1958 HITS ARCHIVE: Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis (dual #1 UK hit with “Carolina Moon” flip)*

Stupid Cupid (Sedaka-Greenfield) by Connie Francis, orchestra and chorus conducted by Leroy Holmes Connie’s first successful non-ballad rocker provided the young songwriting team of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield with their first major national hit. And in England, Connie’s treatment of the standard “Carolina Moon” on the flip side proved also to be a top seller (listen here: ). Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 14, Cash Box 16, Music Vendor 18 - UK Peak: #1 (NME, RM, MM, D) THE 1958 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1958 (some were recorded in 1957). *Unlike Billboard’s Top 100 & Hot 100 charts, the British record charts at this time tended to reflect unit sales rather than popularity of individual song tracks. Thus rankings _usually_ listed both sides of a single at the same position when both titles were determined to have contributed measurably to the disc’s success (whether or not either side would have reached a similar peak on its own). u1u