Connie Francis, ‘Who’s Sorry Now,’ ‘Pretty Little Baby’ Singer, Dies at 87

The pop singer became the first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960.

Connie Francis attends Cousin Brucie's Saturday Night Rock and Roll Party in Delray Beach, Fla., on May 13, 2017. Mychal Watts/Getty Images for SiriusXM

Actress and singer Connie Francis, whose emotive pop ballads such as “My Happiness” and “My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own,” dominated the charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died. She was 87.

Rob Roberts, the president of Francis’s music label, Concetta Records, confirmed her passing in a Facebook post on Thursday, though he did not disclose an official cause of death.