Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens joined the musical group The Fourmost with Tony Butala, who later became the founder of The Lettermen. In the early 1950s, she moved to Los Angeles with her father and started her entertainment career in 1957, appearing in Young and Dangerous, before releasing her music album, Concetta, the following year. She then received acting credits in the musical comedy Rock-A-Bye Baby opposite Jerry Lewis, followed by The Party Crashers opposite Frances Farmer.

The actress gained widespread recognition for her role as Cricket Blake on Hawaiian Eye. At the same time, she garnered musical success when Sixteen Reasons became a radio hit, hitting the music charts in the 1960s. She continued to appear on the big and small screens throughout the 1970s and 1980s and even performed as a musical nightclub act. In recent years, Stevens debuted as a director, working on the movie Saving Grace B. Jones.