Patti Page
Biografia
Clara Ann Fowler, nota con il nome d'arte di Patti Page, è una delle più note cantanti statunitensi di musica tradizionale pop: negli anni cinquanta vendette più dischi in assoluto, oltre 100 milioni. Le venne dato il soprannome di The Singin' Rage .
Nel 1950 il suo singolo The Tennessee Waltz raggiunge la prima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100 per nove settimane e la prima posizione anche in Australia; nel 1952 il singolo I Went to Your Wedding raggiunge la prima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100 per cinque settimane e la prima posizione anche in Australia e nel 1953 con (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? raggiunge la prima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100 per otto settimane, la prima posizione anche in Australia e la nona nella Official Singles Chart . Nel 1960 ha recitato nel film Il figlio di Giuda di Richard Brooks , con protagonisti Burt Lancaster e Jean Simmons .
La cantante è morta il 1º gennaio 2013 all'età di 85 anni.
Discografia
Album in studio
1950 – Patti Page (Mercury Records , MG 25059)
1951 – Folk Song Favorites (Mercury Records, MG 25101)
1951 – Christmas with Patti Page (Mercury Records, MG 25109) ristampato nel 1955 con brani aggiunti (Mercury Records, MG 20093)
1952 – Tennessee Waltz (Mercury Records, MG 25154)
1954 – Patti Page Sings for Romance (Mercury Records, MG 25185)
1954 – Song Souvenir (Mercury Records, MG 25187)
1954 – Just Patti (Mercury Records, MG 25196)
1954 – Patti's Songs (Mercury Records, MG 25197)
1955 – And I Thought About You (Mercury Records, MG 25209)
1955 – So Many Memories (Mercury Records, MG 25210)
1956 – You Go to My Head (Mercury Records, MG 20098)
1956 – Music for Two in Love (Mercury Records, MG 20099)
1956 – The Voices of Patti Page (Mercury Records, MG 20100)
1956 – This Is My Song (Mercury Records, MG 20102)
1956 – In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy Records, MG 36074)
1956 – Manhattan Tower (Mercury Records, MG 20226)
1957 – Page 1 - A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (Mercury Records, MG 20095)
1957 – Page 2 - A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (Mercury Records, MG 20096)
1957 – Page 3 - A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (Mercury Records, MG 20097)
1957 – Page 4 - A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (Mercury Records, MG 20101)
1957 – The Waltz Queen (Mercury Records, MG 20318/SR 60049)
1958 – The East Side/The West Side (Mercury Records, MGJ2-100) 2 LP
1958 – Let's Get Away from It All (Mercury Records, MG 20387/SR 60010)
1959 – I've Heard That Song Before (Mercury Records, MG 20388/SR 60011)
1959 – On Camera…Patti Page…Favorites from TV (Mercury Records, MG 20398/SR 60025)
1959 – Indiscretion (Mercury Records, MG 20405/SR 60059)
1959 – I'll Remember April (Mercury Records, MG 20406/SR 60081)
1960 – 3 Little Words...Miss Patti Page (Mercury Records, MG 20417/SR 60037)
1960 – Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Mercury Records, MG 20573/SR 60233)
1960 – Patti Page Sings and Stars in "Elmer Gantry" (Mercury Records, MG 20599/SR 60260)
1961 – Patti Page Sings Country and Western Golden Hits (Mercury Records, MR 20615/SR 60615)
1962 – Go on Home (Mercury Records, MG 20689/SR 60689)
1962 – Patti Sings Golden Hits of the Boys (Mercury Records, MG 20712/SR 60712)
1963 – Patti Page on Stage (Mercury Records, MG 20758/SR 60758)
1963 – Say Wonderful Things (Columbia Records , CL 2049/CS 8849)
1963 – The Singing Rage Patti Page (Mercury Records, MG 20819/SR 60819)
1964 – Love After Midnight (Columbia Records, CL 2132/CS 8932)
1964 – Blue Dream Street (Mercury Records, MG 20909/SR 60909)
1964 – The Nearness of You (Mercury Records, MG 20952/SR 60952)
