Coordinates	29°24′17″N50°52′35″N
name	Hush Hush; Hush Hush
cover	Hush hush; hush hush cover.jpg
border	yes
artist	Pussycat Dolls
album	Doll Domination
b-side	Hush Hush
released	(see release history)
format	CD single, digital download
recorded	2009Quiz & Larossi Studios(Stockholm, Sweden)
genre	Dance-pop, R&B;, disco
length	3:48 (Album Version)4:12 (Up-tempo Remix)
label	Interscope
writer	Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Dino Fekaris, Frederik Perren
certification	Gold (ARIA)
producer	Quiz & LaRossi, Dave Audé
last single	"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"(2009)
this single	"Hush Hush; Hush Hush"(2009)
misc	}}

"Hush Hush" is a song performed by the Pussycat Dolls, included on the first edition of their second studio album ''Doll Domination'' (2008). Written by Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen and lead singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger, the song was originally a slow ballad, but was remade into an uptempo, disco-inspired dance song sampling parts of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit "I Will Survive", and retitled "Hush Hush; Hush Hush".

The new dance version was later released as the sixth and final single from the Dolls' second album, ''Doll Domination'' (2009). Lead and background vocals for both versions of the song are performed solely by lead singer Nicole Scherzinger. The single was received negatively by critics who criticized the over-emphasis of Scherzinger both in the video and vocals.

Though not vocally featured on the song, "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" was the final single to be released by the line-up, after every member had quit the band including Scherzinger.

Background

"Hush Hush" was written by Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Dino Fekaris, Frederik Perren. Inititally "Hush Hush" was remixed for Scherzinger to perform on the Doll Domination Tour. The new version features additional vocals sampled from Gloria Gaynor's world wide smash hit "I Will Survive". The song was sent to US radio on May 12, 2009. The song is also known as "Hush Hush (I Will Survive)" and "Hush Hush (Up-tempo Remix)". It is now an up-tempo disco dance song with a faster beat and has a different instrument set to the original ballad version.

It was released as the sixth single from ''Doll Domination'' on May 12, 2009 worldwide through digital download outlets and later on July 13, 2009 in the UK as a CD single accompanied by the ballad version and Dave Audé Dance Club Edit. The song has had limited success managing to reach just top 15 in Ireland and Australia, top 20 in the UK, number 41 in Canada and just 73 in the United States. The single was not promoted due to the group being on tour at its time of release. See release history to see which versions of album the remix appears on.

Critical reception

David Balls from Digital Spy gave the song 2 out of five stars commenting that the song "[...] lacks the feisty R&B; edge that made the likes of 'Don't Cha' and 'When I Grow Up' so effective. Instead 'Hush Hush; Hush Hush' is a dated faux-disco mess that's been injected with a ghoulish sample from Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive' in a desperate bid to add some gusto. The result may give a few hen parties reason to hoot, but it rivals Sugababes' 'Girls' in the cringe stakes and has succeeded in eroding much of the group's hard-earned credibility." 'Idolator' said that " ['Hush Hush; Hush Hush'] is an unspectacular dance-pop track with Scherzinger’s muscular gasps leading the way, rhyming straw-ng and law-ng. But a simple girl-power post-breakup anthem would not help the Dolls reclaim their strategic position in the Pop Wars."

Single release and controversy

"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" was sent to mainstream radio as the final release from ''Doll Domination''. The "Hush Hush" (the ballad version) serves as the b-side and was released to some radio stations in the US on May 12, 2009 as well as digital download outlets. It was released as a CD Single on July 13, 2009 exclusively in the UK and Europe. Amazon revealed the single promotional cover-art on April 20, 2009, which listed the single as "Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger". The emphasis on Nicole Scherzinger as the featured artist caused controversy, as "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" also emphasized her as a featured singer. It sparked rumors that Nicole Scherzinger was leaving the group to continue her solo career, despite well below average sales for the singles from her 2007 shelved solo album release "Her Name Is Nicole". This also led to internal strife within the group as the other members were unhappy with the overemphasis on Scherzinger. The tension surfaced onstage while the group opened for Britney Spears on their tour in Glendale, Arizona. Melody Thornton, on the verge of tears, addressed the crowd saying, "Thank you guys for supporting me, even though I'm not featured" and encouraging the audience to follow their dreams and to "never let anyone stomp on them, ever". After her outburst, she was high-fived by Jessica Sutta, indicating more of the Dolls were upset by the tagging and the over-emphasis on Scherzinger. This tension eventually lead to Thornton, Sutta, Roberts, and Wyatt leaving the group in early 2010.

