Kissin', Twistin', Goin' Where the Boys Are (1996)

About this title: Five more CDs of Connie Francis, picking up right where Bear Family's earlier White Sox, Pink Lipstick set left off, in 1960 -- although its 300-plus minutes of music only cover the period of 1960 to 1962. By this time, Connie Francis was established as one of the top female vocal talents of her generation, and she was ready to experiment -- you hear her successful move into country music, wonderful outtakes, and never-issued songs from her early-'60s sessions. Disc one has more highlights than most greatest-hits albums, notable among them a pair of unissued "Swinging Medley" tracks, and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Teddy [Anka]
2. It Would Still Be Worth It [Ballard/Tobias]
3. No One [False Start/Chat] [Pomus/Shuman]
4. No One [Second Recording] [Pomus/Shuman]
5. My Dream
6. Cashin' In [Hunter]
7. Valentino [Single Vocal] [Millet]
8. Valentino [Double Vocal] [Millet]
9. Swinging Medley: Yes, Indeed/Amen/AC-Cent-Chu-Ate the Positive/Lon ... [Edens/Comden/Green/]
10. I Think of You [First Recording] [Craig/Hodes/Jane]
11. The Millionaire [Greenfield]
12. Swinging Medley: Yes, Indeed/Amen/AC-Cent-Chu-Ate the Positive/Lon ... [Edens/Comden/Green/]
13. Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia) [Mascheroni/Mendes]
14. Robot Man [Alternate Take] [Dee/Goehring]
15. Everybody's Somebody's Fool [Greenfield/Keller]
16. I Think of You [Second Recording] [Hodes/Craig/Jane]
17. Robot Man [Master] [Dee/Goehring]
18. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/False Start/Take 19] [Greenfield/Keller]
19. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/Single Vocal/Take 21] [Greenfield/Keller]
20. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 1/Double Vocal/Take 23] [Greenfield/Keller]
21. I've Got Reason to Worry
22. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 2/Take 37] [Greenfield/Keller]
23. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own [Version 3/Take 49/RE 4] [Greenfield/Keller]
24. Love Is Where You Find It [Brent/Brown]
25. Swanee [Caesar/Gershwin]
26. My Love, My Love [Haymes/Acquaviva]
27. Angel Eyes [Brent/Dennis]
28. I Got Lost in His Arms [Berlin]
29. Gone With the Wind [Magidson/Wrubel]
30. How Long Has This Been Going On? [Gershwin/Gershwin]
31. It Might as Well Be Spring [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
32. Ol' Man Mose [Armstrong/Randolph]
33. Dat's Love [Bennett/Bizet/Hamme]
34. Taboo [Lecuona/Russell]
35. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You [Morgan/Stock/Cavana]
36. Where the Boys Are [Greenfield/Sedaka]
37. On the Outside Looking In [Sedaka/Greenfield]
38. Many Tears Ago [Scott]
39. Happy New Year Baby [Sedaka/Greenfield]
40. Breaking in a Brand New Broken Heart [Greenfield/Sedaka]
41. No One [Third Recording] [Pomus/Shuman]
42. Without Your Love [Sedaka/Greenfield]
43. Auf Wiederseh'n, My Dear [Ager/Goodhart/Hoffm]
44. Baby Roo [Sedaka/Greenfield]
45. One Tear Too Many
46. Let the Rest of the World Go By [Ball/Brennan]
47. Someone Else's Boy [Gordon/Hosey]
48. It's Time to Say Goodnight [False Start]
49. It's Time to Say Goodnight [Long Version]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.