From the MCRFB news archives: 1963
World Tour Will Launch in Japan, April 1964
NEW YORK — Connie Francis will undertake an around-the-world tour next spring which will feature a series of one-hour TV shows in each of the 11-countries. Each show will be different and in each case the singer will perform material in various languages, including that of the country in which she is performing.
The tour will commence in Japan the latter part of April and will include visits to Hong Kong, Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany Spain, Belgium, Holland and England. Its expected that a show will also be done in Mexico, but details on this have not yet been completed.
The singer will be accompanied by a party of eight, including her manager, George Scheck; conductor, George Mazzu, and drummer, Bobby Grosso. Portions of the tapes of the various foreign shows are expected to be put together to form the basis of a TV outing for viewing in the United States.
(Information and news source: Billboard; December 14, 1963).
