The following year three of his albums hit the charts, while Romantic Italian Songs continued at number thirty-three.

Live At The Coconut Grove peaked at number one hundred fourteen early in the year (recorded late in 1964, but released in 1965).

Eight years after his 1990 death, (and thirty-six years after its first release) Sergio Franchi's American debut album, Romantic Italian Songs, (re-released as a CD in 11-97) reached a peak position on the Billboard 200 at number one hundred sixty-seven in 1998.

[3] Many of his studio albums (and several of his singles) were selected for Special Merit and Spotlight awards by Billboard magazine (see Notes below).

Since his death, RCA has released these two (and other Franchi Christmas songs) on dozens of collaboration albums not listed here.

Since Sergio Franchi's death in 1990, RCA has released several of his Christmas songs on dozens of collaboration albums.

The 1963 recording of The Great Moments From Die Fledermaus was re-mastered and re-issued in 1999 as CD on BMG #0902663468-2.

Promoted by RCA Victor as an album artist, Sergio Franchi never had an actual "hit single" on his American recordings.