In The Summer Of His Years is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis

Connie Francis

Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...

.

The album's title song

In the Summer of His Years (song)

In The Summer Of His Years is a song written by Herb Kretzmer and David Lee.The song was written as a tribute song to John F. Kennedy after his assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas and performed first by Millicent Martin when the BBC aired a tribute to John F...

 was performed first by Millicent Martin

Millicent Martin

Millicent Mary Lillian Martin is an English actress, singer and comedienne.Martin was born in Romford, England. She made her Broadway debut opposite Julie Andrews in The Boy Friend in 1954...

 when the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 aired a tribute to John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

 after the tragic events in Dallas

John F. Kennedy assassination

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...

 on November 22, 1963.

While Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson – January 27, 1972) was an African-American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel"...

 had recorded the song already on November 29, 1963, Connie Francis recorded her own version on December 2, 1963, followed by its immediate release. The arrangement was provided by Claus Ogerman

Claus Ogerman

Claus Ogerman is a German musical arranger/ orchestrator, conductor, and composer, best known for his works with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra and Diana Krall.-Life and work:...

 who also conducted the recording.

The subsequent album of the same name was filled with material that had been released on previous singles and albums and was considered suitable to serve as memorial songs for John F. Kennedy as well as for J. D. Tippit

J. D. Tippit

Tippit attended a Veterans Administration vocational training school at Bogata, Texas, from January 1950 until June 1952. He was then hired by the Dallas Police Department as a patrolman on July 28, 1952...

, a policeman who had also been slain that day in Dallas. All the proceeds of the album were donated to Tippit's family.

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length	Previous release
1.	"In The Summer Of His Years" In the Summer of His Years (song) In The Summer Of His Years is a song written by Herb Kretzmer and David Lee.The song was written as a tribute song to John F. Kennedy after his assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas and performed first by Millicent Martin when the BBC aired a tribute to John F...	Herb Kretzmer, David Lee	2.32	-
2.	"The Bells of St. Mary's" The Bells of St. Mary's (song) "The Bells of St. Mary's" is a popular song.The music was written by A. Emmett Adams, the lyrics by Douglas Furber, following a visit to St. Mary's Church, Southampton, England. The song was published in 1917....	A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber Douglas Furber Douglas Furber was a British lyricist and playwright.Furber is best known for the lyrics to the 1937 song The Lambeth Walk and the libretto to the musical Me and My Girl, composed by Noel Gay, from which it came. This show made broadcasting history when in 1939 it became the first full length...	2.30	MGM Records Album "My Thanks to You" My Thanks to You My Thanks To You is a studio album recorded by US Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features songs which had been popular on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and the 1940s...  (1959)
3.	"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (That's An Irish Lullaby" Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral " is a classic Irish song originally written in 1914 by composer James Royce Shannon and popularised by Bing Crosby in 1944's Going My Way.-Lyrics:[Verse 1]Over In Killarney,Many years ago,...	James Royce Shannon	2.13	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites is a studio album recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.After the success of her 1959 album Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites , Francis decided to release more albums which appealed to immigrants in the United States... " (1962)
4.	"The Lord's Prayer" The Lord's Prayer (song) "The Lord's Prayer" is a musical setting of the Lord's Prayer written by Albert Hay Malotte in 1935 and recorded by numerous singers including John Charles Thomas, Perry Como, Doris Day, Gracie Fields, Mahalia Jackson, Mario Lanza, Elvis Presley, and Ronnie Milsap...	traditional Tradition A tradition is a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes , but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings...	2.56	MGM Records Album "Christmas In My Heart" Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album) Christmas In My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. The album features popular songs of the season on the A-side and the sacred music of Christmas on the B-side....  (1959)
5.	"My Buddy" My Buddy (song) "My Buddy" is a popular song.The music was written by Walter Donaldson, the lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was published in 1922.-Recorded versions:*Gene Autry*Chet Baker *Teresa Brewer *Benny Carter*Rosemary Clooney...	Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.-History:... , Gus Kahn Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist.-Biography:Kahn was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1886. The family emigrated from there to the United States and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890...	2.51	MGM Records Album "Greatest American Waltzes" (1963)
6.	"God Bless America God Bless America "God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song .... "	Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...	2.44	MGM Records Single K 12841 (1959)

Side B

#	Title	Songwriter	Length	Previous release
1.	"Ave Maria" Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria.Written by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod in 1859, his Ave Maria consists of a melody superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, written by...	traditional, Charles Gounod Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:... , Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...	2.50	MGM Records Album "Christmas In My Heart" (1959)
2.	"Red River Valley" Red River Valley (song) Red River Valley is a folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names—e.g., "Cowboy Love Song", "Bright Sherman Valley", "Bright Laurel Valley", "In the Bright Mohawk Valley", and "Bright Little Valley"—depending on where it has been sung. ...	traditional	1.58	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites is a studio album of Folk Song recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis.The album was recorded on August 8 and 9, 1961, at Owen Bradley's studio Bradley Film & Recording in Nashville. Arrangements were provided by Cliff Parman who also conducted the... " (1961)
3.	"Danny Boy Danny Boy -Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine... "	Frederick Weatherly Frederick Weatherly Frederic Edward Weatherly was an English lawyer, author, lyricist and broadcaster. He is estimated to have written the lyrics to at least 3,000 popular songs, among the best-known of which are the sentimental ballad Danny Boy set to the tune Londonderry Air, the religious "The Holy City", and the...	3.25	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Irish Favorites" (1962)
4.	"True Love, True Love"	traditional	2.58	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites" (1961)
5.	"Every Night (When The Sun Goes In)"	traditional	3.19	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites" (1961)
6.	"Aura Lee Aura Lee "Aura Lea" is an American Civil War song about a maiden. It was written by W. W. Fosdick and George R. Poulton .-Lyrics:The lyrics as written by Fosdick:... "	W. W. Fosdick W. W. Fosdick William Whiteman Fosdick was a American poet, writer and song lyricist, primarily remembered today as the one who wrote the original lyrics to the song Aura Lea to a melody composed by George R. Poulton. Fosdick was as a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Transylvania University in... , George R. Poulton George R. Poulton George R. Poulton was a musician and composer. best known for composing the tune to "Aura Lea".He was born in Cricklade, Nr Cirencester, , England in 1828. He was baptised in St. Mary's Church and was raised in the town until the age of seven when his parents, Charles and Hannah Poulton, emigrated...	2.10	MGM Records Album "Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites" (1961)

External links

• Official Connie Francis Fan Club Site