Patti Page was born Clara Ann Fowler in Oklahoma in 1927. She began herprofessional singing career at KTUL, a Tulsa radio station. Since theprogram was sponsored by Page Milk, she adopted the moniker Patti Page,and it stuck. Patti toured the US in the late 1940s with Jimmy Joy, andnotably sang with theBenny Goodman band in Chicago. In 1950 she recorded"With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming", her first platinum-sellingrecord. In 1951 her rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz" became thebiggest hit of her career. It was #1 on the Billboard charts and stayedthere for 30 weeks; over the years it would sell 10 million copies.Patti was the best-selling female vocalist of the 1950s, and was wildlypopular all through the 1960s. She got national exposure on TV shows,appearing on such top-rated television programs asThe Dean Martin Show (1965). In 1968 sherecorded what some consider her signature song, "Have a Little Faithand Love Will Come to You." Patti continued to thrill fans for decades.In 1999 she received a Grammy for her "Live at Carnegie Hall" album, acompilation from her 50th-anniversary concert. Patti has millions offans, and we can live by the words of her famous song: "Beyond theclouds the sky is always blue / Have a little faith and love will cometo you."