Thursday 7 August 2008

Connie Francis Hospitalized, "Doing Well"

It's Connie Francis fans who are sorry now.


The 69-year-old flashlight singer was forced to cancel a performance in New York Wednesday night after being hospitalized with dangerously high blood pressing, according to her agent, Mike Church.


Francis had been scheduled to appear with Neil Sedaka at the Capital One Bank Theatre in Westbury.



























Instead, the "Where the Boys Are" songstress was admitted to Long Island Jewish Medical Center's coronary guardianship unit, where she is expected to remain until at least Saturday for further observation.


She's "doing good," Church said.


Francis, who had 34 Top 40 hits�including four No. 1 singles�between 1957 and 1964, stopped recording in 1969 simply has continued to execute live, including a 2004 stop in Las Vegas, her