The former Clara Ann Fowler took her stage name when she replaced the original "Patti Page" on a program sponsored by Page Milk on a Tulsa radio station--her many pre-rock hits, including "The Tennessee Waltz," parlayed into hosting variety shows on all three original networks in the 50s--in later years she was frequently seen on nostalgia-mongering PBS pledge drive specials and was to receive a lifetime achievement Grammy next month:
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