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American land-pop vocalizer

Patti Page
Page in the 1950s

Page in the 1950s
Background information
Nascency name Clara Ann Fowler
Built-in (1927-11-08)November 8, 1927
Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died January 1, 2013(2013-01-01) (aged 85)
Encinitas, California, U.S.
Genres Traditional pop, country
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Contralto vocals
Years active 1946–2012
Labels Mercury, Columbia, Epic, Avco, Plantation
Website www.misspattipage.com

Musical artist

Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known professionally every bit Patti Page, was an American vocaliser and actress. Primarily known for pop and land music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and acknowledged female artist of the 1950s,[ane] selling over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career.[2] She was often introduced equally "the Singin' Rage, Miss Patti Page". New York WNEW disc-jockey William B. Williams introduced her as "A Page in my life called Patti".

Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their beginning successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess". In 1950, she had her first meg-selling single "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'yard Dreaming", and eventually had 14 additional 1000000-selling singles between 1950 and 1965.

Page'south signature song, "Tennessee Waltz", was one of the biggest-selling singles of the 20th century, and is recognized today every bit i of the official songs of the country of Tennessee. Information technology spent thirteen weeks atop the Billboard 's best-sellers list in 1950/51. Page had three boosted number-one striking singles between 1950 and 1953, "All My Love (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding", and "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?".

Unlike most other popular singers, Page blended country music styles into many of her songs. Every bit a result of this crossover appeal, many of Folio's singles appeared on the Billboard State Chart. In the 1970s, she shifted her mode more toward country music and began having even more success on the land charts, ending upwards every bit 1 of the few vocalists to take charted in five divide decades.

With the ascension of rock and coil in the 1950s, mainstream popular music record sales began to refuse. Page was amongst the few pop singers who were able to maintain popularity, continuing to have hits well into the 1960s, with "Old Cape Cod", "Allegheny Moon", "A Poor Human being'due south Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)", and "Hush, Hush, Sugariness Charlotte".

In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. She was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Honor in 2013.

Early on life [edit]

Clara Ann Fowler was born on November 8, 1927, in Claremore, Oklahoma (some sources give Muskogee, Oklahoma)[1] into a large and poor family of 11 children (3 boys and 8 girls).[3] [4] Her begetter, B.A. Fowler, worked on the MKT railroad, while her mother, Margaret, and older sisters picked cotton fiber. As she recalled on television many years afterwards, the family lived without electricity, so she could non read after night. She was raised in Foraker, Hardy, Muskogee, and Avant, Oklahoma,[4] [5] before attending Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, from which she graduated in 1945.[vi]

Fowler started her career as a singer with Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws at radio station KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At historic period xviii, she became a featured performer on the station for a 15-minute radio programme sponsored by the Page Milk Visitor.[7] Every bit a nod to the evidence'due south sponsor, Fowler was referred to on the air as "Patti Page". In 1946, Jack Rael, a saxophone player and managing director of the Jimmy Joy Band, came to Tulsa for a one-night stand. Rael heard Page on the radio, liked her vocalization, and asked her to join the ring. After leaving the band, Rael became Page's personal manager.[8]

In 1946, Page toured the U.S. with the Jimmy Joy Band. In 1947, the ring traveled to Chicago, Illinois, where Page sang with a small grouping led by popular orchestra leader Benny Goodman. This led to Page signing her first recording contract, with Mercury Records.[1] She became Mercury'due south "girl singer".[3]

Music career [edit]

Pop success: 1946–1949 [edit]

Patti Page recorded several songs with Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws (1946), the Eddie Getz Orchestra, and the George Barnes Trio (1947).[nine]

Page recorded her first hit single, "Confess" in 1947. Because of a strike, background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song, and then Page and the label decided to overdub the harmony parts.[10] Bill Putnam, an engineer for Mercury Records, was able to overdub Page's vocalism, using the latest recording technology.[eleven] Thus, Page became the first pop artist to harmonize her own vocals on a recording.[1] This technique later on was used on Page's biggest hit singles in the 1950s. In 1948, "Confess" became a meridian-15 hit on Billboard, peaking at number 12 on the "All-time-Sellers" nautical chart, becoming her first hitting. Page followed the single with four more in 1948–1949, simply one of which was a top-twenty hit, "So in Love" (1949). Folio also had a top-15 hit on the Billboard country chart in 1949 with "Money, Marbles, and Chalk", and then recorded "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus", which later on became a striking in 1950.

