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">Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927), known by her
professional
name Patti Page, is an American singer,
one of the best-known female
artists in traditional
pop music. She was the
best-selling female artist of the 1950s,[1] and has
sold over 100 million records.[2]
Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their first
successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess."
In 1950, she had her first
million-selling single with "With
My Eyes Wide Open, I'm
Dreaming," and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling
singles
between 1950 and 1965.
Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz,"
recorded in 1950, was one of
the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of
the two
official state songs of Tennessee.
"Tennessee Waltz" spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard
magazine's Best-Sellers List in 1950. Page had three additional
#1 hit
singles between 1950 and 1953, with "All My Love
(Bolero)", "I Went to
Your Wedding," and "(How
Much Is That) Doggie in the
Window."
Unlike most pop music singers, Page blended the styles of country
musicBillboard Country
Chart. Towards the 1970s, Page shifted her career towards country
music, and
she began charting on the country charts, up until 1982. Page is one of
the few
vocalists who have made the country charts in five separate decades. into many of
her most popular songs. By doing this, many of Page's singles also made
the
When rock & roll music became popular during the
second half of the 1950s, traditional pop music was becoming less
popular. Page
was one of the few traditional pop music singers who was able to sustain
her
success, continuing to have major hits into the mid-1960s with "Old
Cape Cod," "Allegheny Moon," "A
Poor Man's Roses
(Or a Rich Man's Gold)," and "Hush,
Hush, Sweet
Charlotte."
In 1997,
Patti Page was inducted into the
Oklahoma
Music Hall of Fame.