The American singer Connie Francis, author of ‘Pretty Little Baby’, dies at 87 years | Culture

Connie Francis, one of the American singers who reigned in the lists of successes between the fifties and sixties with ballads as Pretty Little Baby, Who’s Sorry Now? y Don’t Break the Heart that Loves Youhe died this Wednesday at age 87, as Ron Roberts, his representative, reported in his Facebook account, in a statement in which he has not specified the causes of death.

“With a shrunk heart and extreme sadness I inform you of the death of my dear friend Connie Francis last night. I know that Connie would approve that her fans were among the first to find out about this sad news. Later we will give more details,” reads the post of the social network.

Concetta Franconero, his real name, was born in 1938, in Newark (New Jersey). Daughter of Italian immigrants, her father worked as a stibuador and was passionate about the concertina, so much that with three years she put an accordion to her daughter in her hands. Since then, Francis became a prodigy girl and from a very young age participated in several television programs in the United States.

In the mid -sixties, when his style began to become fashionable, he had already sold more than 40 million records thanks to songs such as Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar y Vacation. This same year, his song Pretty Little Baby He resurfaced thanks to Tiktok where he was a trend for weeks and, thus, dominated the success lists, in 2025, in the spotify viral top 50.