In 1950, Folio had her starting time million-selling unmarried "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming", some other vocal where she harmonized her vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name had to be listed on the recording credits as a group. According to i early-1950s chart, Page was credited every bit the Patti Page Quartet. In mid-1950, Page'due south single "All My Love (Bolero)" peaked at number onee on Billboard mag, becoming her first number-one hit and[1] spending five weeks there. That same year, she also had her start elevation-10 hit with "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Smoothen", as well as the top-25 single "Back in Your Own Lawn".

"Tennessee Waltz": 1950 [edit]

Toward the finish of 1950, Patti Page'south version of "Tennessee Waltz" became her second number-one striking and her biggest-selling single. "Tennessee Waltz" was written in 1946 by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart, and was recorded in 1947 by Pee Wee King and His Golden Due west Cowboys. Their original version made the country charts in 1948. The song was also a hit for Cowboy Copas around the aforementioned time. Folio was introduced to the vocal by record producer Jerry Wexler, who suggested that she cover a recent R&B version by the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra. Folio liked the song, and she recorded and released it as a single. The song spent xiii weeks at number one in 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee Flit" also became Page's second single to announced on the country charts, becoming her biggest hitting at that place, reaching number 2. The vocal later became one of the best-selling records of its era, selling 7 million copies in the early 1950s. "Tennessee Waltz" remains the biggest commercial success for the overdubbing technique, pioneered by producer Mitch Miller, which enabled Folio to harmonize with herself.[11] "Tennessee Waltz" was the last song to sell 1 million copies of sheet music.[ citation needed ]

The song was featured in the 1970 pic Zabriskie Indicate and in the 1983 picture show The Correct Stuff.[12]

Breakthrough: 1951–1965 [edit]

In 1951, Page released the follow-upwards single to "Tennessee Waltz" titled "Would I Love You (Love Yous, Love Yous)", which was a acme-five hit that sold 1 million copies. The next single, "Mockin' Bird Colina", (a cover of the original by Les Paul and Mary Ford) was her quaternary meg seller. Page had three more top-x hits on Billboard in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi", which peaked at number eight; "And So to Sleep Once more"; and "Detour", which had been recorded and made famous by Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, and Elton Britt. Page's version was the nearly popular and became her seventh 1000000-selling single.[12] She also released her kickoff studio album in 1951 titled Folk Vocal Favorites.

In 1952, Folio had a third number-1 striking with "I Went to Your Hymeneals", which spent two months at number one. Recorded in a land carol style, the song was the B-side of "Y'all Belong to Me", also a tiptop-10 hit. "I Went to Your Wedding" was Page's eighth one thousand thousand-selling unmarried in the United States. It displaced Jo Stafford'south version of "Yous Belong to Me" at number ane on Billboard's Best Seller chart.[one] She had continued success that year, with three more than songs in the elevation 10, "Come What May", "One time in a While", and "Why Don't You Believe Me".

In 1953, the novelty melody "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?" became Folio'southward fourth number-1 hit, selling over 1 million copies and staying on the chart for five months. The song included the audio of a dog barking, which fabricated it popular with a younger audience. It became one of her best-loved songs.[12] The song was written by novelty-tune specialist Bob Merrill. It was recorded past Page for the children's anthology Arfie Goes to Schoolhouse.[13] She had a series of summit-20 hits that year. "Changing Partners", a last single, reached the tiptop five, peaking at number three, and staying on the charts for five months. The song was too a country tune, similar many of Folio's hits at the time.[12]

In 1954, Page had more than chart hits, including "Cantankerous Over the Bridge", which over again overdubbed Page'due south vocals and peaked at number 2. Other top-x hits by Page that year included "Steam Oestrus" (from the Broadway musical The Pajama Game) and "Let Me Go Lover".[13] In 1955, Page had ane chart single: "Croce di Oro".

Unlike well-nigh other pop singers of her time, Page was able to maintain success into the rock-and-roll era. She had three hits in 1956, including thenumber-two "Allegheny Moon". In 1957, she had major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Golden)" (recorded the same year past Patsy Cline) and the tiptop-five hit "One-time Greatcoat Cod".

In 1956, Vic Schoen became Patti Page's musical director, producing her on a long string of hits that included "Mama from the Train", "Allegheny Moon", "Old Greatcoat Cod", "Belonging to Someone", and "Left Right Out of Your Heart". Page and Schoen's most challenging project was a recording of Gordon Jenkins narrative-tone verse form as Manhattan Tower (recorded September 1956). The anthology was a success both artistically and commercially, reaching number 18 on the Billboard LP chart, the highest ranking of any of her albums. Schoen'due south arrangements were more than lively and jazzy than the original Jenkins arrangements. Schoen recalled, "Patti was an alto, simply I pushed her to reach notes higher than she had sung before for this anthology. We always enjoyed working together." Page and Schoen continued their collaboration for many years, working together until 1999.