Music video

The music video for the ''up-tempo version'' was filmed over two days on May 5 and 6 with director Rich Lee. It featured cameo appearances by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and former VIP Pussycat Doll Carmen Electra, who used to sing lead vocals with the Dolls during their burlesque performances.

The music video starts off with Nicole Scherzinger in a bathtub singing the first verse. As the song progresses, she gets up and leaves the bathroom. As she goes through the door, there is a brief pause and the up-tempo chorus begins. When the chorus starts, she and the other Pussycat Dolls dance and sing in a hallway with regular, sideways, and upside down stairways. Kimberly Wyatt is seen wearing makeup similar to Kiss members Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley. In the second verse, Scherzinger starts singing in a club with the other Dolls dancing in roller skates. In this part, product placement can be seen; the laptop is sponsored by HP and Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta is serving Campari. Before the second refrain, Nicole Scherzinger enters a room where Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt swing on low hanging ceiling chandeliers. When the second refrain begins, she enters a new disco room where the other Dolls are dancing without roller skates. This scene includes cameo appearances of Perez Hilton and Carmen Electra. At the bridge, the video fades out of a large mirror ball and fades into a closeup of Scherzinger singing lyrics from the song "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor in front of the mirror ball. To match the Disco theme of the video, Nicole Scherzinger is styled to look like a very young Diana Ross. During this part, the whole doll house in which the different rooms are set is seen and the other Dolls have solo dance scenes. When the famous "I Will Survive" string part begins, violinists can be seen playing in the mirror ball room and the Dolls excluding Nicole Scherzinger have solo dance parts again. After that all of the Pussycat Dolls are dancing with male partners in the room with the mirror ball. At the end, Nicole Scherzinger is finishing the song singing "Baby, Hush hush" in the mirror ball room. It closes with a large shot which reveals the video to have taken place in a dollhouse with all dancers and Dolls in the lowest disco room.

Reception

Reviewer Melinda Newman describes the overemphasis of lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, writing "There's not even the remotest hint that there are other people in the group...until more than a minute in when she passes through a door onto a multi-level staircase and the other Dolls are dancing as the song morphs from a ballad to dance number (this is a change from the original version of the song that remains a ballad throughout. If they hadn't changed it, the other PCD members would have had absolutely nothing to do). [...] We can only imagine that if the cameras had kept rolling, we may have seen Scherzinger whisked away in a limo while the other Dolls were asked to make sure they returned all their costumes and shoes, and were possibly expected to help break down the set." The ''Daily Mail'' agreed with Newman commenting, [...] "the rest of the group are barely seen in the video with Nicole as the star of the show." Nick Levine from Digital Spy said that, The new [...] single is a slightly ridiculous, 'I Will Survive'-sampling disco stomper, so it makes sense that the video's a bit barmy too."

Track listings

;French CD Single #"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" - 4:12 #"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" (The Bimbo Jones Radio Remix) - 4:00 #"Hush Hush" (Original Version) - 3:48

;Promo CD #"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" — 4:12 #"Hush Hush" — 3:48 ;UK CD single #"Hush Hush" (Up-tempo Remix) — 4:12 #"Hush Hush" (Ballad Version) — 4:09 #"Hush Hush" (Dave Audé Radio Remix) — 4:32

;European download single #Hush Hush; Hush Hush — 4:12 #Hush Hush; Hush Hush (Video) — 4:19

Personnel

Strings (conductor and arrangement) - Ron Fair

Executive producer - D.J. Mormile, Jimmy Iovine, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Antin, Ron Fair

Management - Jeff Haddad

Producer - Quiz & Larossi, Ron Fair (Dave Audé for the remix)

Producer (vocals) and vocal arrangement - Nicole Scherzinger, Ron Fair

Written by - Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Andreas Romdhane, Joseff Larossi

;Samples

Interpolates "I Will Survive" written by written by F. Perren & D. Fekaris and sung by Gloria Gaynor

Quotes the original strings arrangement of "I Will Survive" arranged by David Blumberge

Source: Discogs

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peakposition
Brazil Billboard Brasil
Romania ([[Romanian Top 100)

