Connie Francis sings German Favorites is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 of German songs recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis

Connie Francis

Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...

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Unlike the other installments in Francis' series of "Favorites"-albums, Connie Francis sings German Favorites does not focus on the traditional songs of a certain country or ethnical group. Beginning in 1960 with the overwhelmig success of Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel, a German version of her U. S. # 1 hit Everybody's Somebody's Fool

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield which was a #1 hit for Connie Francis in mid 1960....

, Francis had established herself in Germany as a respected performer of contemporay German music. By the time of the album's release Francis had enjoyed six # 1 hits on the German charts. Hence, Connie Francis sings German Favorites is more a typical Greatest Hits Album in the Pop Music genre.

Originally scheduled for release in late spring 1963, the album wasn't released until January 1964 because of the delayed release of Francis' 1962 album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits

Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits

Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits is a studio album recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis.-Background:In April 1962, Connie Francis was working mostly in Europe, recording several German language songs at Austrophon Studio, located in the basement of the Konzerthaus in...

which had been scheduled for release in June 1962 but didn't hit the shops until May 1963.

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Wenn du gehst" Wenn du gehst Wenn du gehst is the ninth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis. The B-side was Gondola d'Amore.Both songs had been written especially in German for Francis since after her previous eight German singles it had become clear that compositions of German origin were favored by the...	Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch	2.39
2.	"Eine Insel für zwei" Eine Insel für zwei Eine Insel für zwei is the sixth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.The A-side featured a song written especially in German by Charly Niessen and Joachim Relin, who would also write Wanda Jackson's chart-topping German language debut single "Santo Domingo" in 1965.The song...	Charly Niessen, Joachim Relin	2.09
3.	"Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel is the first German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.-Background:In her autobiography Who's Sorry Now?, published in 1984, Francis mentioned that in the early years of her career the language barrier in certain European countries made it...	Howard Greenfield Howard Greenfield Howard Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building... , Jack Keller Jack Keller (songwriter) Jack Keller A legend in his own right, Jack Keller wrote hit songs in every genre of music over a period of nearly 40 years with success in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville.... , Ralph Maria Siegel	2.38
4.	"Tu' mir nicht weh" Tu' mir nicht weh Tu' mir nicht weh is the eighth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.The single's A-side is a German cover version of Francis' U. S...	Ted Murry, Benny Davis Benny Davis Benny Davis was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. He composed the classic 1926 standard "Baby Face" with Harry Akst.-Life and career:... , Fini Busch	2.58
5.	"Barcarole in der Nacht"	Werner Scharfenberger, Kurt Feltz	2.02
6.	"Nino"	Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch	2.32

Side B

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Paradiso"	Wolfgang Zell	2.39
2.	"Colombino"	Charly Niessen, Joachim Relin	2.42
3.	"Immer und überall"	Erwin Halletz, Peter Wehle	2.25
4.	"Schöner fremder Mann" Schöner fremder Mann Schöner fremder Mann is the fourth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.The song is the German cover version of Francis' U. S. recording Someone Else's Boy...	Athina Hosey, Hal Gordon, Jean Nicolas Camillo Felgen Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen was a Luxembourgian singer, lyricist, DJ, and television presenter.- Biography :...	2.41
5.	"Gondola d'amore"	Charly Niessen, Joachim Relin	2.36
6.	"Die Nacht ist mein (Tonight's my night)"	Ted Murry, Benny Davis Benny Davis Benny Davis was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. He composed the classic 1926 standard "Baby Face" with Harry Akst.-Life and career:... , Fini Busch	2.34
7.	"Lili Marleen" Lili Marleen (Connie Francis single) Lili Marleen is the seventh German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis. The single's A side is a contemporary 1961 recording of the classic wartime song Lili Marleen, first recorded 1939 and popularized by Lale Andersen...	Norbert Schultze Norbert Schultze Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze was a prolific German composer of film music... , Hans Leip Hans Leip Hans Leip , was a German novelist, poet and playwright, best remembered as the lyricist of Lili Marleen....	1.51

External links

• Official Connie Francis Fan Club Site