Connie Francis hospitalized, misses NY performance

In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer Connie Francis performs during the dress rehearsal of the German TV show "Summer Party of Folk Music" in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. Francis, who recorded '50s and '60s pop hits including "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Lipstick on Your Collar," was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center Wednesday, July 23, 2008 with dangerously high blood pressure. Eckehard Schulz, File / AP Photo GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Singer Connie Francis is being treated at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York where she was hospitalized after falling ill earlier this week. Her agent, Mike Church, says the 69-year-old singer had been scheduled to perform Wednesday night with Neil Sedaka at The Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury. Instead, she was taken to the hospital with dangerously high blood pressure.... [read full story]