Patti Page(1927-2013)
- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Patti Page was born Clara Ann Fowler in Oklahoma in 1927. She began her
professional singing career at KTUL, a Tulsa radio station. Since the
program was sponsored by Page Milk, she adopted the moniker Patti Page,
and it stuck. Patti toured the US in the late 1940s with Jimmy Joy, and
notably sang with the Benny Goodman band in Chicago. In 1950 she recorded
"With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming", her first platinum-selling
record. In 1951 her rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz" became the
biggest hit of her career. It was #1 on the Billboard charts and stayed
there for 30 weeks; over the years it would sell 10 million copies.
Patti was the best-selling female vocalist of the 1950s, and was wildly
popular all through the 1960s. She got national exposure on TV shows,
appearing on such top-rated television programs as The Dean Martin Show (1965). In 1968 she
recorded what some consider her signature song, "Have a Little Faith
and Love Will Come to You." Patti continued to thrill fans for decades.
In 1999 she received a Grammy for her "Live at Carnegie Hall" album, a
compilation from her 50th-anniversary concert. Patti has millions of
fans, and we can live by the words of her famous song: "Beyond the
clouds the sky is always blue / Have a little faith and love will come
to you."
