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Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known by her professional name Patti Page, was an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and sold over 100 million records. Her nickname was "The Singin' Rage" (a phrase commonly followed by "Miss Patti Page"). 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 My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming", and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965
One of the Boys in the Band: Discovering my Dad
by George Gozzard
George Gozzard was the baby of a pretty large family the jazz trumpeter Harry Roy Gozzard raised. Harry was one of those great working musicians we heard about in the 1930s and through the 1950s who played jazz and dance band gigs interchangeably. These were the days of months long (if not longer) engagements musicians would ...
Marty Sheller: The Name Behind The Sound You All Know, Part 1
by Skip Heller
There are certain musicians who embody eras, even if they're not the player with their picture on the cover. In our contemporary musical climate, Greg Leisz comes to mind. Since 1991, he has popped up on hundreds of acclaimed albums, and without ever really changing his style, he has become centrifugal beyond the considerations of genre ...
Patti Page: Land of Hi-Fi
On Monday and Tuesday, May 7 and 8, 1956, singer Patti Page was in Holloywood recording a jazz-pop album arranged by Pete Rugolo with a crowd of the finest jazz studio musicians in town. Produced by Bob Shad for EmArcy, Mercury Records' jazz subsidiary, Patti Page in the Land of Hi-Fi was most likely recorded in ...
Patti Page and Nat Cole
On October 29, 1958, singer Patti Page hosted Nat King Cole and Gene Krupa as well as Illinois Jacquet, her musical director Rocky Cole and other musicians on ABC's The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show, which featured the swinging Vic Schoen Orchestra. Shows like this take me back to when I was a very little kid, being ...
Glenn Zottola: Reflections of Charlie Parker
by Geannine Reid
After nearly four decades Glenn Zottola has become one of the most respected, versatile and in-demand trumpet players--and saxophonists--in the world. Born and raised in Port Chester, New York, Zottola started playing trumpet at age three. By virtue of his musical household, this seemed almost as natural as learning to speak. His big brother, Bob, was ...
Dick Hyman: The Beat Goes On
by Chris M. Slawecki
Composer, arranger, bandleader, pianist, soloist and accompanist Dick Hyman has already lived several jazz lifetimes, and as he contemplates his 86th birthday in March 2013, his career shows no sign of slowing down.A New York City native, Hyman served as pianist with a Dixieland band and with Lester Young at the December 1949 opening ...
90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a 90th Birthday Celebration honoring Candido Camero, NEA Jazz Master and the “father of modern conga drumming" on Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. The evening will feature Candido, who officially turns 90 on April 22nd, ...
Patti Page with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
By Patti Page
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Nevertheless: Out Of Nowhere; The Lady Is A Tramp; The Thrill Is Gone; A Foggy Day; Mountain Greenery; I've Got My Eyes On You; My Kinda Love; I Didn t Know About You; My Sin; Taking A Chance On Love; Love For Sale; No Moon At All; I'm Glad There Is You; Nice Work If You
Can Get It; I Never Knew; The Masquerade Is Over; What Am I Here For?; Let There Be Love; Gone With The Wind; They All Be Laughed; I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan; Here I'll Stay; Lullaby In Rhythm.
Street on Cape Cod Renamed for Patti Page
Patti Page Way named on 'Old Cape Cod' Thanks to the lyrics of her 1950s hit song, Patti Page knew about Cape Cods winding roads before she even visited the area. In a ceremony today, one of those roads was named after her. Naturally, I was honored, said Page, 82, by phone. I was really thrilled ...
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