Connie Francis’ High Songs on Billboard Scorching 100

Connie Francis’ legacy on Billboard’s charts predates the Aug. 4, 1958, inception of the Billboard Hot 100. As soon as the chart originated, her dominance continued, as she scored historic No. 1s and linked a string of tolerating classics.

In spring 1958, Francis’ model of “Who’s Sorry Now,” initially successful for a number of artists within the Twenties, rose to No. 4 on Billboard’s High 100 chart. Upon the Scorching 100’s begin, “My Happiness” turned the then-20-year-old’s first prime 10 on the rating, reaching No. 2 in January 1959.

On the Billboard Hot 100 dated June 27, 1960, Francis’ “Everyone’s Someone’s Idiot” hit No. 1 — changing into the record’s first leader by a solo woman. That September, her “My Coronary heart Has a Thoughts of Its Personal” turned the third such No. 1 (after Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry”).

By the point Francis had tallied her fifteenth and final Scorching 100 prime 10 so far, “Trip,” in September 1962, she boasted probably the most prime 10s amongst ladies — with solely Elvis Presley having notched extra, with 16. By the top of the ‘60s, her prime 10 haul (all on the MGM label) nonetheless stood as the very best amongst solo ladies, outpaced general solely by The Beatles (30), Presley (22) and the Supremes (18). Plus, Francis led all ladies soloists together with her three No. 1s in the course of the ‘60s.

A key to Francis’ chart success? “If I really like the title, I at all times file the tune,” she informed Fred Bronson for The Billboard E book of Quantity One Hits. She shared that when “My Coronary heart Has a Thoughts of Its Personal” co-writer Howard Greenfield known as her to inform her the tune’s title, she stated, “‘That’s a smash! Nice title!’ ‘You haven’t heard the tune but,’ he stated. ‘Doesn’t matter — it’s a fantastic title!’ ”

Francis moreover grew her avid fandom because of starring film roles, amongst them 1960’s The place the Boys Are. The movie’s title tune hit No. 4 on the Scorching 100 in March 1961. (Nonetheless, she admitted to Bronson, “In case you’ve ever seen any of my films, you understand I’m not an actress … I used to be amateurish. I used to maintain a ebook of all of the unhealthy opinions as a result of they had been hilarious.”)

Francis’ music is being welcomed by a brand new era, notably because of the TikTok-fueled virality of her 1962 deep lower “Fairly Little Child.” The tune reached No. 20 on the Digital Music Gross sales chart in June 2025 and hit the Scorching 100’s Effervescent Below chart, in addition to the Billboard World 200 and Billboard World Excl. U.S. surveys. “I needed to take heed to it to determine it,” she mused to Billboard in Might of the tune that has spawned greater than 3 million TikTok movies so far. “Then, in fact, I acknowledged the truth that I had carried out it in seven languages.”

Beneath, browse Francis’ 10 largest profession hits on the Scorching 100. (“Who’s Sorry Now” isn’t amongst them, since, as detailed above, its peak run occurred simply earlier than the chart started.)

Connie Francis’ Greatest Billboard Hits chart is predicated on precise efficiency on the weekly Scorching 100 chart from its Aug. 4, 1958, inception, via July 19, 2025. Songs are ranked primarily based on an inverse level system, with weeks at No. 1 incomes the best worth and weeks at No. 100 incomes the least. On account of modifications in chart methodology through the years, eras are weighted to account for various chart turnover charges over varied durations.