Connie Francis Picture and Photo Gallery:

One of the most successful female artists of the 50s and 60s, Connie Francis wowed audiences with both teary ballads and jaunty up-tempo numbers. Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on December 12, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey, Francis began playing the accordion at the age of four, and was singing and playing professionally by the time she was 11.