Certifications

! Country	!
Charts (2009)	Position
[[UK Singles Chart">Music recording sales certification
	Gold
Russia	Platinum (ring-back tone)

End of year charts

Charts (2009)	Position
[[UK Singles Chart
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
Charts (2010)	Position
Hungarian Airplay Chart

Procession and succession

Release history

! Region	! Date	! Format	! Label
Russia	November 13, 2008
North America		Limited radio airplay
Australia	rowspan="3"	Interscope Records
United Kingdom		Polydor Records
North America	A&M;, Interscope
United Kingdom	July 13, 2009		Polydor Records
Brazil	August 28, 2009	rowspan="1"
France	September 5, 2009

References

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name	Becca Fitzpatrick
birth date	February 3, 1979 (age 32)
occupation	Novelist
notableworks	''Hush, Hush''
genre	Fantasy, young-adult fiction, Romance
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Becca Fitzpatrick (born February 3, 1979) is an American author, best-known for having written the ''New York Times'' bestseller, ''Hush, Hush''.

Raised in Centerville, Utah, she graduated in April 2001 from Brigham Young University with a degree in Community Health, and went to work as a secretary, teacher, and accountant at an alternative high school in Provo.

In February 2003, her husband Justin, a native of Philadelphia enrolled her in a writing class for her 24th birthday. Fitzpatrick has stated, "On that day, I went from the girl who wrote stories daily in the privacy of her journal, to the girl who wrote stories and shared them with people outside of the worlds in her head. It was also in that class that I started writing ''Hush, Hush.''"

''Hush, Hush'' series

# ''Hush, Hush'' # ''Crescendo'' # ''Silence'' (due out in 2011)

Other books

''Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love''

A compilation of 13 short stories written by different authors: Fitzpatrick, Caitlin Kittredge, Karen Mahoney, Justine Musk, Daniel Marks, Diana Peterfreund, Sarah Rees Brennan, Michelle Rowen, Carrie Ryan, Maggie Stiefvater, Rachel Vincent, Daneil Waters and Michelle Zink.

References

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Coordinates	29°24′17″N50°52′35″N
Name	Patti Page
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Clara Ann Fowler
Birth date	November 08, 1927
Origin	Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S. [many sources give Muskogee, OK]
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Traditional pop, country
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1948–present
Label	Mercury Columbia Epic Avco Plantation
Website	misspattipage.com }}

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, and has sold over 100 million records. Her nickname is ''The Singin' Rage''.

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.

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 music into many of her most popular songs. By doing this, many of Page's singles also made the Billboard 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.

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. In 2007 Patti Page was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

Early life

Page was born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927, in Claremore, Oklahoma, (although some sources give Muskogee, Oklahoma). She was born into a large and poor family. Her father worked on the MKT railroad, while her mother and older sisters picked cotton. As she related on television many years later, the family went without electricity, and therefore she could not read after dark. She attended Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, from which she graduated in 1945.

Fowler became a featured singer on a 15-minute radio program on radio station KTUL, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at age 18. The program was sponsored by the "Page Milk Company." On the air, Fowler was dubbed "Patti Page," after the Page Milk Company. In 1946, Jack Rael, a saxophone player and band manager, came to Tulsa to do a one-night show. Rael heard Page on the radio and liked her voice. Rael asked her to join the band he managed, the "Jimmy Joy Band." Rael would later become Page's personal manager, after leaving the band.

Page toured with the "Jimmy Joy Band" throughout the country in the mid-1940s. The band eventually ended up in Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. In Chicago, Page ate with a small group led by popular orchestra leader, Benny Goodman. This helped Page gain her first recording contract with Mercury Records the same year. Page became Mercury Records' "girl singer."

Music career

Pop success: 1948 – 1949

Page recorded her first hit single in 1947 titled "Confess," during a strike meaning background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song. Instead, Page and the label decided to overdub her vocals on the song, in harmony. Mitch Miller, who produced for Mercury Records, was able to overdub Page's voice, due to his well-known use of technology. Thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song. This idea would later be used on Page's biggest hit singles in the 1950s. In 1948, "Confess" became a Top 15 hit on ''Billboard magazine,'' peaking at #12 on the "Best-Sellers" chart, becoming her first major hit on the pop chart. Page followed the single with four more in 1948-1949, only one of which was a Top 20 hit, "So in Love" (1949). Page also had a Top 15 hit on the ''Billboard magazine country chart'' in 1949 with "Money, Marbles, and Chalk."

