{"id":3461,"date":"2025-07-21T21:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2025-07-21T21:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:06:41","slug":"%f0%9f%98%a2%e2%9d%8c-dont-worry-im-coming-josh-groban-called-michael-buble-drove-100-miles-through-the-night-and-together-they-sang-connie-francis-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3461","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude22\u274c \u201cDon\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Coming\u201d \u2014 Josh Groban Called. Michael Bubl\u00e9 Drove 100 Miles Through the Night. And Together, They Sang Connie Francis Home. It was just past midnight when the call came. Josh Groban, voice trembling, had just heard the news: Connie Francis \u2014 the woman whose songs once healed a broken America \u2014 was gone. There was no hesitation. He reached for the phone and whispered four words: \u201cDon\u2019t worry, I\u2019m coming.\u201d By dawn, the two stood shoulder to shoulder outside the great cathedral in Newark, just a few miles from where Connie was born. Before the crowd, before the casket draped in white roses and velvet, they sang \u201cSmile\u201d \u2014 the song she used to hum to calm herself before every show. It wasn\u2019t just a performance. It was a promise. That her voice would never fade&#8230; WATCH VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image page-header-image-single grid-container grid-parent\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/humansofgeorgia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-21T210546.640.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humansofgeorgia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-21T210546.640.jpg 650w, https:\/\/humansofgeorgia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-21T210546.640-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\u201cDon\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Coming\u201d \u2014 Josh Groban Called. Michael Bubl\u00e9 Drove 100 Miles Through the Night. And Together, They Sang Connie Francis Home.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-21T21:13:45+07:00\">21\/07\/2025<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"a835c143931403ba551d7ad7f954d0ca\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"360\"><strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"360\">\u201cDon\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Coming\u201d \u2014 Josh Groban Called. Michael Bubl\u00e9 Drove 100 Miles Through the Night. And Together, They Sang Connie Francis Home.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"435\">Just past midnight, the news broke:\u00a0<strong data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"433\">Connie Francis had passed away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"435\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1iHWRIJfqrQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Francis, 'Pretty Little Baby' Singer, Dead at 87\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jxVyIUxC\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"510\">For millions, it was the end of an era. For Josh Groban, it was personal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vH6v9bOm\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"574\">He sat in silence for a moment. Then he reached for his phone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"618\">\u201cDon\u2019t worry, I\u2019m coming,\u201d he said softly.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"618\">VIDEO BELOW\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f447.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" \/><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"618\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Buble vs. Josh Groban\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3sV2PBMUHw\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"846\">On the other end of the line was\u00a0<strong data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"670\">Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/strong>, still in the middle of a late-night studio session nearly 100 miles away. He didn\u2019t need details. \u201cGive me two hours,\u201d he replied, already grabbing his coat. \u201cI\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1190\">By dawn, the two men stood together at the foot of the grand cathedral in\u00a0<strong data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"944\">Newark, New Jersey<\/strong>, just miles from where Connie Francis was born. The morning was still \u2014 the kind of quiet that feels like it\u2019s holding its breath. Before them rested a white velvet-draped casket, covered in a cascade of white lilies, orchids, and baby\u2019s breath.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1190\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.7587320.1752761401!\/cpImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_1180\/obit-connie-francis.jpg?im=Resize%3D780\" alt=\"American singer Connie Francis, whose hits include Pretty Little Baby, dead  at 87 | CBC News\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1389\">Mourners gathered in black, eyes red, hands clutching tissues and memories. The cathedral doors behind them stood open, revealing flickering candles and the soft echo of an organ warming up inside.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1537\">But it wasn\u2019t until\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1452\">Josh Groban\u2019s voice broke the silence<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 with the opening line of Charlie Chaplin\u2019s \u201cSmile\u201d \u2014 that the crowd began to weep.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1623\">It was Connie\u2019s favorite. A song she once said got her through her loneliest nights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1848\">Halfway through the first verse,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1685\">Michael Bubl\u00e9 joined in<\/strong>. Their voices \u2014 one classical and rich, the other smooth and nostalgic \u2014 intertwined with reverence. There were no theatrics. No spotlight. Just music. Just love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1990\">And as they sang the final line \u2014 \u201cyou\u2019ll see the sun come shining through\u2026 if you just smile\u201d \u2014 the sun did shine, briefly, between clouds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1992\" data-end=\"2042\">A hush fell again. 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