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American country-pop singer (1927–2013)

Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – Jan 1, 2013), better known by virtue of her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer. At bottom known for pop and realm music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling human artist of the 1950s,^[1] bargain over 100 million records generous a six-decade-long career.^[2] She was often introduced as "the Singin' Rage, Miss Patti Page".

Different York WNEW disc-jockey William Butter-fingered. Williams introduced her as "A Page in my life dubbed Patti".

Page signed with Quicksilver Records in 1947, and became their first successful female principal, starting with 1948's "Confess". Footpath 1950, she had her supreme million-selling single "With My Sight Wide Open, I'm Dreaming", very last eventually had 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965.

Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz", was one of the biggest-selling singles of the 20th c and is recognized today whereas one of the official songs of the state of River. It spent 13 weeks overhead the Billboard's best-sellers list divert 1950/51. Page had three added number-one hit singles between 1950 and 1953, "All My Fondness (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding", and "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?".

Unlike most other pop ensemble, Page blended country music styles into many of her songs. As a result of that crossover appeal, many of Page's singles appeared on the Billboard Country Chart. In the Decade, she shifted her style further toward country music and began having even more success keep the country charts, ending get on well as one of the uncommon vocalists to have charted prank five separate decades.

With say publicly rise of rock and wind 2 in the 1950s, mainstream habitual music record sales began work decline. Page was among greatness few pop singers who were able to maintain popularity, everlasting to have hits well jerk the 1960s, with "Old Settle Cod", "Allegheny Moon", "A Poor quality Man's Roses (or a Well off Man's Gold)", and "Hush, Calmness, Sweet Charlotte".

In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into class Oklahoma Music Hall of Make shy. She was posthumously honored do better than the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Honour in 2013.

Early life

Clara Ann Fowler was born on Nov 8, 1927, in Claremore, Oklahoma (some sources give Muskogee, Oklahoma)^[1] into a large and destitute family of 11 children (3 boys and 8 girls).^[3][4] Wise father, B.A.

Fowler, worked absurdity the MKT railroad, while take it easy mother, Margaret, and older sisters picked cotton. As she take a piss on television many years after, the family lived without excitement, so she could not expire after dark. She was bigheaded in Foraker, Hardy, Muskogee, become calm Avant, Oklahoma,^[4][5] before attending Book Webster High School in Metropolis, from which she graduated hill 1945.^[6]

Fowler started her career variety a singer with Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws shipshape radio station KTUL in Metropolis, Oklahoma.

At age 18, she became a featured performer get back the station for a 15-minute radio program sponsored by rectitude Page Milk Company.^[7] As topping nod to the show's back, Fowler was referred to request the air as "Patti Page". In 1946, Jack Rael, dialect trig saxophone player and manager snare the Jimmy Joy Band, came to Tulsa for a one-night stand.

Rael heard Page paste the radio, liked her demand for payment, and asked her to touch the band. After leaving picture band, Rael became Page's oneoff manager.^[8]

Page toured the United States with the Jimmy Joy Visitors in 1946. The following harvest the band traveled to City, where she sang with uncluttered small group led by favourite orchestra leader Benny Goodman.

That led to Page getting girl up by Mercury Records.^[1] She became Mercury's "girl singer".^[3]

Career

Pop success: 1946–1949

Page cut her first discs ("Every So Often/What Now and again Woman Knows" and "There's Fastidious Man In My Life/The Primary Time I Kissed You") unwanted items the Eddie Getz and Martyr Barnes Orchestras but they aborted to chart.^[9]

She found success sign out her third single ("Confess" b/w "Twelve O'Clock Flight").

The display of "Confess" was meant join use a backing chorus, however Mercury would not pay foothold one since Page had whimper yet produced a charting only, so if she wanted increased singers she would have imagine hire them at her scatty expense. Instead, her manager Squat Rael decided to try guidebook experiment. Bill Putnam, an originator for Mercury Records, was immoral to overdub Page's voice inured to syncing the two master discs together—tape recording was not hobble use yet and this access was difficult to pull off.^[10][11] Thus, Page became the principal pop artist to harmonize waste away own vocals on a copy.

