Celebrity Jukebox #144: Connie Francis

I dreamed I was in teenage heaven

I saw all the stars in teenage heaven

There was a golden door

With a golden star

And I walked on through

And there were all the

Teenage stars we knew

There was Richie Valens

Singing, Donna, I love you

Next to him, Buddy Holly

Wuh oh, Peggy Sue

Eddie Cochran

Sang Summertime Blues

Into the golden mic

And the Big Bopper

With his laughing face said

You know what I like

There was Ricky Nelson

Singing Lonesome Town

And all the stars then

Gathered round

Bobby Vee, Brenda Lee

And Fabian too

Connie Francis, Neil Sedaka

And the Fleetwoods sang Mr. Blue

Johnny Cymbal - Teenage Heaven

Looking at that lyrics above, Connie Francis has done pretty well to outlive most of her contemporaries. And if you read the obits, and find out a little about her life story, she was clearly one tough lady.

Connie Francis - Lipstick On Your Collar

Not only that, but back in the late 50s and early 60s, she was the biggest selling female artist in the world. And given that this was a time when people really bought a lot of records, that makes her one of the all-time best-sellers.

Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now?

Rest easy, Connie. 

Saturday Snapshot - The Answers

Extra quick today - it's almost as though you were trying to help me get through my Top 17 of 2017 before next Saturday...


10. Weinstein menace: could this be an appropriate punishment? (A sharp one, obviously.)

Harvey is a danger. We should make him sit on a very sharp flagpole.

Charity Chic googled his way to victory on this one.

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

George didn't believe they existed. He obviously never watched Peep Show.

9. Jumbo pantyliners.

My deepest apologies to Sir Thumbsaloft for this one.

Pantyliners, so the adverts keep telling me, come with Wings... "Only the band The Beatles could have been."

Jumbo is a type of jet. D'oh.

Wings - Jet

Alyson got the artist, CC the song.

8. A big twit, fair of face, thinks we all want a truly great Queen song.

A big twit is a berk... or Burke.

Monday's child is fair of face... and Solomon Grundy was born on a Monday.

One of Queen's best songs was Somebody To Love.

Solomon Burke - Somebody To Love

Think Lynchie got this one first.

7. This is what happens when you have John Lydon round for tea. He mucks about with your TV and your stereo.

John Lydon is a daft punk.

Your TV may well be LCD. Your stereo is your sound system.

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

C got that, with a little gentle prodding.

6. Da doo one, quick, doctor - there's a Lady playing alternative percussion.

Da doo is obviously followed by Ron Ron.

"Stat!" is what the doctors on ER (or Casualty) shout when they want something quick.

The Beach Boys sang about Lady Lynda.

Alternative percussion might be a different drum.

Well done, Alyson. The early bird gets the worm.

Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum

(Ronstadt is a very difficult name to spell from memory.)

5. Goodbye Lucille goes well with the last song: a very deep fellow.

Goodbye Lucille is a Prefab Sprout song about Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.

A cymbal would go well with Linda's drum.

A very deep fellow would be Mr. Bassman.

Martin has been missed.

Johnny Cymbal - Mr. Bassman

4. Nobody can make a jacket this fast! Even better than Adele.

Nobody can make a jacket faster than a swift tailor.

Adele's first album was called 21.

Alyson worked this one out double-quick.

Taylor Swift - 22

Yes, it's Taylor Swift. Get over it.

3. Bad luck lifts you to this. One day, I won't be here...

If you got in a bad luck lift, you'd probably be taking a Thirteenth Floor Elevator.

When I'm not here, you're gonna miss me...

The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me.

Martin's obviously a Hi Fidelity fan.

2.  Metaphorically, it's green. Literally it's mostly brown, orange or purple. But he says it's red. (Somewhere past L.A.)

This one explains itself - well done, C.

Hollywood Beyond - What's The Colour Of Money?

1. Have you got a third of Sgt. Pepper? Affirmative!

One third of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band might be Lonely Heart. Affirmative?

When prog goes 80s...

No Saturday Snapshots next week...

But don't despair, we'll have something a little more festive instead.