In March of 1972, I was 20 years old and in school at North Texas State University in the great jazz program there. During that time, I got a call to play a two-week tour with Patti Page. I really needed the money, so I was able to arrange my schedule to do the tour, make a little money, and then go back to school. Patti was 45 years old at the time as I recall. And all I knew about her were her two hits, The Tennessee Waltz and How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? So, I expected the tour to be dull and lacking in musical integrity. I was far too hip, you see, as an aspiring modern jazz musician playing in one of the top bands at one of the top jazz schools in the world to take seriously some pop star who had recorded some silly tunes in the 1950s. Man, was I wrong. Was I ever so ridiculously wrong! During the first rehearsal, the arrangements turned out to be very hip and featured many really beautifully composed standard songs that I had never heard Patti sing. Patti did sing her hits, for sure, but she did very much more than that - and sounded so damn good! Patti was a lot of fun be with, too! She was like one of the guys after our performances and spent a lot of time with us. She was a gem. At the end of that tour, I found myself wondering if there was any song from The American Songbook that Patti didn’t know. She seemed to know so many. And she sang them all so beautifully. And when she first sang this song, "Stars Fell On Alabama", as we accompanied her, she won us over and gained our unequivocal respect. Never again after that tour did I underestimate anyone from the world of pop music when I happened to get a gig with them. Patti changed my young mind about that forever. When I got the news that Patti died on New Year’s day, 2013, tears welled up in my eyes. But, in large measure, they were tears of gratitude for what I had learned from her about how never to prejudge or underestimate anyone in the world of music. Artistic greatness can come from anywhere. It was such a surprise and such a joy when I was a very young man to hear it flow continuously from the voice of the sweet and endearingly ingenuous Patti Page.

@thomassweeney1258

Жыл бұрын

Great tribute.

@edwingalson5506

Жыл бұрын

A heartfelt a well deserved tribute! I am glad that you allowed her magic to touch your heart

@MAY051260

7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

The world really was a beautiful place once. Thank you for posting this.

She's so glamourous and elegant!

She is incredible! I love her voice!

I love Patti Page.

One of the most beautiful interpretations of this magnificent song

About as well as that beautiful song can be sung.

So classy!

Wow, she´s adorable!

Beautiful voice and wow understand every word

I'm trying to listen to various renditions of this lovlely song, and this is my favourite so far. And Patti was new to me as well, must Google.

@MiaHessMusic

4 жыл бұрын

@Christer Alback, she is awesome! so many great hits!

@elperroreggae

4 жыл бұрын

Sinatra's, in my book.

@oceanlover3530

Жыл бұрын

This was good, but my favorite is by Doris Day. ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

@MrRickkeena

Жыл бұрын

The incident of the meteor coming down and hitting that woman only happened a couple of years earlier, too. Nov. 30,1954. Mitchell Parrish wrote a classic.

She had a beautiful voice everything she sang was a hit everybody loved patti

Ah yes!--------- "Pretty Patty Page"

Love her singing and this song. Brings tears to my eyes, from old memories. Thanks for the posting.

@h.calvert7443

5 жыл бұрын

blue45bj So glad for your happy memories! They really give you something to cling to, don't they? 💖

@paulf4358

3 жыл бұрын

She was horrible

Beautifull usa song the Best on the world 1:50 the

Thanks for posting this look at the past.

This is a lovely rendition of the song. Her singing is romantic and soulful without any frills. The only thing is that "Stars Fell on Alabama" always calls for me a picture of rustic beauty, whereas the word "glamour" coming from her diamond-studded face makes the word seem so high-brow.

Gantt, Alabama. My sweet home is on the banks of the Conecuh River.

@bruceb5481

4 ай бұрын

Tuscaloosa on Black Warrier.

Yes indeed! Pretty Patty Page!

@Elk999us

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom...No,Page was billed as:" Patti Page,the singing rage"..."Pretty" was:" Pretty Kitty Kallen"..Ms. Page was quite pretty,herself..

