References in Popular Culture
- When the character Amber von Tussle choses "Shake a Tail Feather" by The Five Du-Tones as her dance number on a television dance show in the original 1988 version of Hairspray, her dismayed mother Velma demands to know "Do you have something against Connie Francis?"
- Francis' 1959 hit "Lipstick on your Collar" was used as the theme song for a 1993 television series of the same name.
- Francis' recording of "I Will Wait for You" was featured in the season four episode "Jurassic Bark" of Futurama (2002).
- Francis' rendition of "Mama" is featured in a scene of the 2003 movie Mambo Italiano.
- Francis' LP record forms an important part of the main storyline in a 1999 Korean film The Harmonium in My Memory and her song "Don't break the heart that loves you" features repeatedly in the soundtrack.
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