1950 hit Te n n e s s e e Wa l t z topped the
US charts for months, has died after suffering a congestive heart failure in a nursing home in Southern California on Tuesday. She was 85.
Nicknamed ‘The Singing Rage’, she sold more than 100 million albums in her 67-year career, which also included 1950s chart toppers (H o w M u c h I s T h a t ) D o g g i e i n t h e W i n d o w, I We n t t o Yo u r We d d i n g , a n d A l l M y L o v e ( B o l e r o ). Her manager Michael Glynn said that she had been having some health issues for the past couple of years, it was reported. Page won a Grammy for her 1998 album L i v e a t C a r n e g i e H a l l : T h e 5 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y C o n c e r t and was to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Grammy in February. She had expected to attend the ceremony, Glynn said. Page was born in Oklahoma as Clara Ann Fowler in 1927and her first big hit was W i t h M y E y e s W i d e O p e n , I ’ m D r e a m i n g, which peaked at No. 11 on the charts in 1950. Eight years later, she scored her penultimate top-10 song, L e f t R i g h t O u t o f Yo u r H e a r t. She got married thrice, most recently in 1990. She is survived by her two children, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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