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R.I.P.:Patti Page, 1927-2013

I believe "Is That All There Is?" would be Peggy Lee. Maybe Patti Page did a cover.
 
This is a very appropriate place to commemorate her since she began her career as a singer on the air, as a regular performer on KTUL-AM in Tulsa as a teenager during World War II, and later was one of the most popular performers on TV variety shows in the 1950s and 1960s, having her own network TV variety show in 1952-53 and again in 1955 (a summer show) and 1957-58.

A very gracious lady with a million dollar voice...and a wry, self-deprecating sense of humor. Had the pleasure of interviewing her at some length about 15 uears ago, and learned several things about her first hand. For one thing, one of her biggest hits, "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window," was just a kind of a lark at the time when a lot of artists were doing novelties and selling a lot of discs (even Frank Sinatra, who did a similar piece of fluff and got so mad he told Mitch Miller he'd had enough of Columbia Records and bailed at the earliest opportunity for Capitol). Patti didn't quit--she enjoyed doing it--but insisted on doing at least one quality song every session. Her record company was skeptical...but became believers after producer Jerry Wexler introduced her to one song she believed in , "Tennessee Waltz", which became a monster. (It was actually the "B" side of a disc, the "A" side of which has been forgotten...disc jockeys and PDs everywhere tried it and put it on their playlists as soon as they heard it.)

She found out a few weeks ago that she was to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at next month's Grammy awards...it's good that she lived long enough to get the invitation to appear to accept the honor, and poignant to know she can't be there to accept--the award will will now be posthumous.
 
I had a 78 by Patti Page-"This is My Song" and "Butterflies"-but it broke.

RIP to another legend!

-crainbebo
 
"Is That All There Is?" (Was: Re: R.I.P.:patti Page, 1927-2013)

I stand corrected on "Is That All There Is?".

I always got Patti Page and Peggy Lee confused, since both were very talented singers who both had lengthy careers and boatloads of hit records.

Thanks for pointing this out to me.
 
Re: "Is That All There Is?" (Was: Re: R.I.P.:patti Page, 1927-2013)

Joseph_Gallant said:
I stand corrected on "Is That All There Is?".

I always got Patti Page and Peggy Lee confused, since both were very talented singers who both had lengthy careers and boatloads of hit records.
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I always got Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, and Dinah Shore mixed up. But really, as a typical Baby Boomer rock-and-roll fan, these talented women all performed music from my parents era, even though 3 of the 4 outlived my parents. It wasn't until I was older that I learned to appreciate their music, and that of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and others of that era.
 
Bob1370 said:
This is a very appropriate place to commemorate her since she began her career as a singer on the air, as a regular performer on KTUL-AM in Tulsa as a teenager during World War II, and later was one of the most popular performers on TV variety shows in the 1950s and 1960s, having her own network TV variety show in 1952-53 and again in 1955 (a summer show) and 1957-58.

A very gracious lady with a million dollar voice...and a wry, self-deprecating sense of humor. Had the pleasure of interviewing her at some length about 15 uears ago, and learned several things about her first hand. For one thing, one of her biggest hits, "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window," was just a kind of a lark at the time when a lot of artists were doing novelties and selling a lot of discs (even Frank Sinatra, who did a similar piece of fluff and got so mad he told Mitch Miller he'd had enough of Columbia Records and bailed at the earliest opportunity for Capitol)..
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That must have been the infamous "Mama Will Bark," which Frank recorded with Dagmar, of all people.
Anyway, didn't Patti get her stage name from one of her Tulsa sponsors?
 
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