Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits
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| Studio album by Connie Francis | ||||
| Released | May 1963 | |||
| Recorded | April 26–28, 1962 March 15, 1963 March 22, 1963 April 4, 1963 |
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| Genre | Pop | |||
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MGM E-4048 (mono)/SE-4048 (stereo) |
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| Producer | Norman Newell & Danny Davis | |||
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Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits is a studio album recorded by American pop singer Connie Francis.
In April 1962, Connie Francis was working mostly in Europe, recording several German language songs at Austrophon Studio, located in the basement of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and shooting her on-location scenes for the Motion Picture Follow the Boys at the French and Italian Riviera.
Between April 26 and 28, Francis spent three days in Rome, recording a set of thirteen songs intended for an album of Academy Award winning songs with the rather lengthy title Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits:
The playbacks to these songs had been pre-recorded at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios in London under the supervision of Francis' British producer Norman Newell and were conducted by Geoff Love. The tapes of these playbacks had been shipped to Rome, where Francis overdubbed her vocals at RCA Italiana Studios. Francis was unsatisfied with the results and it was decided to postpone the album's release which had originally been planned for early summer of 1962.
The album remained in the vaults until March 1963. When Francis decided to record the winning song from the 1963 Academy Award ceremony, "Days of Wine and Roses," plans were made to include this recording to the set of songs from the 1962 sessions. Yet, Francis still was not satisfied with the whole album and asked orchestra leader Don Costa - who had arranged and conducted her # 1 hit "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" in November 1961 and was also in charge of Francis' recording of "Days of Wine and Roses" - to create and record new playbacks for the 1962 recordings while keeping Francis' original vocals.
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