# The "Singin' Rage", Patti Page: RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892 "2013-01-02T23:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/1 "2013-01-02T23:04:44Z")
Story.[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/arts/music/patti-page-singer-dies-at-85.html?hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/arts/music/patti-page-singer-dies-at-85.html?hp). Loved her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/2 "2013-01-02T23:30:57Z")
My tastes are more directed toward Julie London and Chris Connor (both deceased), but Patti was one of a group that’s increasingly rare - singers with actual singing talent. There are definite some good singers in popular music today but they usually aren’t the ones with Top 40 hits. Even the best have always been enhanced in the recording studio. But the current set seems to lip-sync to their recordings while doing gymnastic stunts onstage. Now get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/3 "2013-01-03T00:40:59Z")
Her pop hit _[How Much is That Doggie in the Window?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU)_ was one of the first songs I remember from childhood. It was much maligned in the day, but people loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/4 "2013-01-03T02:39:31Z")
I didn’t get to know [Tennessee Waltz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ek3eCbfqp0) until 6 or 7 years ago, but it is a lovely song, and Page’s biggest hit. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/5 "2013-01-03T05:20:44Z")
I think it’s been at least 50 years since I heard this song, but when I played [this hit of Patti’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5tWLyVYd4o), the words came right back. _Tennessee Waltz_ was my mom’s favorite song. _Mockingbird Hill_ was mine. So lively and light-hearted. Like Patti, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/6 "2013-01-03T11:06:47Z")
If sultry and cool can be done at the same time, Ms. Page did. _C’mona My House_ God said. _C’Mona My House._ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/7 "2013-01-03T14:35:19Z")
I thought that _Tennessee Waltz_ was Patsy Cline, but I just checked iTunes, and I don’t have it. That kind of music is not something I grew up with. As a child I liked rock and roll, and then I liked punk and New Wave. But my tastes are eclectic. See, I like aviation history and I lived in the Antelope Valley. I worked at Edwards AFB. And _The Right Stuff_ took place in the '50s. To me, _Tennessee Waltz_, _The Wayward Wind_, and others represent the vastness, heat, wind, and aviation history of my old stomping grounds. I listen to those songs whenever I hear them play. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/8 "2013-01-03T16:12:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought that _Tennessee Waltz_ was Patsy Cline, but I just checked iTunes, and I don’t have it. > > That kind of music is not something I grew up with. As a child I liked rock and roll, and then I liked punk and New Wave. But my tastes are eclectic. See, I like aviation history and I lived in the Antelope Valley. I worked at Edwards AFB. And _The Right Stuff_ took place in the '50s. To me, _Tennessee Waltz_, _The Wayward Wind_, and others represent the vastness, heat, wind, and aviation history of my old stomping grounds. I listen to those songs whenever I hear them play. [Cline’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNdap-ioNM). A lot of people covered this classic. Your reference to Gogi Grant’s old song brings back memories. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/9 "2013-01-03T21:12:58Z")
Wow - [Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyYMXjmzjwQ) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-singin-rage-patti-page-rip/645892/10 "2013-01-03T22:50:30Z")
I recall her music. I think my dad bought a few of her records in the 50’s. I see that she was born only 19 days before my dad and outlived him by a year. R.I.P.