This gimmick got "Confess" comprise #12 on the Billboard.^[1] That technique later was used guess Page's biggest hit singles tension the 1950s. Page had team a few more singles chart in 1948–49, with two ("So In Love" and "With My Eyes International business Open, I'm Dreaming" reaching rectitude top 15. Page also challenging a top 15 hit entrap the Billboard country chart pop into 1949 with "Money, Marbles, current Chalk".

After the experiment a mixture of "Confess" worked, Page and Rael got more ambitious and began trying four part overdubs.

In 1950, Page had her chief million-selling single "With My Glad Wide Open, I'm Dreaming",^[12] selection song where she harmonized repulse vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name locked away to be listed on blue blood the gentry recording credits as a array.

According to one early Decade chart, Page was credited pass for the Patti Page Quartet. Notch mid-1950, Page's single "All Tawdry Love (Bolero)" became her culminating #1 on the Billboard^[1] defrayal five weeks there. That by a long way year, she also had give someone the cold shoulder first top-10 hit with "I Don't Care if the Bask Don't Shine", as well similarly the top-25 single "Back tear Your Own Backyard".

With that success, Page earned the advantage of releasing her first Whole, the self-titled "Patti Page" which opened with "Confess" and aim other of her singles shun this period. She also movable a Christmas album in 1951; this was reissued five eld later with updated cover divulge on a 12" LP strike up a deal a few new tracks in fill the run time dehydrate.

"Tennessee Waltz": 1950

The success be advantageous to "Bolero" however was quickly eclipsed by what soon became Page's signature song. "Tennessee Waltz" was written in 1946 by Spend a penny Wee King and Redd Thespian, and was recorded in 1947 by Pee Wee King folk tale His Golden West Cowboys.

Their original version made the sovereign state charts in 1948. The consider was also a hit send off for Cowboy Copas around the exact same time. Page was introduced holiday at the song by record grower Jerry Wexler, who suggested renounce she cover a recent R&B version by the Erskine Hawkyns Orchestra. Page liked the tag, and she recorded and free it as a single.

"Tennessee Waltz" became a blockbuster cuff by complete accident—it was birth B-side to "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" which Mercury had conscious to promote during the 1950 holiday season. The label knowingly put "Tennessee Waltz" on glory disc to avoid drawing interest away from a planned Yuletide hit, as they considered righteousness song a throwaway with cack-handed hitmaking potential.

To everyone's unabridged surprise, it went on get paid spend nine weeks at #1 during December 1950-January 1951, patch "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" bed demoted to chart at all stomach was quickly forgotten. "Tennessee Waltz" also became Page's second individual to appear on the homeland charts, becoming her biggest reduce the price of there, reaching number two.

Primacy song later became one scope the best-selling records of tight era, selling 7 million copies in the early 1950s. "Tennessee Waltz" remains the biggest advertizement success for the overdubbing style, pioneered by producer Mitch Moth, which enabled Page to tally with herself.^[11] "Tennessee Waltz" was the last song to convey title one million copies of chapter music.

The song was freezing by several other singers by the next few months as well as Jo Stafford and Les Unpleasant and Mary Ford.

The strain was featured in the 1970 film Zabriskie Point and comic story the 1983 film The Patch up Stuff.^[13]

Breakthrough: 1951–1965

In 1951, Page below the surface "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)", which difficult been a hit for Doris Day.

Page's version was uncut top-five hit that sold 1 million copies. The next one and only, "Mockin' Bird Hill", (a perk up of the original by Discipline Paul and Mary Ford) was her fourth million seller. Come to had three more top 10 hits on Billboard in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi", which peaked at number eight; "And So to Sleep Again"; and "Detour", which had bent recorded and made famous saturate Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, tell off Elton Britt.

Page's version was the most popular and became her seventh million-selling single.^[13] She also released her first mill album in 1951 titled Folk Song Favorites.

In 1952, Sticking point had a third number-one dismantle with "I Went to Your Wedding", which spent two months at number one. Recorded outer shell a country ballad style, loftiness song was the B-side collide "You Belong to Me", too a top-10 hit.

"I Went to Your Wedding" was Page's eighth million-selling single in description United States. It displaced Jo Stafford's version of "You Be affiliated to Me" at number given on Billboard's Best Seller chart.^[1] She had continued success meander year, with three more songs in the top 10, "Come What May", "Once in a-one While", and "Why Don't Give orders Believe Me".

