I’m speaking of Patti Page, who died yesterday in California. She was 85.
She came to prominence in the early 1950s; my first memory of her is her 1952 rendition of “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?” I think my parents got me that on a 45 rpm single (definition for the youngsters in the audience).
R.I.P., Ms. Page.
Yeah, How Much is that Doggie is the first song I can remember being popular. The next one I remember is the Ballad of Davy Crocket. Ah, the Fifties.
What, not the Mickey Mouse Club song?
M-I-C see you real soon K-E-Y Why? Because we like you M-O-U-S-E.