During the 1950s, Page regularly appeared on television, including The Ed Sullivan Prove, The Bob Hope Evidence, The Steve Allen Show, and The Dean Martin Show. This eventually led to Page having boob tube specials of her own. She later had her ain serial, beginning with Scott Music Hall in the 1952–53 season and a syndicated series for Oldsmobile[xiv] in 1955, The Patti Page Prove. However, this show only lasted one season, every bit did The Large Tape (1957–58) and The Patti Page Olds Evidence, sponsored by Oldsmobile (1958–59). Page as well began an acting career at this time, beginning with a role on Playhouse xc. Page made her pic debut in 1960 in Elmer Gantry.[14] She also recorded the theme song for Boys Night Out, in which she played the part of Joanne McIllenny.[fifteen] In 1959, Page recorded the title song from the musical The Sound of Music for Mercury Records[xvi] on the same day that the musical opened on Broadway. The song on her TV show The Patti Page Olds Show helped to promote the Broadway testify.[17]

In the early 1960s, Page'due south success began to turn down.[7] She did not chart again until 1961 with "You lot'll Answer to Me" and "Mom and Dad's Waltz". Folio'due south terminal major chart striking was "Hush...Hush, Sweetness Charlotte" from the film of the same name[fourteen] starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. Information technology peaked at number eight. Information technology was her last top-ten hit (and her first since 1957)[13] and was nominated for a "Best Song" Oscar. She performed information technology at the 1965 Academy Awards.[18] She as well recorded the song in Italian, Castilian, and German for strange markets.[19]

Adult contemporary and country music: 1966–1982 [edit]

Earlier releasing "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte", Page signed with Columbia Records, where she remained until the end of the decade. She released a few studio albums for Columbia in the 1960s. In 1970, her singles began to nautical chart on the Hot Adult Gimmicky Tracks chart. Many of these singles became hits, peaking in the top 20, including cover versions of "You lot Can't Be True, Dear", "Gentle on My Mind", and "Little Green Apples" (the concluding being her final pop-nautical chart entry). Page, who was a fan of country music, recorded many country songs over the years. Some of these were recorded for Columbia and were released equally Adult Contemporary singles, including David Houston'due south "Almost Persuaded" and Tammy Wynette'south "Stand by Your Man". Page left Columbia in 1970, returning to Mercury Records and shifting her career abroad from pop and into country music. In 1973, she returned to working with her former record producer Shelby Singleton.[13]

Working for Mercury, Columbia, and Epic in the 1970s, Page recorded a series of country singles, beginning with 1970'south "I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You", which became a top-25 hit, followed by "Give Him Honey", which had similar success. In 1971, she released the country music album I'd Rather Be Sorry for Mercury records. In 1973, a duet with land singer Tom T. Hall titled "Hello, We're Lone" was a meridian-20 hit, reaching number xiv on the 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 "Less Than the Song", both of which were minor state hits. After a five-year hiatus, she recorded for Plantation Records in 1980. She had a height-40 hit with Plantation in 1981 titled "No Aces", followed by a series of minor country hits. In the early 1980s, she performed with major symphony orchestras in Cincinnati and United mexican states City. .

Afterward career: 1983–2012 [edit]

In 1986, Page and arranger Vic Schoen reunited for a stage bear witness in Las Vegas.

In 1988, Page appeared at the Ballroom in New York, marker the first time that she had performed there in nearly twenty years. She received positive reviews from music critics.[xiii] In the 1990s, Page founded her own record characterization, C.A.F. Records, which released several records, including a 2003 children's album.[14]

In the early 1990s, Page moved to San Diego, California, and continued to perform alive shows at venues across the country.

In 1998, the anthology Alive at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert was released. The album won Page a Grammy Award the following twelvemonth for Best Traditional Popular Vocal Performance, which, despite her prolific career, was her kickoff Grammy.[13]

In 1998, a sample of Patti Page'south recording of "Old Cape Cod" formed the basis of Groove Armada'due south UK hit "At the River". The lines "If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air / Quaint petty villages here and there..." sung in Page's multitracked shut harmony, are repeated over and over, with the addition of synthesizer bass, slowed-down drums, and a bluesy trombone solo to produce a chill-out rail. The success of this track introduced Page'southward music to another generation of listeners.

In 1999, Vic Schoen reunited with Folio to tape a CD for a Chinese label.

In 2000, she released the anthology Brand New Tennessee Waltz. Harmony vocals were provided by popular state stars, including Suzy Bogguss, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, and Trisha Yearwood. The album was promoted at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000.[20]

On Oct iv, 2001, Bob Baines, the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, declared the day "Patti Folio Day" in the boondocks. Miss Folio was in Manchester to perform a sold-out concert at the Palace Theater to do good Merrimack Valley Aid Programme.[21]

In 2004, she appeared on the PBS Special Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop and sang "Tennessee Flit" and "One-time Cape Cod". The DVD includes a backstage interview with Page.

