Connie Francis

**Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero** (/ˌfræŋkoʊˈnɪəroʊ/ FRANG-koh-NEER-oh; 12 ga Disamba, 1937 - 16 ga Yuli, 2025), wanda aka fi sani da **Connie Francis**, mawaƙiya ce kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Amurka. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan mata masu ba da sauti na ƙarshen shekarun 1950 da farkon shekarun 1960, ta tara fiye da miliyan 100 da aka sayar, ta sanya ta cikin masu fasahar kiɗa mafi kyawun tarihi.&nbsp;

Bayan jerin sakonni marasa nasara, Francis ya zama sananne a shekara ta 1958 tare da murfin waƙar 1923 "Who's Sorry Now?", wanda wasu manyan 10 suka biyo baya. Ta zama mace ta farko da ta kai No. 1 a kan jadawalin Billboard Hot 100 na Amurka lokacin da "Kowane Mutum ne ya zama Fool" ya hau kan jadawalun a shekarar 1960. Har ila yau, ita ce mace ta farko da ta samu nasara uku a kan ginshiƙi, daga cikin shigarwar aikinta ta 53. Kafin zuwan mamayewar Burtaniya, Francis ita ce mafi shahararriyar mace mai ba da murya a Amurka tsakanin 1958 da 1964.  

Francis ta rubuta kiɗa a cikin harsuna da yawa, gami da Turanci, Italiyanci, Faransanci, Jamusanci, Girkanci, Yiddish, da Jafananci, wanda ya sa ta zama mai sayar da kayayyaki a kasuwannin duniya da kuma a cikin al'ummomin baƙi na Amurka.

## Tarihin rayuwa

### 1937-1955: Rayuwa ta farko da bayyanar farko
Francis was born on December12, 1937, to an Italian-American family (one of her grandfathers having emigrated from Reggio Calabria in 1905) in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, the first child of George Franconero (1911–1996) and Ida (née Ferrari-di Vito; 1911–2000). She spent her first years in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn area (Utica Avenue/St Mark's Place), before the family moved to New Jersey. Growing up in a mixed Italian-Jewish neighborhood, Francis became fluent in Yiddish, which led her later to record songs in Yiddish and Hebrew. Francis had a younger brother, George Franconero Jr. (1940–1981).

A cikin tarihin rayuwarta Wanene Ya Yi Jin Jin Jinƙai Yanzu? An buga shi a shekara ta 1984, Francis ta tuna cewa mahaifinta ya ƙarfafa ta ta bayyana a kai a kai a gasa ta baiwa, gasa, da sauran bukukuwan unguwa tun tana yarinya tana raira waƙa da wasa da accordion.

### 1955-1957: Yarjejeniyar rikodin da gazawar kasuwanci
A shekara ta 1955, Startime Kids ya fita daga iska. A watan Mayu na wannan shekarar,  George Franconero Sr. da manajan Francis George Scheck sun tara kudi don yin rikodin waƙoƙi huɗu waɗanda suke fatan sayar da su ga babban kamfanin rikodin a ƙarƙashin sunan Francis. Ko da lokacin da MGM Records ta yanke shawarar sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da ita, saboda waƙar da ta rubuta, "Freddy", ta zama sunan ɗan babban jami'in kamfanin, Harry A. Meyerson, wanda ya yi tunanin waƙar a matsayin kyautar ranar haihuwar mai kyau. Saboda haka, an saki "Freddy" a matsayin na farko na Francis, wanda ya zama gazawar kasuwanci, kamar yadda ta gaba guda takwas.

Francis ba ta son waƙar kuma ta yi jayayya game da ita tare da mahaifinta sosai, ta jinkirta rikodin sauran waƙoƙin biyu a lokacin zaman sosai har ta yi tunanin babu lokacin da aka bar a kan rikodin rikodin da ke ci gaba. Mahaifinta ya nace duk da haka, kuma lokacin da aka gama rikodin "Who's Sorry Now?" , 'yan sakan ne kawai suka kasance a kan tef ɗin.

### 1959-1973: Tauraron rikodin kasa da kasa
Bayan wani ra'ayi daga mahaifinta, Francis ta yi tafiya zuwa Landan a watan Agustan 1959  don yin rikodin kundin Italiyanci a sanannen Abbey Road Studios na EMI.  An kira shi Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites, an saki kundin a watan Nuwamba 1959. Ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga cikin labaran kundin inda ya kasance na makonni 81, ya kai lamba 4 kuma ya zama kundin da ya fi nasara a Francis. "Mama", ɗayan da aka ɗauka daga kundin, ya kai lamba 8 a Amurka da lamba 2 a Ƙasar Ingila.

A cikin "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", Francis ta ji daɗin nasarorin da ta samu a waje da Amurka. A cikin shekarun 1960, waƙoƙinta ba wai kawai sun hau kan sigogi a kasashe da yawa a duniya ba, amma kuma an zabe ta a matsayin mawaƙa na 1 a cikin kasashe sama da 10. A shekara ta 1960, an kira ta shahararriyar mai zane a Turai, karo na farko da wanda ba na Turai ba ya karɓi wannan girmamawa. Daga tsakiyar 1961 zuwa tsakiyar 1963, Rediyon Luxembourg ya rufe watsa shirye-shiryen kowace rana tare da "Lokaci ne da za a ce da dare mai kyau", waƙar da Francis ya rubuta musamman a gare su kuma ba a sake shi ba har zuwa 1996.

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