Connie Francis Sings German Favorites

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Connie Francis sings German Favorites
Connie Francis studio album

Publication
(s)

1964

Label (s) MGM Records
E-4124 (mono)
SE-4124 (stereo)

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Bat

Title (number)

13

production

Danny Davis, Gerhard Mendelson

Studio (s)

Austrophon Studios, Vienna
The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas
Olmstead Studios, New York City
June 21, 1960 to February 6, 1963

chronology
In the Summer of His Years
(1963) 		Connie Francis sings German Favorites Looking for Love
(1964)

Connie Francis sings German Favorites is the title of a US album by Connie Francis .

From her first German-language single, Die Liebe ist ein Stranglespiel, in the late summer of 1960, Connie Francis made a name for herself as a recognized singer with several top ten hits in Germany.

In the USA her polyglot music repertoire became known with albums in Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Yiddish. The albums were each published as Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites , Connie Francis sings Jewish Favorites , Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites , etc. Connie Francis sings German Favorites was the seventh album in the series.

Originally planned for publication in the summer of 1963, Connie Francis sings German Favorites was only launched almost a year late due to the postponed publication of the album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits from summer 1962 to spring 1963 .

The album Connie Francis sings German Favorites was the first recording in the world to contain the complete version of Love is a strange game with all three stanzas. Originally the song was according to the scheme

  • 1st verse - 1st chorus - 2nd verse - 2nd chorus - 3rd verse - 3rd chorus

been recorded. Since the pronunciation of Connie Francis in the first verse was unclear and grammatically incorrect, the first verse had been cut out before the single was released in Germany, so that the song begins with the first chorus.

Track list

page 1

# title Authors Playtime
1. "When you go" Werner Scharfenberger , Fini Busch 2.39
2. "An island for two" Charly Niessen , Joachim Relin 2.09
3. " Love is a strange game " Howard Greenfield , Jack Keller, Ralph Maria Siegel 2.38
4th " Don't hurt me " Ted Murry, Benny Davis, Fini Busch 2.58
5. "Barcarole in the night" Werner Scharfenberger, Kurt Feltz 2.02
6th "Nino" Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch 2.32

Page 2

# title Authors Playtime
1. "Paradiso" Wolfgang Zell, Peter König 2.39
2. "Colombino" Charly Niessen, Joachim Relin 2.42
3. "Always and everywhere" Erwin Halletz, Peter Wehle 2.25
4th "Beautiful strange man" Athina Hosey, Hal Gordon, Jean Nicolas 2.41
5. "Gondola d'amore" Charly Niessen, Joachim Relin 2.36
6th "The night is mine" Ted Murry, Benny Davis, Jean Nicolas 2.34
7th " Lili Marleen " Norbert Schultze , Hans Leip 1.51

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  1. ↑ Liner Notes of the original album Connie Francis sings German Favorites
  2. ^ A b Roberts, Ron: Connie Francis Discography 1955 - 1973 , fan club project from 1973, revised and expanded editions 1979 and 1983
  3. ↑ Francis, Connie and others: Souvenirs , book accompanying the 4-CD retrospective "Souvenirs", Polydor (New York) 1995, cat. 314 533 382-2
  4. ↑ Feddersen, Jan: Connie Francis , book accompanying the 5-CD retrospective "Let me have colorful dreams", Bear Family Records BCD 15 786 EI, Hambergen 1994
  5. ↑ Francis, Connie: Who's Sorry Now? (Autobiography), St. Martin's Press, 1984, ISBN 0-312-87088-4
  6. ↑ Weize, Richard: Connie Francis , companion book for the 8-LP retrospective “Connie Francis in Germany”, Bear Family Records BFX 15 305, Hambergen / Vollersode 1988

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