THE BEGINNING OF THE PATTI PAGE LEGACY!!!
Bill Busse | Fairmont, MN United States | 12/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was still sucking my thumb when these songs were recorded (most of them anyway) and what a find! I've waited years for SENTIMENTAL MUSIC on CD! Sentimental Music was the flip of WOULD I LOVE YOU. The song was never listed on the Billboard charts, but was on the Cashbox charts for 10 weeks or more, along side a recording of the song by Bing Crosby. Other "chart hits" included in this collection are SAY SOMETHING SWEET (with Vic Damone), SO IN LOVE and MY JEALOUS EYES.
You are in for a real treat as you listen to the many styles of songs Patti sang early in her recording career from jazz oriented tunes like WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS, I'VE GOT SOME FORGETTING TO DO, FIRST TIME I KISSED YOU,THERE'S A MAN IN MY LIFE, READY SET GO, GIVE ME TIME and IT STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN to early covers of R&B like TOMORROW NIGHT, ALL MY LOVE BELONGS TO YOU and the screamin' ONE SWEET LETTER. Patti also gives Broadway and the movies a go with CAN'T HELP LOVIN THAT MAN, MY DREAM IS YOURS and JUST ONE WAY TO SAY I LOVE YOU. It's great to hear some of Patti's sides with Vic Damone (maybe someday we'll have a Patti duet collection as she recorded with Frankie Laine, Rusty Draper and Vic while on Mercury).
For Patti fans this is a must collection. It fits beautifully with the Flare collection SO IN LOVE.....there are a few duplications but between the 2 collections we have most of Patti's early singles....not just the hits which are available on numerous collections."
Enjoyable CD of Patti Page's Early 78 rpm Single Records
Joseph M. Durkee | Arlington, Virginia United States | 11/19/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is imported from the United Kingdom and includes 25 songs that were released as 78 rpm singles early in Patti Page's career. Most of the songs are new to many of us fans who may not have been old enough to hear and remember them when they were first released.
I enjoyed the jazz-flavored tracks such as "Twelve O'Clock Flight," "Ready Set Go," and "Give Me Time." The tracks with Vic Damone are delightful, especially "Yes, Yes, Yes." The songs in the CD, except for the last few, are songs from the 1940s and are sung in that distinctive 1940's style. "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" is a 1949 cover record of the Bing Crosby hit. The next year he covered Patti's million selling record, "All My Love."
Bernie Wayne's "Sentimental Music," of all Patti's single records, is just about the most commercial sounding one that never quite became a hit. Unfortunately, it happened to be on the flip side of the hit, "Would I Love You." It may have become a two-sided hit if her next record, "Mockingbird Hill," were not released so soon after it.
These recordings represent an interesting and important part of Patti's long recording career. It's great that someone has put them together in one CD that I hope is available to fans for years to come."
Track Listings (26) - Disc #1