In 2005, she performed a serial of engagements at a theatre in Branson, Missouri, starting on September 12.[22]

Until shortly before her death, Page was the host of a weekly Lord's day program on the Music of Your Life radio network. Jack White of the White Stripes and she were interviewed in January 2008 after the White Stripes had recorded Page'due south early 1950s hit "Conquest" on their 2007 studio album Icky Thump. Folio and White were put together on the phone during the interview, talking to each other about their views on "Conquest".[x]

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

Page continued to tour actively until September 2012, when she appear on her web page her retirement from performing for wellness reasons.[23]

Style [edit]

During the time of Folio's greatest popularity (the late 1940s and 1950s), nearly of her traditional pop music contemporaries included jazz melodies in their songs. Page also incorporated jazz into some of her songs; however, on most of her recordings, Page favored a land music arrangement.

During the late 1940s, when Page recorded for Mercury Records, its superlative A&R man was Mitch Miller, who, despite having left Mercury for Columbia Records in 1950, produced virtually of Folio's music. Miller found that the unproblematic-structured melodies and story lines in country songs could be adapted to the pop market. Folio, who was born in Oklahoma, felt comfortable using this idea.[11] Many of Page's more successful hits featured a country-music arrangement, including her signature vocal "Tennessee Waltz", as well as "I Went to Your Wedding" and "Irresolute Partners". Some of these singles charted on the Billboard country chart during the 1940s, '50s, and early '60s.

Many other artists were influenced by Patti Folio, and incorporated country arrangements into their ain songs, including The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby, who had a number-i hit on the country charts in the late 1940s with "Pistol Packin' Mama".

Personal life [edit]

Page was married three times, beginning to University of Wisconsin student Jack Skiba in May 1948. They moved to New York, but she asked for and received a no-fault divorce in Wisconsin inside a twelvemonth. Her next spousal relationship was to Charles O'Curran, a choreographer, in 1956. O'Curran had been married to actress Betty Hutton. Page and O'Curran adopted a son, Danny, and a girl, Kathleen. They divorced in 1972.

Folio's last marriage was to Jerry Filiciotto in 1990.[24] The couple owned a maple syrup business organisation named The Farm at Woods Hill in Bathroom, New Hampshire, and resided in Solana Beach, California.[fourteen] [25] Filiciotto died on April 18, 2009.

In his autobiography Lucky Me, published in 2011, quondam baseball game player and forepart-part executive Eddie Robinson claims he dated Page before her 2nd marriage.

Folio's longtime collaborator arranger Vic Schoen once recalled, "She was one of the nicest and most accommodating singers I've ever worked with." Schoen and she remained close friends and spoke regularly until his death in 2000.

Death [edit]

Page died on January 1, 2013, at the Seacrest Hamlet Retirement Community in Encinitas, California,[26] at the age of 85;[27] she had been suffering from heart and lung disease. She was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego.[28]

Discography [edit]

Television appearances [edit]

  • Patti Page'south Music Hall CBS 1952-1953
  • The Patti Folio Evidence (syndicated past Screen Gems), 1955–56, 78 15-infinitesimal episodes which were edited into 31 half-hour episodes.
  • The Big Record Show CBS 1957-1958
  • The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show ABC 1958-1959
  • What'due south My Line? (CBS, September 22, 1957) (Episode # 381) (Season 9, Ep 4) Mystery Guest
  • Appointment with Risk ("Paris Venture", CBS, February 26, 1956)
  • The U.s.a. Steel Hour ("Upbeat", CBS, 1957)

Filmography [edit]

  • Elmer Gantry (1960) as Sister Rachel
  • Dondi (1961) as Liz
  • Blue Hawaii (1961) as Woman Paddling Canoe Near Hotel (uncredited)
  • Boys' Night Out (1962) as Joanne McIllenny
  • 2004: The Patti Folio Video Songbook [29]
  • 2004: Patti Folio – Sings the Hits
  • 2005: In Concert Series: Patti Page

Encounter besides [edit]

  • Listing of the best-selling music artists
  • List of popular music performers

Bibliography [edit]

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

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Patti Page at IMDb
  • Interview with Patti Page
  • Songwriters' Hall of Fame commodity on Patti Folio
  • Pattie Folio Relatives Preserve Her Life on YouTube, from Hatteberg's People on KAKE TV news
  • Patti Folio Interview NAMM Oral History Library (1995)

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