- Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children
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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 Label 1959:
Lion Records
L 70126
1962:
MGM Records
E-4023Producer Arnold Maxin Connie Francis chronology 1959:
Country & Western - Golden Hits
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1962:
Do The Twist!
a. k. a.
Dance PartyConnie Francis sings Fun Songs for Children (1959/1962) 1960:
One For The Boys
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1962:
Connie Francis sings "Second Hand Love"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]
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 numer E-4023. The album was subsequently released as a regular MGM Records Album with a newly desigend cover.[3]
Contents
Track listing
Side A
# Title Songwriter Length 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
# Title Songwriter Length 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
- ^ Original Album Cover of Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children, MGM Records 12" Album E-4023
- ^ 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
- ^ Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
External links
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 • One For The Boys • Connie Francis sings Spanish And Latin American Favorites • Connie Francis sings Jewish 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 • 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 • Connie's Christmas • Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door • Love, Italian Style • Happiness - Connie Francis On Broadway Today • Grandes Exitos 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 ReedInternational Albums Connie Francis en El Patio • Melodien, die die Welt erobern • Somewhere, My LoveU. S. Singles Who's Sorry Now • Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon • 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 • Among My Souvenirs/God Bless America • Mama • Everybody's Somebody's Fool • My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own/Malagueña • Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart/Someone Else's Boy • Together • When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) • Don't Break the Heart That Loves You • Vacation • He Thinks I Still Care • I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter/Al di là • If My Pillow Could Talk • In the Summer of His Years • Be Anything (but Be Mine) • Jealous Heart • So Nice (Summer Samba) • My Heart Cries for You • Lonely Again • I Don't Wanna Play HouseInternational Singles 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 • Lili Marleen • Jamais • Tu' mir nicht weh • Wenn du gehst • Ho bisogno di vedertiNotable Songs Filmography Where the Boys Are • Follow the Boys • Looking for Love • When the Boys Meet the GirlsRelated topics 
Book:Connie Francis'Categories:- Connie Francis albums
- 1959 albums
- 1962 albums
- English-language albums
- MGM Records albums
- Children's music albums
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