Overview

• Connie Francis passed away during the night of July 16–17 and her friend Ron Roberts, president of Concetta Records, announced her death on Facebook.
• She spent her final two weeks hospitalized for debilitating pain as doctors ran tests to determine the cause of her distress.
• In June 2025 her 1962 B-side “Pretty Little Baby” became a TikTok sensation with over 17 billion plays, driving a new wave of streams and tributes.
• Francis made history in 1960 as the first solo female artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” and later notched multiple Top 10 hits.
• Across her career she sold more than 200 million records worldwide and recorded in several languages, securing her legacy across generations.