78 RPM - Patti Page - Confess / Twelve O'Clock Flight - Mercury - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Patti Page
Label:	Mercury
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	5129
Date:	May 1948
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Patti Page	Confess	Benjamin, Weiss	8.0 Rate
B	Patti Page	Twelve O'Clock Flight	Melis, Hubbard	Rate

Notes

Both sides: and the George Barnes Trio

A mx: 1361. Recorded December 3, 1947.
B mx: 1490; Recorded December 26, 1947.

Billboard, Jun. 5, 1948, p. 24: Mercury ad.
Billboard, Jun. 19, 1948, p. 46: Record Possibilities – The Disk Jockeys Pick (week ending June 11).
Billboard, Jul. 10, 1948, p. 24: Best-Selling Popular Retail Records (week ending June 2).

First example of a record with multi-tracking (i.e., a vocalist accompanying herself).
First reached the Billboard charts on July 2, 1948, lasting 10 weeks and peaking at #12.

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Comments and Reviews


BigBadBluesMan 5th Apr 2015



BigBadBluesMan 5th Apr 2015



Jock_Girl 7th Feb 2013		Recorded in late 1947 and released in 1948 this went into the Billboard top 15. It was her first release for Mercury and due to lack of background singers featured her voice overdubbed so that she sang with herself. This became her trademark style.