1965 – Y'All Come (Mercury Wing Records, MGW 12295/SRW 16295)
1965 – Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (Columbia Records, CL 2353/CS 9153)
1965 – Christmas with Patti Page (Columbia Records, CL 2414/CS 9214)
1966 – Patti Page Sings America's Favorite Hymns (Columbia Records, CL 2505/CS 9305)
1966 – Patti Page's Greatest Hits (Columbia Records, CL 2526/CS 9326) non è una compilation
1967 – Today My Way (Columbia Records, CL 2761/CS 9561)
1968 – Gentle on My Mind (Columbia Records, CS 9666)
1970 – Stand by Your Man (Harmony Records, HS 11381)
1970 – Honey Come Back (Columbia Records, CS 9999)
1971 – Green Green Grass of Home (Harmony Records, H 30407)
1971 – I'd Rather Be Sorry (Mercury Records, SR 61344)
1979 – A Touch of Country (51 West Records, Q 16015)
1981 – Aces (Plantation Records, PLP 548)
2000 – Brand New Tennessee Waltz (C.A.F. Records)
Raccolte
1955 – Romance on the Range (Mercury Records, MG 20076)
1960 – Golden Hits (Mercury Records, MG 20495)
1963 – Golden Hits Volume 2 (Mercury Records, MG 20794)
1969 – The Most of Patti Page (Mercury Records, PKW-2-118) 2 LP, raccolta di The Waltz Queen e Let's Get Away from It All
1971 – Tennessee Waltz (Pickwick Records, SPC-3277)
1980 – Sings Her Hits Vol. I (Exact Productions, EX 230)
1981 – Golden Hits Volume One (Plantation Records, PLP-42)
1985 – Patti Page's Golden Hits (The Good Music Record Co., GMR-80033)
1986 – Best Loved Favorites (Heartland Music Records, H-1034)
1986 – Golden Memories (Heartland Music Records, H-1035)
1986 – The Uncollected Patti Page with Lou Stein's Music (Hindsight Records, HSR-223)
1987 – Songs That Made Her Famous (Pair Records, PDL2-1166)
1989 – 16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia Records, CK 44401)
1991 – The Mercury Years Vol. 1 (Mercury Records, 314 510 433-2)
1991 – The Mercury Years Vol. 2 (Mercury Records, 314 510 434-2)
Singoli
1946 – Never Pretend/My Sweet Papa (Skyline Records, 209) Patti Page with Al Clouser's Oklahomans
1947 – Every So Often/What Every Woman Knows (Mercury Records, 5061) Patti Page and Eddie Getz's Orchestra
1947 – I've Got Some Forgetting to Do/Can't Help Lovin' That Man (Mercury Records, 5063) Patti Page and Eddie Getz's Orchestra
1947 – I Feel So Smoochie /I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry (Mercury Records, 5078) Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio
1947 – There's a Man in My Life/The First Time I Kissed You (Mercury Records, 5087) Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio
1948 – It's the Bluest Kind of Blues/You Turned the Tables on Me (Mercury Records, 5098)
1948 – Confess/Twelve O'Clock Flight (Mercury Records, 5129) Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio
1948 – Ready Set Go/Gotta Have More Money (Mercury Records, 5142) Patti Page and George Barnes' Quartet
1948 – Tomorrow Night/Give Me Time (Mercury Records, 5153) Patti Page
1948 – My Sweet Adair/Five-Four-Three-Two (Mercury Records, 5184) Patti Page
1948 – I Can't Go on Without You/All My Love Belongs to You (Mercury Records, 5187)
1948 – Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart/Isn't It Romantic (Mercury Records, 5192) Vic Damone - Patti Page
1948 – Goody Goodbye/What's Wrong with Me (Mercury Records, 5199)
1949 – Where's the Man/So in Love (Mercury Records, 5230)
1949 – You Was!/Yes, Yes, Yes! (Mercury Records, 5234) Vic Damone - Patti Page
1949 – Streets of Laredo/My Dream Is Yours (Mercury Records, 5240)
1949 – Money, Marbles and Chalk/Where Is the One (Mercury Records, 5251)
1949 – Cabaret/Whispering (Mercury Records, 5290) Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Mitch Miller
1949 – Just One to Say I Love You/I'll Keep the Love Light Burning (In My Heart) (Mercury Records, 5310)
