Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites

Connie Francis sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
Studio album by Connie Francis
Released	October 1960
Recorded	July 2, 4, and 6, 1960
Genre	Pop
Label	MGM Records E-3853 (mono)/SE-3853 (stereo)
Producer	Arnold Maxin
Connie Francis chronology
One For The Boys (1959) Connie Francis sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites (1960) Connie Francis sings Jewish Favorites (1960)
Singles from Connie Francis sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites
"Malagueña" Released: August 1960

Connie Francis sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites is a studio album of Spanish and Latin American songs recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.

Background

After the success of her 1959 album Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites (which remained on the album charts for 81 weeks and peaked at # 4), Francis decided to release more albums which appealed to immigrants in the United States.

In July 1960, Francis was in Hollywood for the interior shots of her first motion picture Where The Boys Are which made it impossible for her to record the album during live sessions at E.M.I.'s famous Abbey Road Studios in London as she had done with Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites. Hence, the playbacks to these songs were pre-recorded in London under the supervision of Francis' British producer Norman Newell and were conducted by Geoff Love. The tapes containing these playbacks were shipped to Hollywood where Francis overdubbed her vocals.^[1]

Francis, who had studied Spanish in school, was fluent in the language which prompted her to perform the songs eiter entirely in Spanish or bilingual with a few lines sung in English.^{[2] [3]}

The album was originally released in October 1960 under the catalogue numbers E-3853 (mono) and SE-3853 (stereo) on MGM Records. The album consisted of 13 songs, although 15 playbacks had been produced. First pressings of the album contain the complete intended listing of all 15 tracks on the cover, though actually the songs Amor and Aquellos ojos verdes were not released in the U. S. and at that time were only available on singles and EPs in Spain and South America.

Track listing

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Malagueña"	Ernesto Lecuona	3.06
2.	"Quiéreme mucho"	Gonzalo Roig, Albert Gamse, Jack Sherr	2.51
3.	"Siboney"	Ernesto Lecuona	2.49
4.	"Solamente una vez"	Agustín Lara, Ray Gilbert	2.44
5.	"Quiénséra"	Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Norman Gimbel	1.53
6.	"Quizás, quizás, quizás"	Osvaldo Farres	2.05
7.	"Beso de fuego"	Ángel Villoldo	2.32

Side B

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Granada"	Agustín Lara	3.34
2.	"Bésame mucho"	Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar	2:42
3.	"Nosotros"	traditional	2.54
4.	"Vaya, con dios"	Larry Russel, Inez James, Buddy Pepper	3.06
5.	"Te quiero, dijiste"	María Gever, Charles Pasquale	2.24
6.	"Celos (Jealousy)"	Jacob Gade	2.42

Not included songs from the sessions

#	Title	Songwriter	Length	Remark
1.	"Amor"	Gabriel Ruiz, Ricardo López Méndez	2.40	Spanish
2.	"Amor"	Gabriel Ruiz, Ricardo López Méndez, Sunny Skylar	2.38	Bilingual English-Spanish
3.	"Aquellos ojos verdes"	Adolfo Utrera, Nilo Ménendez, Eddie Rivera, Eddie Woods	2.38	-

References

1. ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975
2. ^ Liner notes of the original 1960 album
3. ^ Connie Francis: Who's sorry now, St. Martin's Press, London 1984

External links

• Official Connie Francis Fan Club Site