| "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" | ||||
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| Single by Connie Francis | ||||
| A-side | Be Anything (but Be Mine) | |||
| B-side | Tommy | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | April 8, 1964 | |||
| Genre | traditional pop music | |||
| Length | 2:09 | |||
| Label | MGM Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Irving Gordon | |||
| Connie Francis US singles chronology | ||||
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"Be Anything (but Be Mine)" is a popular song. It was written by Irving Gordon and was published in 1952.
The recording by Eddy Howard was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5815. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 21, 1952 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13.[1]
The song was also released in 1952 by Champ Butler on Columbia Records as catalog number 39690, and by Helen O'Connell on Capitol Records as catalog number 2011. The Butler recording entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart for one week at #26 on May 9, 1952;[1] the O'Connell recording entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart for one week at #30 on May 16, 1952.[1]
Connie Francis cut a single version of "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" in an April 8, 1964 session in New York City produced by Danny Davis with Alan Lorber as arranger/conductor. With "Be Anything (but Be Mine)", Francis returned to the mode of remaking traditional pop songs which had provided her with most of her early Top Ten hits although in the 1960s she'd abandoned that formula except for "Together" a #8 hit in 1961. "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" did not return Francis to the Top Ten rather maintaining her recent profile as a moderate chart presence with a #25 peak on Billboard Hot 100, where it would mark Francis' final appearance in the Top 40.1[2]