Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (Connie Francis) was born
December 12, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey. On January 1, 1958, she debuted
"Who's Sorry Now" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand
television show, and by mid-year over a million copies were sold. During
the height of the Vietnam War in 1967, Connie Francis performed for U.S.
troops. Francis ended her recording career in 1969. She returned in 1973
with "The Answer," a song written just for her, and soon began
performing again. Her son Joey was born in 1974. Also in 1974 she was
brutally raped for two hours in a Howard Johnson's hotel following a
performance in Westbury, New York, and subsequently sued the motel chain
for failing to provide adequate security; she reportedly won a $3
million judgment. She did not perform again for seven years. Francis was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental disease which includes severe
depressions and manic highs. She uses the drug Lithium to balance out
the emotional highs and lows Connie Francis resumed her career in 1989
after discovering the drug and has continued singing and recording since
then.
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