Mark Takes Your Calls!

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4.3 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Rob in Franklin Square NY thinks Singer Connie Francis should be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Mark agrees. Vincent in Brooklyn NY called Mark to let him know about his recent trip out of the USA and it was interesting!

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0:00.0	If you're listening to Mark on the Iheart radio app, save time and tap the preset button now.
0:06.0	Now back to the Mark Simone show on W-O-R.
0:10.3	Hey, let's take some calls.
0:11.7	800, 321710 is the number.
0:15.0	Let's go to Mike in Florida.
0:16.7	Mike, how you doing?
0:18.5	Good morning, Mark.
0:19.5	Yes, Mike.
0:21.1	It's probably been more than 60 years since Connie Francis and Bobby Darren were mentioned on AM radio.
0:28.5	Well, actually, there's a big Bobby Darren musical coming to Broadway.
0:32.9	I think it's already in previous.
0:34.6	But it's not, it's not, I mean, the guy's good, but he's not Bobby Darren, so that's the problem. No, but I was going to ask you about somebody from a generation before them, whether you not you knew Keely Smith. I love her, and I'm just wondering if you were a fan and if you were a friend. I was a friend of hers, Keely Smith. In fact, I remember the Saturday night Sinatra show I used to do?
0:56.7	She was on that quite a bit.
0:59.0	And she was like the original lounge superstars in the Las Vegas louis
1:04.6	was Louis Prima and his wife, Keely Smith.
1:07.8	They were huge.
1:08.6	The stuff they did was just great.
1:10.3	She was so adorable and he was such a nut
1:12.7	and it was just the perfect act
1:14.9	yeah but she was a great
1:16.6	great singer and after
1:18.3	leaving louis prim after he left us she made
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