Iconic singer Connie Francis writes new memoir.

I remember buying this greatest hits album years ago. Still have it. Good stuff.

Connie Francis: Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story: Vol.1.

She is now 80 years of age.

r2, bullshit, she's 67.

Does she detail any lesbian encounters?

She better write fast if she wants to put out more than one volume.

I honestly thought she was dead.

Gloria Estefan was going to play Connie in biopic "Who's Sorry Now." What happened?

Publisher:"Concetta Literary, Inc".

It's self published? Surprising for a star of her caliber.

I wouldn't buy it but borrow it.

Bobby Darin? I think her father threatened to kill him?

CHAPTER 17: The Night I Got Room Service at Hojo's

[quote]Gloria Estefan was going to play Connie in biopic "Who's Sorry Now?"

The answer would have been: The audience!

Streisand stole her career.

r3 is seriously mathematically challenged. Are you saying she was 10 years old during "Where the Boys Are?"

She's 79. She'll be 80 in December.

The quote from Steel Magnolias comes to mind : "her whole life has been an experiment in terror."

r15 She was born in 1937. She's already 80.

Connie says she was born in 1940. See at 3:50 mark.

Who gives a shit about that dried up cunt?

"Who gives a shit about that dried up cunt?"

More people give a shit about her than they ever will about YOU, you nasty bitchy cunty cunt.

R19 = Brenda Lee.

I love her, I'd buy five. She's a great talent.

Please, she's such a has-been she might have circled back to being relevant.

All she needs is another good rape.

Love Connie.

Connie got to enjoy free black sizemeat at a motel eons ago and then sued the motel for zillion$$$$.

Ungrateful stinkfish!

That's one plasticky-looking wig.

Bios claim Connie was born in Newark.. She was born at St. John's Episcopal Hospital on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The family moved to the Down Neck (now Ironbound) section of Newark in the early 40s.

Whether born there or not, she's 100% Jersey girl. Just listen to her talk.

Is her voice still in as good a shape as Babs' voice?

What was she wearing to incite such a brutal attack?

She looks like a Real Housewife of NJ.

The original Debbie Downer.

She actually sang mostly happy fun songs, they just weren't as big of hits as her sadder ones.

That hotel should have won the lawsuit. Connie was naked on the bed fingering herself- with the door unlocked. Whore!

Wow for some reasom I thought she was dead. Seems like people only refer to her in the past tense.

She's alive; it's her career that's dead.

She’s been milking this rape for all its worth for decades. And I always wondered what exactly made this rape so “brutal” which is the way it is always described. Methinks it was because the perpetrator was a black man and that is problematic at best. That being said, she is one of my favorite singers of all time. But she does need to move on. It’s time.

Whenever people talk about a rape being brutal I just assume it means the guy had a huge dick.

She married her hairdresser, Izzy.

She was super involved in the mob. Her brother was offed when he was a DA due to mob dealings.

I absolutely love Connie Francis! Her autobiography was published in the 1980s, so she’ll have a different perspective today. She suffered nervous breakdowns and an estrangement from her father. (She made peace with him) after her first book was published. She’s had more triumphs and tragedies, as well. Connie is a survivor and an inspiration.

As for the Gloria Estefan project, this ended due to artistic differences. Connie wanted top notch script writers (specifically she insisted that the writer of the Judy Garland mini series with Judy Davis, to write the script). Gloria Estefan and her husband disagreed. Connie was right, an excellent script writer was needed.

"She’s been milking this rape for all its worth for decades."

How has she been doing that? It was no doubt mentioned in her memoirs but that doesn't constitute "milking the rape for all it's worth." She's been out of the spotlight for decades. So how exactly does she "milk" her rape?

I realize this is Datalounge but the assholes attempting to be funny by making light of her being raped and saying stupid shit like she was "naked on the bed fingering herself"...well, that's just really sick. And stupid. Quite of few retards on this thread, it would seem.

THANKS, R 32! Further proof that SCTV puts SNL to shame!

That SCTV video is posted to Connie's official Vimeo page. It's cool that she has a sense of humor about herself.

Fuck off back to LSA, R37.

For her Jewish fans....

Connie lived in Newark, went to high school in Belleville where there's a street named for her, and lived in Bloomfield. The New Jersey Hall of Fame ignores her because brother George was a low-level mobster. Murdered on the front lawn in the town where Tony Soprano lived.

Connie made albums in Italian, French, German and Hebrew.

Don't forget this!

Possibly the most depressing song she ever recorded.

R49, that Bossa Nova Hand Dance is one of her best songs. Not sure why it didn't chart better at the time.

I dont get the generalized poo-pooing of Connie, here.

Because she was a mob-backed talentless WHoRE.

Was she raped up the back door, front or both?

Useless without nude photos of the 'rapist' so that DL can judge if it was a good thing or not!

Question for the Eldergays: Did she make an appearance at Palm Springs Gay Pride in the early 2000s? While walking towards a dance tent, I looked at a stage to my diagonal left and there she was (if it was her.) The audience screamed and catcalled during Where The Boys Are. It was beautiful to watch.

This is who you saw, R55.

^LOL thanks r55

Could’ve sworn she was dead.

Connie Francis channeled her tragedy into helping victims of crime, particularly rape. She is also a champion for veteran causes. Later, she was an advocate mental health issues. This is a woman to be admired and respected for her compassion. I love her!

She got addicted to black cock.

Whore!

Bossa Nova Hand Dance went to number 1 three times in Brazil, years separating the entries.

R37 It was brutal because a knife was held to her throat and she was nearly suffocated when she was bound and mattresses were thrown on top pf her. He was an angry rapist. She bargained for he life. I agree with you, she should concentrate upon the many positives of her career and leave this event behind. It has been spoken about zillions of times.