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Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs

1956 compilation album by Patti Page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ7124264 ↗
Source-derived summary

Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs is a compilation album by Patti Page. It was released in October 1955 on Mercury Records. It was distributed as a vinyl LP.

This was the first album in a series of four, titled "Page 1" to "Page 4". Billboard liked this one saying (inter alia): "Mercury has a good nostalgic album series idea, with Patti Page apparently destined to cut a group of albums dedicated to songs of various decades. "Page 1" spotlights the canary's warm show-wise vocal talents on tunes from the 1930s...

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs” as 1956 compilation album by Patti Page. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1956. The account is most persuasive where Page, Most and Famous can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1956 compilation album by Patti Page. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7124264. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs primary sources, Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs archive and Page research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Page 1 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.