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16 Most Requested Songs

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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.

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!

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.

I heard it for the first time last night at a friends house and that's why I'm here today to purchase it. It was really good!

This is one of the first Patti Page CD's I ever bought. For the Patti Page afficionado, it is a must- for the Patti Page novice, it is an extraordinary collection of music. This CD includes Columbia recordings of some of Patti's great hits plus wonderful jewels like "In The Chapel In The Moonlight", a song from her album "Today My Way". Her version is unrivaled along with a "flip-side hit", "Just A Simple Melody" and others. If you don't like this CD, then you don't like ice cream.

The main thing one needs to know about this collection is that the recordings in it were made when Patti Page was recording for Columbia in the 1960s. So although there are a number of her big hits from the 1950s in the collection, they are not the original versions (made for Mercury), but remakes. She did, however, have some hits for Columbia, such as "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte," which are on here, and the CD includes her versions of a number of other singers' big 1960s hits, like "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," which sound just fine. Only one song on this CD is truly obscure, the last track, "Just a Simple Melody," which I had never heard before, but this is certainly NOT the "Patti Page's greatest" album that Columbia might make you think it is.

Nevertheless, nothing sounds bad. This album is really second-rate Patti Page, past her prime, but second-rate Patti Page is better than first-rate samples of many other singers.

Bought this to play for my mother-in-law and her friends, who are from that era. Good quality and a very enjoyable collection.

I bought this for my partner for Christmas. He loves country, bluegrass, and Bette Midler. He plays music all evening long every evening. He's taught me to like or even love the kinds of music he loves (before we were together, I was more a rock and roll and classical kind of guy). This Patti Page CD has really gotten under my skin. I can't believe I'm listening to music my parents listened to, but this is really good stuff. Ms. Page's voice is, no other word for it, sublime. The arrangements are very lush. I was familiar with some of the songs but not all. I love it now when my partner puts this CD on (great as she is, there has to be a little relief from Dolly Parton from time to time!).

my husband loves the song Mockingbird Hill and I told him I would have a tape with the song in one week. I just went to Amazon and boom there it was, value ,quick delivery,great condition,the works.thank you, thank you. Vicki Baker

Miss Page is one of the most versatile singers of all time. I know many folks that have this CD and they all love it. Even her current CDs of the 1990s and 2000 are fabulous. Her voice is deep and rich. She is still THE SINGING RAGE. Over 100 million records sold, she continues to sell today. YOU GO GIRL !!!

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