Schöner fremder Mann explained

Schöner fremder Mann
Type:single
Artist:Connie Francis
B-Side:"Funiculì, Funiculà"
Released:1961
Recorded:March 15, 1961 at
Austrophon Studio, Vienna
Genre:Rock and roll, Schlager music
Length:2:42
Label:MGM Records 61 042
Producer:Gerhard Mendelsohn
Chronology:Connie Francis
German
Prev Title:"Wenn ich träume"/
"Niemand"
Prev Year:1961
Next Title:"Einmal komm' ich wieder"/
"Immer und überall"
Next Year:1961

Schöner fremder Mann is the fourth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.

The song is the German cover version of Francis' U. S. recording Someone Else's Boy. Although the original version didn't chart, it became one of Francis' biggest international successes, and it is the only song in her repertoire she recorded in eight languages:

Schöner fremder Mann became Francis' biggest hit to date in West Germany, peaking at # 1.[1]

The B-side of the single was Funiculì, Funiculà, an Italian recording from her U. S. album More Italian Favorites.

Schöner fremder Mann was Francis' last single in West Germany to feature a foreign language song on the B-side. All subsequent singles would feature German-language recordings on both sides.

The song is featured at the end of West German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1978 film In a Year of 13 Moons.

References

  1. Jan Feddersen: Connie Francis, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set Lass mir die bunten Träume, Bear Family Records BCD 15 786 AH, Hambergen (Germany) 1994