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Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University

Connie Francis was the voice of a generation and the soundtrack of post-war America

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Connie Francis dominated the music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s with hits like Stupid Cupid, Pretty Little Baby and Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You.

The pop star, author and actor has died at 87, and will be remembered for recording the soundtrack songs of post-World War II America.

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