Patti Page was the top-selling female singer of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold. "I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing," she said in a 1999 interview. "And things snowballed."
Page was born as Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Oklahoma. The family of three boys and eight girls moved a few years later to nearby Tulsa. She began singing professionally after graduating high school in 1945.
Clara Fowler got her stage name working at radio station KTUL, which had a 15-minute program sponsored by Page Milk Co. The regular Patti Page singer left and was replaced by Clara, who took the "Patti Page" name with her.
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