In 1950, Page had her first million-selling single "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," another song where she harmonized her vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name would be listed on the Pop charts as a group name. According to one early-1950s' chart, Page was titled as "The Patti Page Quartet," among others. Towards the middle of 1950, Page's single, "All My Love (Bolero)" peaked at #1 on ''Billboard magazine,'' becoming her first #1 hit, spending five weeks there. That same year, she also had her first Top 10 hit with "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine," as well as the Top 25 single, "Back in Your Own Backyard."

"Tennessee Waltz": 1950

Towards the end of 1950, Page's version of "Tennessee Waltz" became her second #1 hit, and her most-popular and biggest-selling single. "Tennessee Waltz" was originally recorded by country music band Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys in 1947, becoming a major hit on the country charts for them in 1948. It also became a major country hit for country star Cowboy Copas around the same time. Page was introduced to the song by Jerry Wexler, who suggested she cover a recent R&B; version by the Erskine Hawkins orchestra. Page liked the song and she eventually recorded and released it as a single. The song spent 13 weeks at #1 between 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee Waltz" also became Page's second single to reach the country chart, becoming her biggest hit there, reaching #2. The song would later become one of the best-selling records of the time, selling seven million copies in the early '50s, which prompted various cover versions of the song to appear on the charts during the year. "Tennessee Waltz" has also represented the biggest commercial success for the overdubbing technique to date. Today, the song has come close to selling fifteen million copies. It also became the last song to sell one million copies of sheet music, due to the increasing popularity of recorded music. It was featured in the 1983 film ''The Right Stuff''.

Breakthrough: 1951 – 1965

In 1951, Page released the follow-up single to "Tennessee Waltz" called "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)," which was a Top 5 hit, and also sold a million copies. The next single, "Mockin' Bird Hill," (a cover of the version by Les Paul and Mary Ford was another major hit that year) was her fourth single that sold a million copies. Page had three additional Top 10 hits on ''Billboard magazine'' in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi," which peaked at #8, "And So to Sleep Again", and "Detour," which had previously been recorded and made famous by Foy Willing and Elton Britt. Page's version became the most-popular and would become Page's seventh million-selling single. She also released her first studio album in 1951 titled, ''Folk Song Favorites,'' covers of Page's favorite folk songs. In 1952, Page had a third #1 hit with "I Went to Your Wedding," which spent two months at the top spot. Recorded in a country ballad style, the song was the flip-side of one of her other Top 10 hits that year, "You Belong to Me." "I Went to Your Wedding" became more successful, and the single became Page's eighth million-selling single in the United States (ironically, it displaced Jo Stafford's version of "You Belong to Me" at #1 on Billboard's Best Seller chart). She had continued success that year, with three additional songs in the Top 10 with "Come What May," "Once In a While," and "Why Don't You Believe Me" (the most popular version was recorded by Joni James).

In 1953, a novelty tune, "(How Much Is That) Doggie In the Window" became Page's fourth #1 hit, selling over a million copies, and staying on the best-sellers chart for five months. The song included a dog barking in the recording, which helped make the song popular and one of her best-known and signature songs. The song was written by novelty tune specialist, Bob Merrill. It was originally recorded by Page for a children's album that year. She had a series of Top 20 hits that year. A final single that year reached the Top 5 titled "Changing Partners," which peaked at #3 and stayed on the charts for five months. The song was also recorded in a country melody, like many of Page's hits at the time. Into 1954, Page had further hits, including "Cross Over the Bridge," which also over-dubbed Page's vocals and became a major hit, peaking at #2, nearly reaching the top spot. Other Top 10 hits by Page that year included, "Steam Heat" (from the Broadway musical ''The Pajama Game'') and "Let Me Go Lover" (the best known version of the latter recorded by Joan Weber). In 1955 Page had one charting single with "Croce di Oro," due to the increasing popularity of Rock & Roll music. Unlike most traditional pop music singers at the time, Page was able to maintain her success in the late-50s (although not as successful as the early-50s), having three major hits in 1956, including the #2 hit "Allegheny Moon." In 1957 she had other major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" (recorded the same year by Patsy Cline) and the Top 5 hit, "Old Cape Cod."

