JL;DR SUMMARY Connie Francis, a celebrated mid-20th-century pop star who recently found a new audience on TikTok, has garnered renewed attention following her death at 87, not only for her chart-topping hits but also for her album "Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites," released in 1960. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.