1949 – Just Got to Have Him Around/A Thousand Violins (Mercury Records, 5323) Patti Page with Mitch Miller's Orchestra
1949 – Dear Hearts and Gentle People/The Game of Broken Hearts (Mercury Records, 5336)
1949 – Oklahoma Blues/With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (Mercury Records, 5344) Patti Page Rael Septet/Patti Page Quartet
1950 – I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine/I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls with Love Letters (Mercury Records, 5396) Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by D'Artega
1950 – All My Love (Bolero)/Roses Remind Me of You (Mercury Records, 5455) Patti Page with Harry Geller and His Orchestra
1950 – Back in Your Own Backyard/The Right Kind of Love (Mercury Records, 5463) Patti Page-Harry Geller and His Orchestra and the Tune-Timers
1950 – Confess/That Old Feeling (Mercury Records, 5511)
1950 – All My Love (Bolero)/Back in Your Own Backyard (Mercury Records, 5512)
1950 – So in Love/Why Can't You Behave (Mercury Records, 5521)
1950 – The Tennessee Waltz/Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Mercury Records, 5534)
1951 – The Tennessee Waltz/Long, Long Ago (Mercury Records, 5534)
1951 – Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)/Sentimental Music (Mercury Records, 5571)
1951 – Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts/Ever True Ever More (Mercury Records, 5579)
1951 – Tag-a-Long/Soft and Tenderly (Mercury Records, 5592)
1951 – Mockin' Bird Hill/I Love You Because (Mercury Records, 5595)
1951 – Mister and Mississippi/These Things I Offer You (Mercury Records, 5645)
1951 – Detour/Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Feet (Mercury Records, 5682)
1951 – And So to Sleep Again/One Sweet Letter (Mercury Records, 5706)
1951 – Whispering/Cabaret (Mercury Records, 5707)
1951 – That's All I Ask of You/I'm Glad You're Happy with Someone Else (Mercury Records, 5715)
1951 – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus/Christmas Choir (Mercury Records, 5729)
1951 – Jingle Bells/Christmas Choir (Mercury Records, 5730-X-45)
1951 – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/Silent Night (Mercury Records, 5731)
1951 – White Christmas/The Christmas Song (Mercury Records, 5732)
1951 – Down in the Valley/I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart (Mercury Records, 5751)
1952 – Come What May/Retreat (Cries My Heart) (Mercury Records, 5772)
1952 – Whispering Winds/Love Where You Are (Mercury Records, 5816)
1952 – Once in Awhile/I'm Glad You're Happy with Someone Else (Mercury Records, 5867)
1952 – Release Me/Wedding Bells Will Soon Be Ringing (Mercury Records, 5895)
1952 – I Went to Your Wedding/You Belong to Me (Mercury Records, 5899)
1952 – Why Don't You Believe Me/Conquest (Mercury Records, 70025)
1953 – The Doggie in the Window/My Jealous Eyes (Mercury Records, 70070)
1953 – Oo What You Do to Me/Now That I'm in Love (Mercury Records, 70127)
1953 – Tell Me Why/Big Mamou (Mercury Records, 70137)
1953 – Butterflies/This Is My Song (Mercury Records, 70183)
1953 – Arfie, the Doggie in the Window/Artie Goes to School (Mercury Records, 70190)
1953 – Father, Father/The Lord's Prayer (Mercury Records, 70222)
1953 – My World Is You/Milwaukee Polka (Mercury Records, 70230)
1953 – Changing Partners/Where Did My Snowman Go (Mercury Records, 70260)
1954 – Changing Partners/Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Mercury Records, 70295)
1954 – Cross Over the Bridge/My Restless Lover (Mercury Records, 70302)
1954 – Steam Heat/Lonely Days (Mercury Records, 70380)
1954 – What a Dream/I Cried (Mercury Records, 70416)
1954 – The Mama Doll Song/I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango (Mercury Records, 70458)