In 1956 Vic Schoen became the musical director for Patti Page producing a long string of hits that included Mama From the Train, Allegheny Moon, Old Cape Cod, Belonging To Someone, and Left Right Out of Your Heart. Page and Schoen’s most challenging project was a new recording of Gordon Jenkins narrative tone poem Manhattan Tower (recorded September 1956). The album was a tremendous success, both artistically and commercially, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard LP chart, the highest ranking of any album she ever made. Vic Schoen’s arrangements were far more lively and jazzy than the original Jenkins arrangements. Schoen recalled, “Patti was an alto, but I pushed her to reach notes higher than she had sung before for this album. We always enjoyed working together.” Page and Schoen kept in touch and worked together all the way up until 1999.

During the 1950s, Page regularly appeared on a series of network television shows and programs, including ''The Dean Martin Show,'' ''The Ed Sullivan Show,'' and ''The Steve Allen Show.'' This eventually led to Page acquiring some television specials of her own during the 1950s. Page would later have her own series, beginning with ''Scott Music Hall'' on NBC in the 1952-53 season, and a syndicated series for Oldsmobile in 1955 titled ''The Patti Page Show''. However, the show only lasted one season, as did ''The Big Record'' on CBS (1957–58) and ABC's ''The Patti Page Olds Show'' (1958–59). Page also acted in fims during this time, given a role on the CBS show, ''Playhouse 90.'' Page made her film debut in the 60s, with the 1960 film, ''Elmer Gantry.'' Page also recorded the theme song for the film, ''Boys Night Out,'' in which Page also had a role, playing Joanne McIllenny.

In the early 1960s, Page's success began to decrease, having no major hits up until 1961's "You'll Answer to Me" and "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Page had her last major hit on the Billboard Pop Chart in 1965 with "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte," from the film of the same name starring Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland, which peaked at #8, becoming her last top 10 hit (and her first since 1957).

Adult contemporary & country music: 1966 – 1982

Before releasing "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte," Page signed with Columbia Records, where she stayed towards the end of the decade. She released a few studio albums for the Columbia label in the 60s. Up until 1970, her singles began to chart on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. Many of these singles became major hits, peaking in the Top 20, including cover versions of "You Can't Be True, Dear," "Gentle On My Mind" and "Little Green Apples" (the latter being her last pop chart entry). Page, who is a fan of country music, has recorded cover versions of many country songs throughout the years. Some of these songs were recorded under Columbia and were released as Adult Contemporary singles, including David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man." Page left Columbia at the end of the 60s.

In 1970, Page returned to Mercury Records and shifted her career towards country music. In 1973, she returned to working with her former record producer, Shelby Singleton. Under Mercury, Columbia, and Epic in the 70s, Page recorded a series of country singles, beginning with 1970's "I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You," which became a Top 25 hit, followed by "Give Him Love," with similar success. In 1971, she released a country music studio album, ''I'd Rather Be Sorry,'' for Mercury records. In the early 70s, she had additional charted hits; her most successful was in 1973, a duet with country singer Tom T. Hall titled, "Hello, We're Lonely" which was a Top 20 hit, reaching #14 on the Bilboard Country Chart.

Also, in 1973, Page moved back to Columbia Records, recording for Epic Records (a subsidiary). In 1974 and 1975, she released singles for Avco records again, with country singles "I May Not Be Lovin' You" and "Less Than the Song," both of which were minor country hits. After a five-year hiatus, she recorded for Plantation Records in 1980. In the early 80s, she also performed with major symphony orchestras in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mexico City, Mexico. She had a Top 40 hit with the Plantation label in 1981 titled "No Aces," followed by a series of minor country hits, including her last-charting single, "My Man Friday," which reached #80.

Later career: 1983 – present

In 1986 Page and arranger Vic Schoen reunited for a stage show in Las Vegas.

In 1988, Page appeared in New York City to perform at the Ballroom, making it the first time she performed in New York in nearly twenty years. She received positive reviews from music critics. In the 1990s, Page founded her own record label, C.A.F. Records, which released various albums, including a 2003 children's album. In the early '90s, Page moved west to San Diego, California, and continued to perform live shows at venues across the country.

