Post by Rob Durkee on Jan 2, 2013 22:24:54 GMT -5
By ROCKIN' ROBIN
The Singin' Rage, Miss Patti Page, died New Year’s Day (January 1, 2013) in Encinitas, California, a west coast beach city located about 25 miles north of San Diego. She was 85 and will be forever remembered for this the biggest of her nearly 90 hits…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3zq53z-xo
Ironically, “The Tennessee Waltz” wasn’t even the A side of the single released in late 1950. “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” was. Accounts differ as to why Page put "Tennessee Waltz" on the B side. One story was that she liked the song and suggested to her label that she record it. Another was that Jerry Wexler, then a record writer/reviewer, suggested to Patti that she do the song. Whatever the case, DJ’s kept playing that B side…and “Tennessee Waltz” became a #1 song for nine weeks, one of the biggest selling singles by a solo woman for the 20th century, a state song and one of the biggest selling singles ever in Japan. It was the last song to sell a million copies of sheet music and was featured in the 1983 movie, "The Right Stuff."
According to Joel Whitburn's Record Research, "Tennessee Waltz" was originally a 1948 country and western hit by Cowboy Copas, Pee Wee King and Roy Acuff. The song has sold over 15 million records over the years, according to Wikipedia. Among the other acts to have had hits with the song have been Les Paul and Mary Ford, Jo Stafford, Guy Lombardo, Spike Jones, the Fontane Sisters, Bobby Comstock, Jerry Fuller, Sam Cooke and Lacy J. Dalton. Elvis Presley, James Brown, Otis Redding, Tom Jones, Billie Jo Spears, LaVern Baker, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones and Manfred Mann have also recorded it.
The Singin' Rage sold over 100 million records in her stellar career. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame in 1997. At next month's Grammy Awards on February 10, she will receive posthumously a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Patti Page revolutionized the art of overdubbing. That is, dueting with one’s self. She dueted with herself first with “Confess” in 1947. She did it because she couldn’t afford to pay backup singers. Page had four other #1's on the Cash Box pop chart with "All My Love (Bolero)," "I Went To Your Wedding," "Mocking Bird Hill" and "The Doggie In The Window." The woman born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma, was the biggest selling solo woman for the 1950's. According to the Associated Press, she was the first singer to have her own TV show on all three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). Amazingly, she had a #10 hit in the summer of 1965 with the movie song "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" at a time when the Beatles reigned supreme on the music scene.
Over the years, when Patti Page suddenly started singing "Tennessee Waltz" in concerts, the audience automatically broke into applause. It's been that kind of song.
Amazingly, I found a Youtube recording of her singing that signature song from about 2010, when she was roughly 82. For at least one generation of people, it was an inspirational classic performance. Here it is. Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-_E58F-nA
P.S. Oh could this lady duet with herself…here's the proof…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2Xa4RUBCk
The Singin' Rage, Miss Patti Page, died New Year’s Day (January 1, 2013) in Encinitas, California, a west coast beach city located about 25 miles north of San Diego. She was 85 and will be forever remembered for this the biggest of her nearly 90 hits…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3zq53z-xo
Ironically, “The Tennessee Waltz” wasn’t even the A side of the single released in late 1950. “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” was. Accounts differ as to why Page put "Tennessee Waltz" on the B side. One story was that she liked the song and suggested to her label that she record it. Another was that Jerry Wexler, then a record writer/reviewer, suggested to Patti that she do the song. Whatever the case, DJ’s kept playing that B side…and “Tennessee Waltz” became a #1 song for nine weeks, one of the biggest selling singles by a solo woman for the 20th century, a state song and one of the biggest selling singles ever in Japan. It was the last song to sell a million copies of sheet music and was featured in the 1983 movie, "The Right Stuff."
According to Joel Whitburn's Record Research, "Tennessee Waltz" was originally a 1948 country and western hit by Cowboy Copas, Pee Wee King and Roy Acuff. The song has sold over 15 million records over the years, according to Wikipedia. Among the other acts to have had hits with the song have been Les Paul and Mary Ford, Jo Stafford, Guy Lombardo, Spike Jones, the Fontane Sisters, Bobby Comstock, Jerry Fuller, Sam Cooke and Lacy J. Dalton. Elvis Presley, James Brown, Otis Redding, Tom Jones, Billie Jo Spears, LaVern Baker, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones and Manfred Mann have also recorded it.
The Singin' Rage sold over 100 million records in her stellar career. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame in 1997. At next month's Grammy Awards on February 10, she will receive posthumously a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Patti Page revolutionized the art of overdubbing. That is, dueting with one’s self. She dueted with herself first with “Confess” in 1947. She did it because she couldn’t afford to pay backup singers. Page had four other #1's on the Cash Box pop chart with "All My Love (Bolero)," "I Went To Your Wedding," "Mocking Bird Hill" and "The Doggie In The Window." The woman born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma, was the biggest selling solo woman for the 1950's. According to the Associated Press, she was the first singer to have her own TV show on all three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). Amazingly, she had a #10 hit in the summer of 1965 with the movie song "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" at a time when the Beatles reigned supreme on the music scene.
Over the years, when Patti Page suddenly started singing "Tennessee Waltz" in concerts, the audience automatically broke into applause. It's been that kind of song.
Amazingly, I found a Youtube recording of her singing that signature song from about 2010, when she was roughly 82. For at least one generation of people, it was an inspirational classic performance. Here it is. Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-_E58F-nA
P.S. Oh could this lady duet with herself…here's the proof…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2Xa4RUBCk