1954 – Pretty Snowflakes/I Wanna Go Dancing with Willie (Mercury Records, 70506)
1954 – Let Me Go, Lover!/Hocus Pocus (Mercury Records, 70511)
1955 – Everlovin'/You Too Can Be a Dreamer (Mercury Records, 70528)
1955 – I Got It Bad/Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Mercury Records, 70532)
1955 – Little Crazy Quilt/Keep Me in Mind (Mercury Records, 70579)
1955 – Near to You/I Love to Dance with You (Mercury Records, 70607)
1955 – Piddily Patter Patter/Every Day (Mercury Records, 70657)
1955 – Croce di Oro (Cross of Gold)/Search My Heart (Mercury Records, 70713)
1955 – Go On with the Wedding/The Voice Inside (Mercury Records, 70766)
1956 – Too Young to Go Steady/My First Formal Gown (Mercury Records, 70820)
1956 – Allegheny Moon/The Strangest Romance (Mercury Records, 70878)
1956 – Mama from the Train/Every Time) I Feel His Spirit) (Mercury Records, 70971)
1956 – Repeat After Me/Learnin' My Latin (Mercury Records, 71015)
1957 – A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)/The Wall (Mercury Records, 71059)
1957 – Old Cape Cod/Wondering (Mercury Records, 71101)
1957 – No One to Cry To/Money, Marbles and Chalk (Mercury Records, 71177)
1957 – I'll Remember Today/My How the Time Goes By (Mercury Records, 71189)
1957 – Belonging to Someone/Bring Up Together (Mercury Records, 71247)
1958 – Another Time, Another Place/These Worldly Wonders (Mercury Records, 71294)
1958 – Left Right Out of Your Heart (Hi Lee Hi Lo Hi Lup Up Up)/Longing to Hold You Again (Mercury Records, 71331)
1958 – Fibbin'/You Will Find Your Love (In Paris) (Mercury Records, 71335)
1958 – Trust in Me/Under the Sun Valley Moon (Mercury Records, 71400)
1959 – The Walls Have Ears/My Promise (Mercury Records, 71428)
1959 – With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming/My Mother's Eyes (Mercury Records, 71469)
1959 – Goodbye Charlie/Because Him Is a Baby (Mercury Records, 71510)
1959 – The Sound of Music/Little Donkey (Mercury Records, 71555)
1960 – Two Thousand, Two Hundred, Twenty-Three Miles/Promise Me, Thomas (Mercury Records, 71597)
1960 – One of Us (Will Weep Tonight)/What Will My Future Be (Mercury Records, 71639)
1960 – I Wish I'd Never Been Born/I Need You (Mercury Records, 71695)
1960 – Don't Read the Letter/That's All I Need to Know (Mercury Records, 71745)
1961 – A City Girl Stole My Country Boy/Dondi (Mercury Records, 71792)
1961 – You'll Answer to Me/Mom and Dad's Waltz (Mercury Records, 71823)
1961 – Broken Heart and a Pillow Filled with Tears/Dark Moon (Mercury Records, 71870)
1961 – Go On Home/Too Late to Cry (Mercury Records, 71906)
1962 – Most People Get Married/You Don't Know Me (Mercury Records, 71950)
1962 – The Boys' Night Out/Three Fools (Mercury Records, 72013)
1962 – Everytime I Hear Your Name/Let's Cry Together (Mercury Records, 72044)
1963 – High on the Hill of Hope/By a Long Shot (Mercury Records, 72078)
1963 – I'm Walkin'/Invitation to the Blues (Mercury Records, 72123)
1963 – Pretty Boy Lonely/Just a Simple Melody (Columbia Records, 4-42671)
1963 – Say Wonderful Things/I Knew I Would See Him Again (Columbia Records, 4-42791)
1963 – Nobody/Maybe He'll Come Back to Me (Columbia Records, 4-42857)
1963 – Love Letters/If and When (Columbia Records, 4-42902)
1964 – I Adore You/I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder (Columbia Records, 4-42963)
1964 – Drive-In Movie/I'd Rather Be Sorry (Columbia Records, 4-43019)
1964 – Drina (Little Soldier Boy)/Promises (Columbia Records, 4-43078)
1964 – Don't You Pass Me By/Days of the Waltz (Columbia Records, 4-43183)
1965 – Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte/Longing to Hold You Again (Columbia Records, 4-43251)
1965 – You Can't Be True, Dear/Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Feet (Columbia Records, 4-43345)
