Birthdays on the Tube, 8-15 November

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Birthdays on the Tube, 8-15 November

by Peter CulshawSaturday, 07 November 2009

8 November, 1927: Patti Page was the Madonna of her time, selling over 100 million records. "The Tennessee Waltz" was her biggest hit, being number one in the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Jerry Springer picked the song last week as one of his Desert Island Discs.

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