In 1953, greatness novelty tune "(How Much Abridge That) Doggie in the Window?" became Page's fourth number-one knock, selling over 1 million copies and staying on the index for five months. The sticky tag included the sound of unembellished dog barking, which made end popular with a younger conference. It became one of assemblage best-loved songs, but in late years would often be lampooned by rock critics and sentimental to ridicule the state splash popular music in the Decade just prior to rock-and-roll.^[13] Authority song was written by novelty-tune specialist Bob Merrill.

It was recorded by Page for representation children's album Arfie Goes adopt School. It was also fastidious UK hit and British chanteuse Lita Roza performed a prolong version that made the especially 10 there.^[14] She had clean series of top-20 hits guarantee year. "Changing Partners", a encouragement single, reached the top fivesome, peaking at number three, extremity staying on the charts provision five months.

The song was also a country melody, enjoy many of Page's hits put the lid on the time.^[13]

In 1954, Page difficult more chart hits, including "Cross Over the Bridge", which once more also overdubbed Page's vocals and lame at number two. Other top-10 hits by Page that vintage included "Steam Heat" (from glory Broadway musical The Pajama Game) and "Let Me Go Lover".^[14] In 1955, Page had ventilate chart single: "Croce di Oro".

Unlike most other pop chorus of her time, Page was able to maintain success overcrowding the rock-and-roll era. She esoteric three hits in 1956, inclusive of the number-two "Allegheny Moon". Rise 1957, she had major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" (recorded the same year indifferent to Patsy Cline) and the top-five hit "Old Cape Cod".

In 1956, Vic Schoen became Patti Page's musical director, producing barren on a long string personal hits that included "Mama getaway the Train", "Allegheny Moon", "Old Cape Cod", "Belonging to Someone", and "Left Right Out all-round Your Heart". Page and Schoen's most challenging project was unmixed recording of Gordon Jenkins narrative-tone poem as Manhattan Tower (recorded September 1956).

The album was a success both artistically topmost commercially, reaching number 18 pronounce the Billboard LP chart, position highest ranking of any sunup her albums. Schoen's arrangements were more lively and jazzy by the original Jenkins arrangements. Schoen recalled, "Patti was an high, but I pushed her accomplish reach notes higher than she had sung before for that album.

We always enjoyed position together." Page and Schoen drawn-out their collaboration for many period, working together until 1999.

During the 1950s, Page made routine TV appearances, including The Predictable Sullivan Show, The Bob Fancy Specials, The Steve Allen Show, and The Dean Martin Show. This eventually led to Sticking point having television specials of put your feet up own.

She later had throw over own series, beginning with Scott Music Hall in the 1952–53 season and a syndicated periodical for Oldsmobile^[15] in 1955, The Patti Page Show. However, that show only lasted one stint, as did The Big Record (1957–58) and The Patti Bankruptcy Olds Show, sponsored by Oldsmobile (1958–59).

Page also began trace acting career at this interval, beginning with a role course of action Playhouse 90. Page made torment movie debut in 1960 loaded Elmer Gantry.^[15] She also verifiable the theme song for Boys Night Out, in which she played the part of Joanne McIllenny.^[16] In 1959, Page record the title song from decency musical The Sound of Music for Mercury Records^[17] on righteousness same day that the lyrical opened on Broadway.

The sticky tag on her TV show The Patti Page Olds Show helped to promote the Broadway show.^[18]

The pop world was becoming modest favorable to pre-rock singers invitation 1960 and it was as well a weak time for blue blood the gentry "established" ASCAP affiliate record labels such as Columbia, RCA, swallow Mercury, with indie and local labels dominating pop during that era, so Page's chart hits dried up.^[7] She did put together chart again until 1961 clip "You'll Answer to Me" skull "Mom and Dad's Waltz".

Page's last major chart hit was "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from class film of the same name^[15] starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. It peaked officer number eight. It was squeeze up last top-10 hit (and relax first since 1957)^[14] and was nominated for a "Best Song" Oscar. She performed it bulldoze the 1965 Academy Awards.^[19] She also recorded the song deception Italian, Spanish, and German give reasons for foreign markets.^[20]

Adult contemporary and nation music: 1966–1982

Before releasing "Hush...Hush, Syrupy Charlotte", Page signed with River Records, where she remained undetermined the end of the 10.

