Say Wonderful Things

Say Wonderful Things was Patti Page's first album for Columbia following a long association with Mercury Records. In the early '60s, Mercury had Page record wacky albums of male rock & roll hits and country music, but Columbia set her up with adult fare and lush backing akin to Julie London's albums from the same period. Whether such a move was wise is debatable, since Page went from making minor but consistent hits to a two-year hiatus from the pop charts. The title track from Say Wonderful Things was her last hit before the drought, and it is a waltz-time ballad more in keeping with her Mercury output than the rest of the album. The other tracks include a vaguely Brazilian-sounding rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" and loads of easy listening ballads ("Days of Wine and Roses," "Moon River"). Page even makes