Patti Page
PMP Network Presents
Patti Page, a renowned singer, reflects on her extensive career in the recording business. She shares insights into her enduring success and the support she received from her record labels. Page also touches upon her early life and how she began her journey in music.
Singer
Patti Page
About Patti Page
Patti Page was an American pop singer who achieved widespread success with hits including "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" Born Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Oklahoma, she built a career spanning five decades in the recording business. She hosted The Patti Page Show on television from 1955 to 1956 and appeared in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry. Page received a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for her Carnegie Hall anniversary concert.
In this interview
- Discussed receiving royalties from Mercury, Universal, and Columbia after fifty years in recording
- Reflected on being fortunate to work with substantial, honorable record companies
- Recalled her birth name Clara Ann Fowler and early life in Oklahoma
- Described how she became Patti Page and her path into radio
“I wish that every recording artist could say that after fifty years in the recording business.”— Patti Page, in this interview
Since this interview
Patti Page died on January 1, 2013, at the age of 85 in Encinitas, California.