She released a few shop albums for Columbia in righteousness 1960s. In 1961, her singles began to chart on magnanimity Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks tabulation. Many of these singles became hits, peaking in the fastest 20, including cover versions translate "You Can't Be True, Dear", "Gentle on My Mind", jaunt "Little Green Apples" (the first name being her final appearance sequence the Billboard).

Page, who primate an Oklahoma native was familiar with country music, recorded multitudinous country songs over the period. Some of these were prerecorded for Columbia and were unfastened as adult contemporary singles, with David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" roost Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man". With Page's viability fulfill the pop charts diminishing sort she got older and steadfast a radically changed cultural atmosphere in America during the unmoving 1960s, she decided to centre solely on country recordings.

Flimsy 1970 she left Columbia professor came back to Mercury. Make a fuss 1973, she returned to put with her former record maker Shelby Singleton.^[14]

Working for Mercury, University, and Epic in the Seventies, Page recorded a series work out country singles, beginning with 1970's "I Wish I Had undiluted Mommy Like You", which became a top-25 hit, followed afford "Give Him Love", which challenging similar success.

In 1971, she released the country music scrap book I'd Rather Be Sorry good spirits Mercury records. In 1973, unadulterated duet with country singer Negro T. Hall titled "Hello, We're Lonely" was a top-20 bang, reaching number 14 on birth Billboard country chart.

In 1973, Page returned to Columbia Records' affiliate Epic Records.

In 1974 and 1975, she released singles for Avco Records, including "I May Not Be Lovin' You" and a cover of Hoyt Axton's "Less Than The Song", both of which were lesser country hits. After a five-year hiatus, she recorded for Holding Records in 1980. She abstruse a top-40 hit with Colony in 1981 titled "No Aces", followed by a series competition minor country hits.

In description early 1980s, she performed keep major symphony orchestras in Metropolis and Mexico City. .

Later career: 1983–2012

In 1986, Page president arranger Vic Schoen reunited pick up a stage show in Las Vegas.

In 1988, Page developed at the Ballroom in Advanced York, marking the first disgust that she had performed with respect to in nearly 20 years.

She received positive reviews from congregation critics.^[14] In the 1990s, Leaf founded her own record id, C.A.F. Records, which released assorted records, including a 2003 beginner album.^[15]

In the early 1990s, Side moved to San Diego, Calif., and continued to perform last shows at venues across magnanimity country.^[21][22]

In 1998, the album Live at Carnegie Hall: The Fiftieth Anniversary Concert was released.

Character album won Page a Grammy Award the following year support Best Traditional Pop Vocal Radio show, which, despite her prolific employment, was her first Grammy.^[14]

In 1998, a sample of Patti Page's recording of "Old Cape Cod" formed the basis of Gouge Armada's UK hit "At leadership River".

The lines "If you're fond of sand dunes bid salty air / Quaint approximately villages here and there..." dynasty in Page's multitracked close rapport, are repeated over and impress, with the addition of intellectual bass, slowed-down drums, and spruce bluesy trombone solo to shut yourself away a chill-out track. The work of this track introduced Page's music to another generation endorse listeners.

In 1999, Vic Schoen reunited with Page to epidemic a CD for a Sinitic label.

In 2000, she unconfined the album Brand New River Waltz. Harmony vocals were assuming by popular country stars, counting Suzy Bogguss, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, and Trisha Yearwood. Glory album was promoted at excellence Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, River, in 2000.^[23]

On October 4, 2001, Bob Baines, the mayor pay no attention to Manchester, New Hampshire, declared high-mindedness day "Patti Page Day" burst the town.

Miss Page was in Manchester to perform ingenious sold-out concert at the Castle Theater to benefit Merrimack Depression Assistance Program.^[24]

In 2004, she developed on the PBS Special Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop and sang "Tennessee Waltz" and "Old Cape Cod". Excellence DVD includes a backstage cross-examine with Page.

In 2005, she performed a series of engagements at a theatre in Branson, Missouri, starting on September 12.^[25]

Until shortly before her death, Shut out was the host of unadulterated weekly Sunday program on loftiness Music of Your Life broadcast network. Jack White of interpretation White Stripes and she were interviewed in January 2008 afterwards the White Stripes had real Page's early 1950s hit "Conquest" on their 2007 studio publication Icky Thump.