1965 – Ribbons and Roses/That's What I Tell Him (Columbia Records, 4-43429)
1965 – Happy Birthday, Jesus (A Child's Prayer)/Christmas Bells (Columbia Records, 4-43447)
1966 – Till You Come Back to Me/Custody (Columbia Records, 4-43517)
1966 – Can I Trust You?/In This Day an Age (Columbia Records, 4-43647)
1966 – It's the World Outside/Detour (Columbia Records, 4-43761)
1966 – Almost Persuaded/It's the World Outside (Columbia Records, 4-43794)
1966 – The Wishing Doll/Music and Memories (Columbia Records, 4-43909)
1967 – Wish Me a Rainbow/This Is the Sunday (Columbia Records, 4-43990)
1967 – Walkin' - Just Walkin'/Same Old You (Columbia Records, 4-44115)
1967 – What's She Got That I Ain't Got (Darlin')/Pretty Bluebird (Columbia Records, 4-44242)
1967 – All the Time/Pretty Bluebird (Columbia Records, 4-44257)
1967 – Gentle on My Mind/Excuse Me (Columbia Records, 4-44353)
1968 – Little Green Apples/This House (Columbia Records, 4-44556)
1968 – Stand by Your Man/Red Summer Roses (Columbia Records, 4-44666)
1969 – A Mighty Fortress Is Our Love/The Love Song (Columbia Records, 4-44778)
1969 – Boy from the Country/You Don't Need a Heart (Columbia Records, 4-44989)
1969 – Pickin' Up the Pieces/Tied Down (Columbia Records, 4-45059)
1970 – I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You/He'll Never Take the Place of You (Columbia Records, 4-45159)
1970 – Give Him Love/Wish I Could Take That Little Boy Home (Mercury Records, 73162)
1971 – Make Me Your Kind of Woman/I Wish I Was a Little Boy Again (Mercury Records, 73199)
1971 – I'd Rather Be Sorry/Words (Mercury Records, 73222)
1971 – Think Again/A Woman Left Lonely (Mercury Records, 73249)
1972 – Jody and the Kid/Things We Care About (Mercury Records, 73280)
1972 – Come What May/Love Is a Friend of Mine (Mercury Records, 73306)
1972 – Hello We're Lonely/We're Not Getting Older (Mercury Records, 73347) Patti page and Tom T. Hall
1973 – Love Lives Again/I Can't Sit Still (Epic Records , 11032)
1973 – You're Gonna Hurt Me/Mama Take Me Home (Epic Records, 11072)
1974 – Someone Came to See Me/One Final Stand (Epic Records, 11109)
1974 – I May Not Be Lovin' You/Whoever Finds This, I Love You (Avco Records, 603)
1975 – Pour Your Lovin' on Me/Big Wind from Dallas (Avco Records, 607)
1975 – Less Than the Song/Did He Ask About Me (Avco Records, 613)
Note
↑ Maury Dean, Rock-N-Roll Gold Rush , Algora Publishing, 2003, p. 34, ISBN 0-87586-207-1 .
↑ Patti Page still is a 'Singing Rage' , in South Coast Today , 17 febbraio 1999. URL consultato il 23 luglio 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 18 ottobre 2015) .
↑ (EN ) Patti Page, Honey-Voiced ’50s Pop Sensation, Dies at 85 , su nytimes.com . URL consultato il 4 gennaio 2012 .
Bibliografia
Once Upon a Dream: A Personal Chat with All Teenagers (1960)
Collegamenti esterni
Sito ufficiale , su last.fm .
Page, Patti , su Treccani.it – Enciclopedie on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana .
(EN ) Patti Page , su Enciclopedia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Patti Page , su Last.fm , CBS Interactive .
(EN ) John Bush, Patti Page , su AllMusic , All Media Network .
(EN ) Patti Page , su Discogs , Zink Media.
(EN ) Patti Page , su MusicBrainz , MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN ) Patti Page , su SecondHandSongs .
(EN ) Patti Page , su Genius.com .
(EN ) Patti Page , su Billboard .
(EN ) Patti Page , su IMDb , IMDb.com.
(EN ) Patti Page , su Songwriters Hall of Fame . URL consultato il 30 dicembre 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 giugno 2008) .
(EN ) David Adams, Interview with Patti Page , su Elvis Australia , 5 agosto 2008. URL consultato il 30 dicembre 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 marzo 2021) .