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"Someone Else's Boy"
SinglebyConnie Francis
A-side"Breakin' In a Brand New Broken heart"
Released1961
Recorded1961
GenreRock and roll
Length2:42
LabelMGM Records K 12995
Songwriter(s)Athina Hosey, Hal Gordon
Producer(s)Jim Viennau
Connie Francis singles chronology
""Where the Boys Are"/
"No one""
(1961)
"Someone Else's Boy"
(1961)
""Together"/
"Too Many Rules""
(1961)

"Someone Else's Boy" is a song written by Hal Gordon and Athena Hosey.[1] It was recorded by Connie Francis on January 31, 1961, in New York.

Song Background[edit]

The song was the flipside of Francis' hit single "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart", which peaked at number seven on the U.S. pop chart. "Someone Else's Boy" was Francis' first collaboration with songwriter, arranger and band leader Cliff Parman (who wrote - among others - Nat King Cole's "Pretend"). The international success of "Someone Else's Boy" prompted Francis to work with Parman on several singles and three albums throughout 1961. Although "Someone Else's Boy" was overlooked in the U.S. and didn't chart, it became one of Francis' greatest international successes. It is the only song in her repertoire she recorded in eight languages:

At least five of these versions hit number one in their respective countries. In West Germany, it became her best selling German-language recording to this date. The Dutch version, however, remained unreleased until 1988

A cover in Swedish,『Han är inte min』was recorded in October 1961 by Anna-Lena Löfgren.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Original versions of Someone Else's Boy written by Hal Gordon, Athena Hosey | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.


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