Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Who's Sorry Now?
2. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
3. Stupid Cupid
4. Fallin'
5. My Happiness
6. If I Didn't Care
7. Lipstick on Your Collar
8. Frankie
9. You're Gonna Miss Me
10. Among My Souvenirs
11. God Bless America
12. Mama
13. Teddy
14. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
15. Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia)
16. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
17. Malaguena
18. Many Tears Ago
19. Where the Boys Are
20. Breaking in a Brand New Broken Heart
21. Together
22. He's My Dreamboat
23. Hollywood
24. When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)
25. Baby's First Christmas

Disc 2:

1. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You
2. Second Hand Love
3. Vacation
4. I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love With You)
5. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter
6. Al-Di-La
7. Follow the Boys
8. If My Pillow Could Talk
9. Drownin' My Sorrows
10. Your Other Love
11. In the Summer of His Years
12. Blue Winter
13. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
14. Looking for Love
15. Don't Ever Leave Me
16. Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?
17. For Mama (La Mamma)
18. Forget Domani
19. Jealous Heart
20. When the Boys Meet the Girls
21. Spanish Nights and You
22. Time Alone Will Tell (Non Pensare a Me)
23. Born Free
24. Wedding Cake
25. Zingara: Gypsy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4739 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-14
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

No. 1 Pop Singer of the Pre-Beatles Era
This two-disc anthology gathers virtually every hit Connie Francis recorded for MGM during her heyday from the late-fifties through the mid-sixties. From 1958 through 1969, Francis charted more than fifty singles, including thirty-five in the Top 40, three No. 1's, and eight million-sellers, making her one of the most successful artists in pop music history. [Among female singers, only Aretha Franklin and Madonna have had more hits.]

This collection begins with her breakthrough 1958 hit "Who's Sorry Now" (her first nine singles dating back to 1955 failed to chart) and takes the listener through to her final chart single, "The Wedding Cake," which peaked at No. 91 in 1969.

This first forty songs understandably focus on her hit years (1958-1964), and represent every one of her Top 40 songs (with the lone exception of the 1961 single "No One," which peaked at No. 34). Francis would record contemporary songs like "Stupid Cupid" and "Where the Boys Are" (both written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield), and also record old standards like the million-sellers "Where the Boys Are" and "Together" (previously big hits from 1923 and 1928 respectively). The final ten tracks from 1965 through 1969 do not so much represent a decline in the quality of her material, but rather the impact the British Invasion had on the American music scene.

If you're looking for a solid collection of hits from the reigning queen of pop music in the pre-Beatles era, this is it. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Nothing New Here
October marks Connie's 50th year as a recording artist and this is what they put out? Another hodge podge of hits that can be found on SO many compilations that have come out of the US. Universal should look to Japan or South Africa--now they have put out tributes befitting the biggest selling female singer of all time. This is a sad (but probably sells) and not very well made 50th Anniversary release. They used mono tracks when stereo were available. Connie Francis is an American, yet overseas she appears to be more respected. Pitiful. Shame on us!

Good value "Gold"
This double CD is a good overall sampling of Connie's huge output for MGM Records. All of the hits (with the exception of the Australian/UK hit "Robot Man") are included. Sound quality is very good...although a few songs sound a little "thinner" than they should ("Everybody's Somebody's Fool" suffers from too little bottom end).

Not as exhaustive as the complete singles set released several years back...but still highly recommended.