CONNIE FRANCIS SETS WORLD TOUR EARLY ’64 . . . DECEMBER 14, 1963

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB news archives: 1963

World Tour Will Launch in Japan, April 1964

 

 

 

 

 

Connie Francis circa 1963 (click image for larger view)
Connie Francis circa 1963 (click image for larger view).

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).

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WJBK RADIO 15 REMEMBERS JFK: NOVEMBER 29, 1963

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This single was packaged in a conservative gold sleeve with no photos,

and proceeds were donated to the family of

JD Tippet, a policeman who’d also been slain that day in Dallas.

“In The Summer Of His Years” * Connie Francis * 1963

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WJBK - NOVEMBER 29, 1963

‘THE REGULAR RECORD REVIEW WAS NOT PUBLISHED THIS WEEK OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR LATE PRESIDENT’ (No. 167 – November 29, 1963)

 

 

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