In 1998, Page recorded her first live album. It was performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and titled, ''Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert''. The album won Page a Grammy Award the following year for ''Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance'' which, despite her prolific career, was her first Grammy. In 2000, she released a new album, ''Brand New Tennessee Waltz,'' which consisted of new music. Harmony vocals were provided by popular country stars, including Suzy Bogguss, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, and Trisha Yearwood. The album was promoted at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000. On October 4, 2001, Bob Baines, the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire declared the day "Patti Page Day" in the town. Miss Page was in Manchester to perform a sold-out concert at the Palace Theatre to benefit Merrimack Valley Assistance Program.

In 1998, a sample of Patti Page's recording of "Old Cape Cod" formed the basis of Groove Armada's 1998 UK hit "At the River". The lines "If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, / Quaint little villages here and there..." sung in Page's multi-tracked close-harmony, are repeated over and over, with the addition of synthesizer bass, slowed-down drums and a bluesy trombone solo to produce a chill-out track. The success of this track exposed Page's music to a younger audience.

In 1999, Vic Schoen reunited with Page to record a CD for a Chinese label.

In 2005, she performed a series of engagements at a theatre in Branson, Missouri, starting on September 12.

Until recently, Page was a host of a weekly Sunday program on the "Music of Your Life" radio network. She and Jack White of The White Stripes were interviewed in January 2008, after the White Stripes recorded Page's early '50s hit, "Conquest" on their 2007 studio album, ''Icky Thump.'' Page and White were put together on the phone during the interview, talking to each other about their views on "Conquest." In 2007, Page was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

Now in her mid-80s, Page continues to tour, performing 50 select concerts a year across the United States and Canada.

Style

During the time of Page's greatest popularity (the late '40s and '50s), most of her traditional pop music counterparts included jazz melodies into their songs. Page also incorporated jazz into some of her songs; however on most of her recordings, Page added a country music arrangement.

During the '50s, Mercury Records was controlled by Mitch Miller, who produced most of Page's music. Miller found that the simple-structured melodies and storylines in country music songs could be adapted to the pop music market. Page, who was born in Oklahoma, felt comfortable using this idea. Many of Page's most successful hits featured a country music arrangement, including her signature song, "Tennessee Waltz," as well as "I Went to Your Wedding" and "Changing Partners." Some of these singles charted on the Billboard Country Chart during the '40s, '50s, and early '60s for this reason.

Many other artists were introduced to Page's style and incorporated the same country arrangement into many of their songs, including The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby, who together had a #1 hit on the country charts in the late '40s with "Pistol Packin' Mama."

Personal life

In his autobiography, ''Lucky Me'', published in 2011, former major league baseball star and front-office executive Eddie Robinson discloses that he dated Page during the period before her first marriage.

Page has been married three times. She married University of Wisconsin student Jack Skiba in May 1948 and moved with him to New York, but asked for and received a no-fault divorce in Wisconsin within a year. Her second husband was Charles O'Curran, a choreographer, whom she married in 1956. Together, Page and O'Curran adopted two children: a son, Danny, and a daughter, Kathleen. They divorced in 1972.

Page married her third husband, Jerry Filiciotto, in 1990. Filiciotto died on April 18, 2009. They ran a maple syrup business in New Hampshire and resided in Solana Beach, California.

One of legendary Hollywood arranger Vic Schoen’s favorite singers for whom he arranged songs was Patti Page. Schoen once recalled, "She was one of the nicest and most accommodating singers I've ever worked with." She and Schoen remained close friends and spoke regularly until his death in 2000.

Discography

''(For a more complete collection, see ''List of songs recorded by Patti Page.)''

Television appearances

''What's My Line?'' (CBS, September 22, 1955) (Episode # 381) (Season 9, Ep 4) Mystery Guest

''Appointment with Adventure'' ("Paris Venture", CBS, February 26, 1956)

Filmography

''Elmer Gantry'' (1960)

''Dondi'' (1960)

''Boys' Night Out'' (1962)

2004: ''The Patti Page Video Songbook''

2004: ''Patti Page - Sings the Hits''

2005: '' In Concert Series: Patti Page''

See also

List of the best-selling music artists

List of popular music performers

Bibliography

Once Upon a Dream: A Personal Chat With All Teenagers (1960)

This is My Song: A Memoir - Patti Page with Skip Press (2009)

References

External links

The Official Patti Page Website

Patti Page Official Biography

Interview with Patti Page

Songwriters' Hall of Fame article on Patti Page

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Kim Davis (born October 31, 1957 in Flin Flon, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian ice hockey centre. He played in a total of 36 National Hockey League games for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs.

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