Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children

1959 Children's album by Connie Francis

Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children

Studio album by

Connie Francis

Released| November 1959 & March 1962
Recorded| September 21 and 22, 1959
Genre| Pop
Length| 23:28
Label| 1959:
Lion Records
L 70126
1962:
MGM Records
E-4023
Producer| Arnold Maxin
Connie Francis chronology
| Country & Western - Golden Hits
(1959)  | Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children
(1959)  | One for the Boys
(1960)

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Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children is a studio album of children's songs recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis. It is one of the few U. S. albums by Connie Francis to be released exclusively in mono. All songs were co-written by George Goehring who had provided Francis earlier that year with one of her biggest hits, Lipstick On Your Collar.[1][2]

## Release

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The album was originally released in November 1959 under the Catalogue number L 70126 on Lion Records, a subsidiary of Francis' label MGM Records. In March 1962 it was reassigned to MGM Records and given the catalog number E-4023. The album was subsequently released as a regular MGM Records Album with a newly designed cover.[3]

In Britain, Francis' label distributor EMI gave the album an immediate release on the MGM label, catalog number MGM C 819, faithfully reproducing the Lion Records artwork.[4]

## Track listing

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### Side A

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#  | Title  | Songwriter  | Length

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1. | "Buster the Butterfly" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.46
2. | "Chester the Chimpanzee" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.31
3. | "Dinah the Dinosaur" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.18
4. | "Elmer the Elephant" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.58
5. | "Gertrude the Goldfish" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.46
6. | "Harold the Hippo" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.15

### Side B

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#  | Title  | Songwriter  | Length

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1. | "Kitty the Kangaroo" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.39
2. | "Nancy the Nightingale" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.03
3. | "Oscar the Octopus" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 1.47
4. | "Pinky the Penguin" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.13
5. | "Reggie the Rooster" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.02
6. | "Sammy the Silkworm" | George Goehring, Walter Mack, Vin Roddie | 2.10

## References

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1. ^ Original Album Cover of Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children, MGM Records 12" Album E-4023
2. ^ William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis 1955 – 1959, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set White Sox, Pink Lipstick... and Stupid Cupid, Bear Family Records BCD 16 616 AH, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
3. ^ Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
4. ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975

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* Discography

U.S. albums|

* Who's Sorry Now?
* The Exciting Connie Francis
* My Thanks to You
* Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
* Christmas in My Heart
* Connie's Greatest Hits
* Rock 'n' Roll Million Sellers
* Country & Western – Golden Hits
* Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children
* Connie Francis Sings "Second Hand Love"
* One for the Boys
* Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
* Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites
* More Italian Favorites
* Songs to a Swinging Band
* More Greatest Hits
* Connie Francis Sings "Never on Sunday"
* Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites
* Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites
* Do the Twist!/Dance Party
* Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits
* Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
* Greatest American Waltzes
* In the Summer of His Years
* Connie Francis Sings German Favorites
* Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites
* Movie Greats of the 60s
* Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas
* Connie's Christmas
* Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door
* Love, Italian Style
* Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today
* Grandes Éxitos del Cine de los Años 60
* Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s
* Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David
* Connie Francis Sings the Songs of Les Reed
* I'm Me Again – Silver Anniversary Album

International albums|

* Connie Francis en El Patio
* Melodien, die die Welt erobern
* Somewhere, My Love

U.S. singles|

* "The Majesty of Love"
* "Who's Sorry Now?"
* "Stupid Cupid"/"Carolina Moon"
* "Heartaches"
* "Fallin'"/"Happy Days and Lonely Nights"
* "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"
* "My Happiness"
* "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
* "If I Didn't Care"
* "Lipstick on Your Collar"/"Frankie"
* "Among My Souvenirs"/"God Bless America"
* "Mama"
* "Jealous of You (Tango della Gelosia)"/"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
* "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"/"Malagueña"
* "Many Tears Ago"
* "Where the Boys Are"
* "No One"
* "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart"/"Someone Else's Boy"
* "Together"
* "(He's My) Dreamboat"
* "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)"
* "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"
* "Vacation"
* "I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)"/"He Thinks I Still Care"
* "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter"/"Al di là"
* "If My Pillow Could Talk"
* "Your Other Love"
* "In the Summer of His Years"
* "Blue Winter"
* "Be Anything (but Be Mine)"
* "Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?"
* "For Mama"
* "Wishing It Was You"
* "Forget Domani"
* "Roundabout"
* "Jealous Heart"
* "Love Is Me, Love Is You"
* "So Nice (Summer Samba)"
* "Spanish Nights and You"
* "Time Alone Will Tell"
* "My Heart Cries for You"
* "Lonely Again"
* "I Don't Wanna Play House"
* "The Wedding Cake"
* "I Love You Much Too Much"
* "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
* "Pretty Little Baby"

International singles|

* "Robot Man"
* "Burning Bridges"
* "Lili Marleen"
* "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel"
* "Ich komm' nie mehr von dir los"
* "Wenn ich träume"
* "Schöner fremder Mann"
* "Einmal komm' ich wieder"
* "Eine Insel für zwei"
* "Jamais"
* "Tu' mir nicht weh"
* "Wenn du gehst"
* "Barcarole in der Nacht"
* "Ho bisogno di vederti"
* "Roman Guitar (Chitarra romana)"
* "Granada"/"Quizás, Quizás, Quizás"
* "Pretty Little Baby"

Notable songs|

* "Volare"
* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
* "Young at Heart"
* "Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will"
* "Once a Day"
* "The Shadow of Your Smile"
* "Strangers in the Night"
* "Misty Blue"
* "Are You Satisfied?"
* "Games That Lovers Play"

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