Patti Page

Patti Page, the successful singer of the 1950s, famous for her version of the Tennessee Waltz, has died at the age of 85.Schatzi Hageman her publicist says he died on New Year's Day in Encinitas, California.This page has created a distinctive sound for the music industry in 1947, forcing her voice when she did not have enough money to hire back-up singers for one, admit it.She went on to earn 15 gold records and three gold albums with 24 songs in the top 10, four of which have reached number one.Should take part in a special ceremony on February 9 in Los Angeles, where she was to receive long-service award by the Grammy Recording Academy.This page has been popular in the pop and country music, and became the first female singer to have a television in the three major networks in the United States, including Patti Page Show on ABC."I was a boy from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but I was told that I could sing," she said in an interview in 1999. "It's like a snowball."Signed to Mercury Records and has sold over 100 million records.In 1999, after 51 years of operation, the page won her first Grammy for traditional pop vocal concert at Carnegie Hall - 50th Anniversary Concert.Tennessee Waltz, her best-selling record, it was an accident.Since Christmas is coming, Mercury wanted page to save Boogie Woogie Santa Claus in 1950.Tennessee Waltz was placed on the B side of Christmas carols.

"Mercury wanted to focus on Christmas songs, and I do not want anything with great credit, on the other hand," said the page. "I do not want DJ to include an entry for Christmas. Behalf of this great Christmas song Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, and nobody has ever heard of him. "Tennessee Waltz was the first pop songs that became a country hit.Waltz has been in the charts for 30 weeks, 12 of them in the top 10 and eventually sold over 10 million copies, second only to Bing Crosby White Christmas at the moment.Paige has played other included (How Much Is That) Doggie in the window and Mockin Bird Hill.This page has outlived his son, Daniel O'Curran, daughter and sister Kathleen Ginn Peggy Layton.