A Tour de Force!

This is a "must-hear" for any Connie Francis fan! She has been my favorite singer for many years. I first heard this "live" album on LP and was very happy to discover it has been re-released on CD. It was recorded in 1960--early in her career--and it is a wonderful study in first-rate "supper club" performance. You can hear the audience's reactions to her every sung or spoken line and can experience the atmosphere of the legendary Copa, right down to the tinkling of glasses and audience chatter. If you close your eyes and listen, you can almost imagine the smoky room and a gorgeous Connie Francis holding court! It's just like being at a front table the night the show was recorded. I am a professional jazz and cabaret singer myself, and I often re-play this album to get a feel for how I should properly pace a show. Connie's pure and powerful voice, incredible rapport with audiences, impeccable taste, fabulous phrasing and overall enthusiasm for every song she sings make her number-one in my book!

An excellent collection of songs by an excellent artist.

This cd gives us a glimpse of the many facets of Connie's talent, from the her heart-rending version of Mama to her swinging versions of Old Man Mose, and Smack Dab in the Middle. She sings in Italian, Jewish and English. Listening to this cd makes me wish I had been there at the Copa when Connie was performing these songs.

You Are There

One of the shortest albums on record, and one of the worst-recorded (M-G-M Records did miserable remote work), "Connie at the Copa" nevertheless is totally captivating because of the performer. Connie Francis, who clearly had studied Bobby Darin very very closely, turns in a show biz performance which ranks right up there with the very best. There's some Sophie Tucker in here, and some Ethel Merman, a little Garland, a bit of Fanny Brice and a whole lot of Al Jolson. In a performer so young, really just beginning out in the adult field, what you hear on this recording is simply amazing.