Connie Francis was a giant of 1950s and '60s sugary-sweet pop, notching more than a dozen hits. In the months leading up to her death, announced Thursday, she experienced one more in “Pretty Little Baby,” which has become a viral hit on TikTok six decades after its release.

"She died knowing her song became famous again," a commenter wrote on Connie Francis' TikTok page after her death this week.

Connie Francis, a pop star who dominated the charts in the late 1950s and early '60s with hits like 'Pretty Little Baby' and 'Who's Sorry Now,' has died at 87.