Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, December 12, 1938) is anAmerican pop singer and the top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw. Despite several severe interruptions in her career, she is stillACTIVE as a recording and performing artist.