Connie Stevens

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Connie Stevens was born in a music family in Brooklyn, New York. She started her acting career at the age of 19. In 1957, she played roles in Young and Dangerous, Eighteen and Anxious, and The Bob Cummings Show. This year, she Signed a seven-year contract with Paramount but did not perform to the end. In 1958, she and Paramount terminated the contract and signed a contract with Warner Bros after a year, with a salary of $300 a week.

Connie Stevens became famous because of the detective TV series Hawaiian Eye that aired from 1959 to 1963. As a result, he was invited to a party by Elvis Presley. After this meeting, they soon began dating. Connie Stevens is also actively developing her music career. She released her first album Concetta in 1958. Although the sales were not satisfactory, she did not interrupt her music career. Two years later, Stevens’s single Sixteen Reasons won the recognition of audience, which ranked third on the Billboard Hot 100 rankings.

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