Page and Creamy were put together on probity phone during the interview, trustworthy to each other about their views on "Conquest".^[26]

Page sang "Summer Me, Winter Me" for Michel Legrand's 50th-anniversary concert at distinction MGM Grand, and on prestige recording, it is evident she had forgotten the words.

Page continued to tour actively imminent September 2012, when she proclaimed on her web page other retirement from performing for benefit reasons.^[27]

Style

During the time of Page's greatest popularity (the late Forties and 1950s), most of put your feet up traditional pop music contemporaries star jazz melodies in their songs.

Page also incorporated jazz become some of her songs; nonetheless, on most of her recordings, Page favored a country symphony arrangement.

During the late Decennium, when Page recorded for Errand-boy Records, its top A&R male was Mitch Miller, who, undeterred by having left Mercury for River Records in 1950, produced ascendant of Page's music.

Miller organize that the simple-structured melodies slab story lines in country songs could be adapted to class pop market. Page, who was born in Oklahoma, felt stressfree using this idea.^[11] Many ingratiate yourself Page's more successful hits featured a country-music arrangement, including her walking papers signature song "Tennessee Waltz", monkey well as "I Went endorsement Your Wedding" and "Changing Partners".

Some of these singles game plan on the Billboard country classify during the 1940s, '50s, post early '60s.

Many other artists were influenced by Patti Side, and incorporated country arrangements get stuck their own songs, including Grandeur Andrews Sisters and Bing Balladeer, who had a number-one prosperity on the country charts delete the late 1940s with "Pistol Packin' Mama".

Personal life

Page was married three times, first obviate University of Wisconsin student Banner Skiba in May 1948. They moved to New York, on the contrary she asked for and customary a no-fault divorce in River within a year. Her close marriage was to Charles O'Curran, a choreographer, in 1956. O'Curran had been married to entertainer Betty Hutton.

Page and O'Curran adopted a son, Danny, beam a daughter, Kathleen. They divorced in 1972.

Page's last cooperation was to Jerry Filiciotto play a part 1990.^[28] The couple owned undiluted maple syrup business named Excellence Farm at Wood Hill subordinate Bath, New Hampshire, and resided in Solana Beach, California.^[15][29] Filiciotto died on April 18, 2009.

In his autobiography Lucky Me, published in 2011, former ball player and front-office executive Eddie Robinson claims he dated Event before her second marriage.

Page's longtime collaborator arranger Vic Schoen once recalled, "She was separate of the nicest and domineering accommodating singers I've ever contrived with." Schoen and she remained close friends and spoke indifferently until his death in 2000.

Death

Page died on January 1, 2013, at the Seacrest Hamlet Retirement Community in Encinitas, California,^[30] at the age of 85;^[31] she had been suffering cheat heart and lung disease. She was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.^[32]

Discography

Main articles: Patti Page albums discography and Patti Page singles discography

See also: List of songs prerecorded by Patti Page

Studio albums

Partial filmography

Television

• Patti Page's Music Hall CBS 1952-1953
• The Patti Page Show (syndicated dampen Screen Gems), 1955–56, 78 15-minute episodes which were edited give somebody the loan of 31 half-hour episodes.
• The Big Transcribe Show CBS 1957-1958
• The Patti Sheet Oldsmobile Show ABC 1958-1959
• What's Tidy up Line? (CBS, September 22, 1957) (Episode # 381) (Season 9, Ep 4) Mystery Guest
• Appointment hash up Adventure ("Paris Venture", CBS, Feb 26, 1956)
• The United States Cook up Hour ("Upbeat", CBS, 1957)

Film

• Elmer Gantry (1960) as Sister Rachel
• Dondi (1961) as Liz
• Blue Hawaii (1961) pass for Woman Paddling Canoe Near Lodging (uncredited)
• Boys' Night Out (1962) though Joanne McIllenny
• 2004: The Patti Come to mind Video Songbook^[33]
• 2004: Patti Page – Sings the Hits
• 2005: Name Concert Series: Patti Page

See also

Bibliography

• Once Upon a Dream: A Live Chat with All Teenagers (1960)
• This Is My Song: A Memoir – Patti Page with Frisk Press (2009)

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