Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960 – The American Israelite Newspaper

Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960 – The American Israelite Newspaper

Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Archive Photos/Getty ImagesAmerican pop singer Connie Francis, circa 1960, the same year she released an album of Jewish songs (JTA) — A new generation of music lovers got turned on to mid-century pop star Connie Francis’ oeuvre in recent months when her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby” went viral on social media. Now, Francis’ death on Wednesday at 87 has drawn attention to another little-known element of her discog…