began performing again. Her son Joey was born in 1974. Tragedies followed soon after. In 1974 she was sexually assaulted in a hotel following a performance in Westbury, New York. Nasal surgery to correct a sensitivity to air conditioning deprived her of her ability to sing professionally for four years. Her brother was murdered in 1981.
Francis' autobiography, Who's Sorry Now? was published in 1984. Francis was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental disease which includes severe depressions and manic highs. She uses the drug Lithium to balance out the emotional highs and lows caused by the disease. Connie Francis resumed her career in 1989 after discovering the drug and has continued singing and recording since then. Francis still holds a world-wide appeal shown through continued music sales and sold-out appearances.
Her latest CD The American Tour contains performances from recent shows. In late December 2004, Francis headlined in Las Vegas for the first time since 1989.
In March of 2007, Francis performed to a sold-out crowd -- composed of gay urbanites and conservative suburbanites -- in San Francisco. The "little diva" belted out versions of her "woebegone ballads . . . in full force," according to the San Franciso Chronicle's music critic.
Connie's fan club: www.conniefrancis.com
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Connie Francis Lyrics
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Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wir kannten und wir liebten uns seit Jahren
Die Zukunft schien uns beiden sonnenklar
Fast wären wir zum Standesamt gefahren
Bis alles plötzlich so verändert war
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wie oft hast du die Treue mir geschworen
Und sicher war es so für lange Zeit
Doch dann hast du auf's neu dein Herz verloren
Nur darum bin ich wieder einsam heut'
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wir kannten und wir liebten uns seit Jahren
Die Zukunft schien uns beiden sonnenklar
Fast wären wir zum Standesamt gefahren
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wie oft hast du die Treue mir geschworen
Und sicher war es so für lange Zeit
Doch dann hast du auf's neu dein Herz verloren
Nur darum bin ich wieder einsam heut'
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Connie Francis's "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" is a song about the complexities of love. The lyrics describe how love can come and go, taking away everything we have, but also giving us so much in return. The song begins with a melancholy tone as Francis sings about the fleeting nature of love, how it easily moves from one person to another. This is followed by a verse that tells the story of a couple who have been together for years and were about to get married but suddenly everything changes, and they separate. The chorus is repeated before the bridge begins, recounting the promises made by the partner to be faithful but later realizing that he has fallen in love with someone else. The final chorus highlights the strange-yet-unavoidable nature of love.
Overall, the song is a poignant reflection on the unpredictable journey of love that can take away all that one holds dear yet can offer unexpected joys. The lyrics and Francis's soulful voice make for an emotional listening experience.
Line by Line Meaning
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Love is a strange game
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
It comes and goes from one person to another
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
It takes everything from us, yet gives us too much
Wir kannten und wir liebten uns seit Jahren
We knew and loved each other for years
Die Zukunft schien uns beiden sonnenklar
The future seemed crystal clear for both of us
Fast wären wir zum Standesamt gefahren
We were almost headed to the registry office
Bis alles plötzlich so verändert war
Until everything suddenly changed
Wie oft hast du die Treue mir geschworen
How many times have you sworn loyalty to me
Und sicher war es so für lange Zeit
And it was sure for a long time
Doch dann hast du auf's neu dein Herz verloren
But then you lost your heart again
Nur darum bin ich wieder einsam heut'
That's why I'm lonely again today
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller
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Кирилл Астарханов
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wir kannten und wir liebten uns seit Jahren
Die Zukunft schien uns beiden sonnenklar
Fast wären wir zum Standesamt gefahren
Bis alles plötzlich so verändert war
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wie oft hast du die Treue mir geschworen
Und sicher war es so für lange Zeit
Doch dann hast du auf's neu dein Herz verloren
Nur darum bin ich wieder einsam heut'
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum ander'n
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
João Takanori jamjao
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum andern
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wir fanden und wir liebten und seit Jahren
Die Zukunft schien uns beiden sonnenklar
Fast wäre nwir zum Standesamt gefahren
bis alles plötzlich so verändert war
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum andern
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Wie oft hast du die Treue mir geschworen
und sicher war es so für lange Zeit
doch dann hast du aufs neu dein Herz verloren
nur darum bin ich wieder einsam heut.
Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
Sie kommt und geht von einem zum andern
Sie nimmt uns alles doch sie gibt auch viel zu viel
die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel
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Love is a strange game
It comes and goes from one to the other
It takes everything from us, but it also gives way too much
love is a strange game
We found and we loved and for years
The future seemed crystal clear to both of us
We almost drove to the registry office
until everything was suddenly so changed
Love is a strange game
It comes and goes from one to the other
It takes everything from us, but it also gives way too much
love is a strange game
How many times have you sworn your allegiance to me?
and sure it was for a long time
but then you lost your heart again
That's the only reason I'm lonely again today.
Love is a strange game
It comes and goes from one to the other
It takes everything from us, but it also gives way too much
love is a strange game
bahnfreak86
Ich bin zwar erst 20 aber dieses Lied ist wirklich wunderschön. Schade dass sich die meisten Menschen heutzutage nicht mehr für sowas Interessieren.
Marco
Ich bin 17 und feier Sie mega. :D
Frank R.
Glockenklar und unverkennbar ist ihre Stimme. Wunderschöne Melodie. Wir haben im Orchester ein Connie Francis Medley gespielt, das war immer sehr beliebt beim Publikum; auch dem jüngeren;)
tobias ikas
Connie Francis, die Frau mit der tollen Stimme und den Texten, die Probleme heute noch auf den Punkt bringen.
Margarete Hoffman
Connie 💜 singt mit Herz 💜 und Gefühl 💜 sie bleibt einfach Großartig 💜 Danke 💜
tobias ikas
Tolle Frau, super Sängerin, gute Songs. Danke Connie.
Oll B
Ich werde immer ihre Lieder im Herzen tragen😊
Guenter Ehmel
Eine wunderschöne Stimme und eine schöne Frau einfach Klasse 👍👍👍👍👍 einfach schön zu hören
Ramona
Die Liebe Ist Ein Seltsames Spiel, ein wunderschöner song!🌹🌹🌹
Josefine Prigge
Dankeschön,immer wieder schön zu hören echt zeitlos💛💛und auch immer ein Thema💛💛💚💚💛💛💛