What was the last top ten hit for Connie Francis?
Vacation (Connie Francis song) as the opening number for their shows. Vacation (Connie Francis song) "Vacation" is a 1962 single by Connie Francis which was her final Top Ten hit in both the US and the UK. "Vacation" was written by Francis, Gary Weston, and Hank Hunter. Hank Hunter had written the previous Connie Francis single "Second Hand Love" and Francis would subsequently chart with the Hunter compositions "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter" (1962) and "Drownin' My Sorrows" (1963). "Vacation" became Francis' only hit on which she had writing credits. Francis has stated: "when ["Vacation"] was brought to me, they only had 'V-a-c-a-t-i-o-n
Connie Francis wanted to record. Francis' first autobiographical book, "For Every Young Heart", was published in 1963. On July 3 that same year, she played a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. During the height of the Vietnam War in 1967, Connie Francis performed for US troops. Francis recalls this story frequently during the introduction to "God Bless America" at her live concerts. Due to changing trends in the early and mid-1960s, namely the British Invasion, Francis' chart success on "Billboard's" Hot 100 began to wane after 1963. She had her final top-ten hit,