Released July 1966 Release date July 1966 Label MGM Records | Artist Connie Francis Producer Tom Wilson Genre Pop music | |
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Recorded March 24, 1965
September 25, 1965
December 8, 1965
March 15–16, 1966
April 19–20, 1966
May 31, 1966 Jealous Heart
(1966) Movie Greats Of The 60s
(1966) Movie Greats Of The 60s
(1966) Connie's Christmas
(1966) Similar Connie Francis Sings Ger, Love - Italian Style, Greatest American Waltzes, Connie Francis Sings Aw, Connie Francis Sings Fol | ||
Movie Greats Of The 60s is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs from the soundtracks of then current and/or recent motion pictures.
Contents
Background
The recording of the featured songs spanned a period of more than a year, beginning with the March 24, 1965 recording of "Forget Domani": the album's most recently recorded track was "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme)" recorded on May 31, 1966. During the sessions, Francis worked with several renowned arrangers and orchestra leaders such as Frank De Vol, Benny Golson and Don Costa.
The album was released in July 1966 as MGM Records 12" Album E-4382 (mono pressings) and SE-4382 (stereo pressings).
In May 1967, Francis used the instrumental playbacks of nine of the album's featured songs and overdubbed Spanish vocals. "Dance my trouble away", "I will wait for you", and "The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza fine)" were omitted and not re-recorded in Spanish. By adding "Donde hay chicos" (already recorded in 1960), the Spanish version of "Where The Boys Are", the title song from Francis' own movie of the same name, a set of ten Spanish songs was compiled and released in July 1967 as a 12" album under the name "Grandes Exitos del Cine de los Años 60". With an identical cover design, "Grandes Exitos del Cine de los Años 60" was virtually the Spanish edition of "Movie Greats Of The 60s" with a slightly modified track listing.
Songs
1Strangers In The Night3:02
2Call Me Irresponsible2:11
3I Will Wait For You3:05