The Majesty of Love

In 1955, George Franconero Sr. and Francis's manager George Scheck raised money for a recording session of four songs, which they hoped to sell to a major record company under Francis's own name. Even when MGM Records decided to sign a contract with her, it was because one track she had recorded, "Freddy", happened to be the name of the son of a company executive, Harry A. Meyerson, who thought of the song as a nice birthday gift. Hence, "Freddy" was released as Francis's first single, which turned out to be a commercial failure, just like her next eight solo singles.^[3] The recording contract consisted of ten solo singles and one duet single.

Written by Ben Raleigh and Don Wolf,^[2] the duet single with Marvin Rainwater was her most successful single yet, reaching No. 93 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[4] No. 76 on Record World,^[5] (then called Music Vendor), and doing well in Australia, reaching a peak position of No. 37 there.^[6] However, her minor chart success came too late. Francis was informed by MGM Records that her contract would not be renewed after her last solo single.^[7] Despite this, the single sold over one million copies, becoming her first million seller and Rainwater's second.^[2]