Stars Fell On Alabama" We lived our little drama We kissed in a field of white And stars fell on Alabama Last night I can't forget the glamor Your eyes held a tender light While stars fell on Alabama Last night I never planned in my imagination A situation so heavenly A fairy land where no one else could enter And in the center just you and me My heart beat like a hammer My arms wound around you tight And stars fell on Alabama Last night We lived our drama We kissed in a field of white And stars fell on Alabama Last night I can't forget the glamor Your eyes held a tender light And stars fractured 'Bama Last night I never planned in my imagination A situation so heavenly A fairy land where no one else could enter And in the center just you and me My heart beat just like a hammer Arms wound around you tight While stars fell on Alabama Last night

@utyeissamoruta4942

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Lyrics :D

I love her voice.

One and only, The great Patti Page....

A silly song beautifully sung by Patti Page.. she was such a natural for television.. great sense of pitch.. rich full-bodied lows and crystal-clear highs..

@kaliyuddha

Жыл бұрын

Song was inspired by extraordinary meteor shower in XIX c.

My parents loved Patti Page.

No one can sing any song smoother

She was simply the best of her tribe !

Wow' moved to tears

2021 brought me here and I'm thankful. WOOSH!

Such heavenly elegance in those days

The rage of the age that was our patty

A beautiful song for the greatest and most beautiful state

love this!

I never heard her before and I love it!

@bruceb5481

8 ай бұрын

I've loved Patti since I was 10 and I'm 82.

@Grapesforeeeeeeeee

8 ай бұрын

@@bruceb5481 wow! 🤩 I love her music. I think I have heard of her now but it’s been years since I heard her music

Such a beautiful melody, just perfect! Thank you....

Beautiful

the othere day we had 4h and she turned on that song bacause we were learning about it nd when she turnded it on we all dyed lauphing

Beautiful!

The Lennon Sisters sang this song on The Lawrence Welk Show (in four part harmony) and they have stated that they patterned their performance on this rendition.

Favorite version

Oh those fabulous fifties 🥰

@whalesong999

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, what a mixture of feelings, this song bumped me today from an episode of "In The Heat Of The Night" sung by Carroll O'Connor to another character, late in the program. I was a teen in the '50s and recall how romantic and memorable it was then and Mr. O'Connor did it justice, nice voice.

Why don't they maje music like this anymore

seems like such a sweet lady ... i wish i could meet her :)

No wonder she was the top-selling female singer of the 1950s

que bonita 🤎

Espetacular

Who came because of Paper Town?

@cjcostales8386

4 жыл бұрын

Me

@yorname3675

3 жыл бұрын

I did

@DashieXPs_Son

Жыл бұрын

Me

This presumably inspired Stars Fell on Stockton by The Shadows (though they said they could have called it Moonlight on Wigan lol)

@glennmarshall2088

3 жыл бұрын

Very good. ! I like it....

but she is in tune - quite an advantage I feel

the orchestral accompaniment is sugary, cloying. Patti is beautiful and has a voice of extraordinary beauty. I listen to her with great pleasure despite the exaggerated sentimentality😍👍(Patti)👎😕(orchestra)

Did Patti ever record this song? - I cannot find it anywhere.

@ImagedaeusVideoProductions

6 жыл бұрын

Hello William, yes, Patti did record this song in 1953. It was released as part of an EP Mercury album of 4 songs. Then released again on a full 12 inch album entitled "Page One" Mercury MG-20095 Oct / 1955, but never on CD. I do believe it was released on a compilation cassette tape circa 1990's in the greatest hits genre. Check your local vinyl record store, Best regards!

How can she even breathe in that dress let alone sing

@georgebates3074

7 жыл бұрын

Shipidy Ship

@davidreidenberg9941

5 жыл бұрын

Pre recorded

@sandraargo8382

3 жыл бұрын

Look at that waistline!

im in love. im 4teen Years old. wth is happening

@h.calvert7443

5 жыл бұрын

Aninha Souza Welcome to the quality music of the 1940's - 1950's! Check out Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Judy Garland --- just to get started! Then Jo Stafford, Julie London, Dinah Shore --- I could go on & on! But if you like this song & this singer, you should like them. Have fun! 🎤🎵🎶🎼🎹🎷🎺🎻

Get rid of the crazy inaccurate subtitles . They are a distraction from a beautiful song .

Idiots only look at the dress. Listen to the melody and lyrics to appreciate music.

@h.calvert7443

5 жыл бұрын

Vikrom Suebsaeng You have to be a woman to understand the comment about the dress. It is made in awestruck admiration, because WE know what she just did! Am I right, ladies? 👠 👗👠