16 Most Requested Songs

Patti Page | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026MC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Here are 16 crowning moments in the career of this vocal-pop mega-star: her #1 novelty The Doggie in the Window ; her Top 10s The Tennessee Waltz; Old Cape Cod; Mockin' Bird Hill , and Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte ; her hit Little Green Apples , and more! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 16 Sweets From the Queen of Pop!!, June 24, 2002

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Tee (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 16 Most Requested Songs (Audio CD)

Patti Page was the queen of pop music for well over a decade when she recorded these tracks during the 1960's but these performances are as outstanding as her more famous 1950's work. Particularly beautiful are her haunting performance of the supernatural country ballad SCARLETT RIBBONS and the smash top ten 1964 hit HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE that showed America's veteran pop queen could hold her own on the charts during the British invasion. I also loved TRY TO REMEMBER, the wistful Broadway tune, and her performance of CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE, the theme song from the Corinne Griffith biography picture PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION which won the Oscar for Best Movie Song in 1964 over CHARLOTTE. The remake of HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW is cute and Patti's GENTLE ON MY MIND shows why her version was one of the most popular during the 1960's. Her take on RAINDROPS KEEPS FALLIN' ON MY HEAD is excellent, the only thing here I didn't like was, ironically, the remake of her greatest hit, TENNESSEE WALTZ, with her record producer making a BIG mistake by giving it a jazz-flavored recreation. She has sung that legendary song many times before and since in the brillant original arrangement so that's a minor point. This is a good starting point for a Patti Page CD collection and listening to it you can understand how she influenced so many later female vocalists from Skeeter Davis to The Supremes to Lynn Anderson.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Patti Perfection!, July 8, 2003

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Abbasolutely "Hannah" (Dodgeville, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 16 Most Requested Songs (Audio CD)

While my own personal 16 Most Requested by Patti Page songlist would be quite different, this package
does represent her sixties tenure at Columbia Records nicely. What a thrill to discover her tender version of Scarlet Ribbons...it's truely the definative version of that beloved song. I'm not quite sure how a signature song like Allegheny Moon gets ommitted from greatest hits package like this. But the inclusion of Just A Simple Melody almost makes up for that shameful oversight. You'll love one great Patti performance after another. Detour, Tennesee Waltz, Mockin' Bird Hill, Doggie In The Window, etc. While I sometimes prefer Ms. Page's original Mercury versions over her Columbia years, it's great fun to hear her more mature voice having it's lovely way with these gems. Now we just need Sony to get it's act together and make all of her full length albums available to her loyal fans...and they can start with Love After Midnight!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fine Patti Page album of her hits recorded in the 1960s, March 25, 2008

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 16 Most Requested Songs (Audio CD)

Sixteen (16) Most Requested Songs is a Patti Page CD that tries its best to give us sixteen of her greatest hits. Unfortunately you can't really do that with just a single CD; but this one does stand out as one of her better single CD compilations. The quality of the sound is excellent and the artwork is typical for this CD series. I must admit they could have done a better job with that rendering of Patti on the front cover of the artwork. However, this is a minor disappointment.

The track set begins with Patti performing "Tennessee Waltz." Unfortunately, this is not my favorite rendition of this ballad; there's a backup group of singers that is superfluous; Patti never needed that and even if it worked it doesn't go along with this tender ballad. "Gentle On My Mind" sparkles like gold as Patti sings this country flavored ballad with panache and all her heart and soul. Patti was meant to sing a great ballad like this! She delivers this flawlessly; and I could listen to her sing this tune again and again--and sometimes I do!

"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" is a beautiful tune which I first heard from Harry Belafonte; but when Patti sings this number she makes it all her own with her fine timing and diction. Patti's rendition of "Scarlet Ribbons" is THE definitive interpretation of this ballad! "Try To Remember," a song from The Fantasticks, is equally beautiful and although the chorus adds to the number Patti could easily have handled this all on her own. "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" also features Patty front and center; and the strings work to great advantage on "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte."

"Days Of Wine And Roses" is a poignant ballad that Patti delivers with heart and soul; it's like listening to silk when I hear Patti sing this tune. "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" is definitely a huge Patti Page hit; and I remember listening to this on the radio in the late `60s in my father's car. How I loved that song even way back then!

The album ends string with Patti singing "Just A Simple Melody;" Patti sings this with so much heart that you can tell she really wanted to give blood to make this song just right. Few singers could ever hope to emulate Patti's style on this number.

Overall, this is a fine Patti Page CD that gives us her best--but from a later time in the 1960s. Most of these tunes were hits for Patti in the earlier years of her career; and apparently they wanted her to redo them here. These renditions are still quite strong and Patti Page fans will want these alternate renditions for their collections. This CD is also a great place to start for casual fans. Of course, people who like classic pop vocals will love this album.