- Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door
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Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door Studio album by Connie Francis Released October 1966 Recorded May 17 - 18, 1966
June 1, 1966Genre Pop Label scheduled for release on
MGM Records
E-4412 (mono)/SE-4412 (stereo)
eventually released on
King Leo Records
LES-903Producer Pete Spargo Connie Francis chronology King Leo Records:
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MGM Records:
Connie Francis live at The Sahara in Las Vegas
(1966)Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door (1966) King Leo Records:
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MGM Records:
Love, Italian Style
(1967)Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.
Whilst the material of her album Connie Francis sings Fun Songs For Children (1959) clearly had aimed at toddlers and smaller children of pre-school age, Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door contained material suitable for older children and youths in their early teens by combining classic songs such as Do-Re-Mi from the musical The Sound of Music with modern novelty songs like a rendition of Brian Hyland's 1960 hit Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.
The orchestral backing track and the vocal contributions of an unidentified children choir were recorded on May 17 and 18, 1966. Francis overdubbed her vocals to all songs on June 1, 1966.[1]
The album was originally scheduled for release on Francis' label MGM Records with the catalogue numbers E-4412 (mono pressings) and SE-4412 (stereo pressings) but was eventually reassigned to MGM's subsidiary label King Leo Records and released in stereo only under the catalogue number LES-903.[2]
Of the thirteen recorded songs, Batman remains unreleased to this day. Along with her 1960 UK-Single Robot Man and her 1968 rendition of the Burt Bacharach classic Promises, Promises, Francis herself calls Batman "the dumbest song I've ever recorded".
Contents
Track listing
Side A
# Title Songwriter Length 1. "Do-Re-Mi" Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 2.39 2. "I'm Henry VIII. I Am" Fred Murray, R. P. Weston 2.16 3. "Puff, the Magic Dragon" Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow 3.18 4. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss 2.35 5. "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Rolf Harris 2.17 6. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie 2.55 Side B
# Title Songwriter Length 1. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman 2.10 2. "England Swings" Roger Miller 1.47 3. "The Children's Marching Song" traditional 1.56 4. "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" Allan Sherman 2.12 5. "A Spoonful of Sugar" Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman 2.13 6. Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Trevor Peacock 2.10 Not included songs from the sessions
# Title Songwriter Length Remark 1. "Batman" Neal Hefti 1.56 unreleased to this day References
- ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1973, Fan Club Project of 1973
- ^ 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 U. 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 Related topics Book:Connie Francis'
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