2013年開始的第一天,一位在搖滾樂流行之前就已走紅的抒情歌后Patti Page在加州Encitas的療養院中不幸去世(85歲),Patti Page出生於奧克拉荷馬州的Muskogee,本名Clara Ann Fowler,她家一共有11小孩 。
Patti Page起初以Ann Fowler之名和Al Clauser&His Oklahomans樂團一同在電台演唱,後來因為一家叫Page的牛奶公司廣告贊助這個廣播節目,因此改名Patti Page,1947年她與Mercury唱片公司簽約,從1948年至1968年Patti Page驚人的唱出82首暢銷曲,其中包括四、五年級歌迷們孰悉的冠軍曲All My Love、The Tennessee Waltz、I Went To Your Wedding與The Doggie In The
Window等。
搖滾樂流行之後,Patti Page仍然有暢銷曲進排行榜,如1956年的Alleghney Moon得到第2名,1957年的Old Cape
Cod得到第3名,1965年貝蒂戴維斯主演的電影同名插曲Hush, Hush, Sweet
Charlotte則得到第8名。Patti Page在美國三大電視網擁有過個人的節目,也曾於畢蘭卡斯特與珍西蒙斯主演的電影Elmer Gantry中演出 。
作品極多的Patti Page,在搖滾樂流行的1950年代中期之後所做歷年暢銷歌星排行榜統計,仍獲得第98名,他的自傳This Is My Song在2009年出版。
猶記得民國60年代後期Patti Page曾應邀來台在北市國父紀念館演出,不少銀髮夫婦前去聆賞這位抒情歌后的歌聲,那是外籍歌星來台演唱會少見的場面,可見當年Patti
Page的抒情歌受到不同年齡層歌迷的喜愛。
The Tennessee
Waltz
Patti Page
Written:Redd Stewart/Pee Wee King
I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to my loved one
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to my loved one
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
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