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Dates: during 1958-1958
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Most ardent believer is a brash, well-formed 15-year-old Berlin schoolgirl named Cornelia Froboess-known only as Conny-who has sold 1,450,000 records on the Electrola label this year, earned royalties of $60,000 (of which her father-manager doles out pocket money at the rate of 26? a month). Sighing with all the delicate modulation of a stricken heifer, she belts out Tin Pan Alley tunes and ersatz German approximations with equal gusto. Conny just finished her first movie, commands a following of 56 adoring fan clubs with about 10,000 members. She travels about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROCK 'N1 ROLL: Real Schräg | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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