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Connie Stevens
12+ albums
60spopfemale vocalistsoldiesdoo wop
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Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. She was born Concetta Rosalie Anna Ingoglia in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of Peter Ingoglia (known as musician Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley. Connie adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own. Her parents were divorced and she lived with grandparents. Coming from a musical family, she formed a singing group called The Fourmost, the other three vocalists went on to fame as The Lettermen. In 1953, Stevens moved to Los Angeles with her father. When she was sixteen, she started another singing group, The Three Debs. She enrolled at a professional school (Georgia Massey's School of Song and Dance in Los Angeles), sang professionally and appeared in local repertory theater. Stevens then started working as a movie extra. After appearing in four B movies, Jerry Lewis saw her in Dragstrip Riot and cast her in Rock-A-Bye Baby. Soon after that, she signed a contract with Warner Brothers. She played 'Cricket Blake' in the popular Television detective series Hawaiian Eye from 1959 to 1962, a role that made her famous. In a televised interview on August 26, 2003, on CNN's Larry King Live, Stevens recounted that while on the set of Hawaiian Eye she was told she had a telephone call from Elvis Presley. She didn't believe it, but in fact it was Elvis, inviting her to a party, saying he would come to her house and pick her up personally. They dated for a time and she says they remained lifelo
top songs
albums
As Cricket In "Hawaiian Eye"
Conchetta
From Me To You
As Cricket
The Hank Williams Songbook
Sixteen Reasons
The Very Best of Connie Stevens
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Les plus grandes chanteuses américaines : Connie Stevens, Vol. 1
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Doo Wop Oldies Intimate Dance Classics Vol 5
Essential Masters
As Cricket in Hawaiian Eye
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Rhino Hi-Five: Connie Stevens