Singer Connie Francis, the sweet voice behind songs like “Pretty Little Baby” and “Where the Boys Are,” has died. She was 87.
Ron Roberts, her friend and the president of the musician’s label Concetta Records, confirmed her death on Thursday with a Facebook post.
“It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that i inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night,” he wrote. “I know that Connie would approve that her fans are among the first to learn of this sad news.”
A New Jersey native, Francis dominated the pop charts in the late 1950s and early ’60s, with hits including , “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” “My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own,” “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” and “Stupid Cupid.” By 1960, she became the first female singer to top the Billboard Hot 10 and, at the age of 26, she’d already sold 42 million records and had two more singles top the Billboard charts.
Once one of her lesser known songs, “Pretty Little Baby” experienced a revival on TikTok earlier this year. It was featured in hundreds of thousands of posts, including some shared by lip-syncing celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West.
