Rockin' Connie [Import]

Connie Francis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B002OBO482
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fallin'

2. Eighteen

3. Love Eyes

4. Lock Up Your Heart

5. Heartbreak Hotel

6. Ain't That A Shame

7. Hearts Of Stone

8. Valentino

9. Robot Man

10. Come On Jerry (Timber)

11. Hollywood

12. Ain't That Better Baby

13. Johnny Darlin'

14. Kiss 'N' Twist

15. I Won't Be Home To You

16. Mommy Your Daughter's Falling In Love

17. Gonna Git That Man

18. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter

19. Lollipop Lips

20. Look At Him

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2009 collection of rockin' sides from the normally sweetly subdued Pop vocalist. For all the lovers of female rockers who snapped up Ace Records' Wanda Jackson collection, Queen Of Rockabilly, and Brenda Lee's Queen Of Rock 'n' Roll, we now turn our attention to Connie Francis. 28 tracks including 'Fallin'', 'Eighteen', 'Ain't That A Shame', 'Robot Man' and more. Ace.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' Good Connie, December 4, 2009

By 

Terry D. Robertson "Terry D. Robertson" (Asheville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockin' Connie (Audio CD)

I am leery of writing reviews on the floodgate of Connie Francis "hit packages", so many have been repeated under different guises and cover art. UK's Ace Records has already released two CDs by female rock singers but left Connie for last. It may have been because of her staggering 56 US charted singles were mainly ballads. She tore the male dominated rock scene wide open on "her terms" and had several rock hits. Because she is known for her great ballads, many forget Connie could rock with the best of them. She is also the largest selling female recording star in history thanks to her many tracks recorded in 13 languages. She is also the most prolific singer with over 14,000 individual recorded tracks.

Ace has put together a wonderful set of some very nice rarities including her 1957 bomb "Eighteen", an edgy song that should have become hit. A year later she made history. There are many obscure single tracks seldom found on CD, "Look at Him", Lock Up Your Heart", "It's a Different World" among others, but the real treat are the tracks culled from her "only" full rock Lp--1962's "Do The Twist" which was reissued with a new name and cover just months later (the twist fad was over), entitled "Dance Party". There is only one outright "twist" song on this CD, the other tracks are full blown rocking Connie at her best.

I was impressed with everything on this disc from the selections, cover art, liner notes and the great Ace sound quality. This disc was meticulously conceived--and it shows.

For those of you who grew up with Connie (and how could you not know her, she was constantly on every jukebox and radio station in the country), will enjoy this disc immensely. I came in a little to late as a child. Connie's hit years were basically over, but I recognized quality when I heard it and like millions of others, fell in love with America's Sweetheart of Song. It is a shame most of Connie's releases are imports, as she is more revered overseas than in her own musically fickle homeland. But Connie still packs them in at concerts to this day.

Super disc, great nostalgia. If you were not able to obtain the short-lived "Rocksides", with it's many unissued material. This is a great alternative.