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Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) [1] is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until the age of 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri .
The discography of American singer Connie Stevens includes numerous studio and compilation albums, and 20 singles. Stevens first garnered success in 1960, when her hit song "Sixteen Reasons" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.
After reaching #9 - its overall UK peak - in May 1960, [5] Stevens' single re-entered the top 20 at #17 that June, [11] spending 12 weeks on the chart in all. [5] Total sales for Connie Stevens' "Sixteen Reasons" single are estimated at two million units. The sheet music for the song was also a bestseller in both the US and the UK.
One year after Stevens' original version was released, the Stylistics recorded a more successful cover version as an R&B ballad under the name the song is best known, "Betcha by Golly, Wow". It was the third track from the Stylistics' 1971 debut self-titled album; [5] released as a single in 1972, it reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Two on a Guillotine is a 1965 American horror film produced and directed by William Conrad and starring Connie Stevens.The screenplay by John Kneubuhl and Henry Slesar is based on a story by Slesar.
Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–65 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El Producto". Principally starring George Burns and Connie Stevens, the series was Burns' first major work following the death of his wife and professional partner, Gracie Allen, who had died of a heart attack about a month prior to its debut.
Susan Slade is a 1961 American Technicolor drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire and Lloyd Nolan.Based upon the 1961 novel The Sin of Susan Slade by Doris Hume, concerns a well-to-do teenage girl who secretly has a baby out of wedlock.
Scorchy is a 1976 American crime film written and directed by Howard Avedis, and starring Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton, John Davis Chandler and Joyce Jameson. It was released on October 8, 1976 by American International Pictures. [1] [2] [3]