Confess (song) (original) (raw)
"Confess" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. The song figures in the early careers of two important female singers: 1. * In 1947, Doris Day was making a transition from a Big band singer, most recently with Les Brown, to a solo vocalist. Her first major record away from the band was a duet with Buddy Clark, with this song on one side and "Love Somebody" on the other. The record became a two-sided hit, the first two of a string of hits for Day that made her one of the top female singers in popular music. 2. * About the same time, Mercury Records was planning to record the song as a vehicle for Frankie Laine. They were persuaded instead to give the song to a young female singer, who had not, at the time, a single hit: Patti Page. Page's manager, , succee
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | "Confess" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. The song figures in the early careers of two important female singers: 1. * In 1947, Doris Day was making a transition from a Big band singer, most recently with Les Brown, to a solo vocalist. Her first major record away from the band was a duet with Buddy Clark, with this song on one side and "Love Somebody" on the other. The record became a two-sided hit, the first two of a string of hits for Day that made her one of the top female singers in popular music. 2. * About the same time, Mercury Records was planning to record the song as a vehicle for Frankie Laine. They were persuaded instead to give the song to a young female singer, who had not, at the time, a single hit: Patti Page. Page's manager, , succeeded in getting Mercury to let her record the song, but because of a low budget, a second singer could not be hired, so guitarist George Barnes (musician), whose trio accompanied Page on the record, and who had been experimenting with multi-track recording with engineer Bill Putnam, suggested that Page sing the second part as well. The novelty of her doing two voices on one record probably contributed to the song becoming a top 20 hit for her. This became not only the first of many hits for Patti Page, but the first song on which a singer did more than one track. For Patti Page, multi-tracking became a trademark of her style, while others, such as Les Paul and Mary Ford, as well as Jane Turzy, took up this practice too. The Day/Clark recording was recorded on November 21, 1947, and issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 38174, and first reached the Billboard chart on June 26, 1948, lasting 11 weeks and peaking at #16 on the chart. The Page recording was recorded on December 3, 1947, and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5129, with the flip side “Twelve O'Clock Flight” (also later as catalog number 5511), and first reached the Billboard chart on July 2, 1948, lasting 10 weeks and peaking at #12. (en) |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 2009329 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 4629 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1120341937 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Capitol_Records dbr:1947_in_music dbr:Bennie_Benjamin dbr:Big_band dbr:Bill_Putnam dbr:Decca_Records dbr:Patti_Page dbc:1948_songs dbc:Doris_Day_songs dbc:Male–female_vocal_duets dbc:Patti_Page_songs dbr:Columbia_Records dbr:Frankie_Laine dbr:George_Barnes_(musician) dbr:George_David_Weiss dbr:The_Mills_Brothers dbr:Les_Brown_(bandleader) dbr:Les_Paul dbr:Popular_music dbr:Twelfth_Street_Rag dbr:Jane_Turzy dbr:Record_chart dbr:Jimmy_Dorsey dbr:Doris_Day dbr:Mary_Ford dbr:Mercury_Records dbr:Nat_King_Cole dbc:Songs_written_by_Bennie_Benjamin dbc:Songs_written_by_George_David_Weiss dbr:MGM_Records dbr:Manor_Records dbr:Song dbr:Love_Somebody_(1947_song) dbr:Tony_Martin_(entertainer) dbr:The_Four_Tunes dbr:RCA_Victor_Records dbr:Billboard_magazine dbr:King_Cole_Trio dbr:Varsity_Records dbr:Buddy_Clark_(singer) dbr:Barbara_Brown_(1940s_singer) dbr:Jack_Rael |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Authority_control dbt:Doris_Day dbt:Reflist |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:1948_songs dbc:Doris_Day_songs dbc:Male–female_vocal_duets dbc:Patti_Page_songs dbc:Songs_written_by_Bennie_Benjamin dbc:Songs_written_by_George_David_Weiss |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Song |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing yago:WikicatVocalDuets yago:Abstraction100002137 yago:AuditoryCommunication107109019 yago:Communication100033020 yago:Couple113743605 yago:DefiniteQuantity113576101 yago:Digit113741022 yago:Integer113728499 yago:Measure100033615 yago:Music107020895 yago:MusicalComposition107037465 yago:Number113582013 dbo:Single yago:Song107048000 yago:Two113743269 yago:Wikicat1948Songs yago:WikicatDorisDaySongs |
| rdfs:comment | "Confess" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. The song figures in the early careers of two important female singers: 1. * In 1947, Doris Day was making a transition from a Big band singer, most recently with Les Brown, to a solo vocalist. Her first major record away from the band was a duet with Buddy Clark, with this song on one side and "Love Somebody" on the other. The record became a two-sided hit, the first two of a string of hits for Day that made her one of the top female singers in popular music. 2. * About the same time, Mercury Records was planning to record the song as a vehicle for Frankie Laine. They were persuaded instead to give the song to a young female singer, who had not, at the time, a single hit: Patti Page. Page's manager, , succee (en) |
| rdfs:label | Confess (song) (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:Confess (song) yago-res:Confess (song) wikidata:Confess (song) https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4i6Qt |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Confess_(song)?oldid=1120341937&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Confess_(song) |
| is dbo:subsequentWork of | dbr:Love_Somebody_(1947_song) |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Confess_(disambiguation) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:1947_in_music dbr:Bennie_Benjamin dbr:Bill_Putnam dbr:Patti_Page dbr:Deaths_in_January_2013 dbr:Doris_Day_discography dbr:Lew_Douglas dbr:Buddy_Clark dbr:Tony_Martin_(American_singer) dbr:History_of_multitrack_recording dbr:Confess_(disambiguation) dbr:List_of_songs_recorded_by_Doris_Day dbr:List_of_songs_recorded_by_Patti_Page dbr:Love_Somebody_(1947_song) dbr:Patti_Page_(album) dbr:Patti_Page_discography |
| is dbp:nextTitle of | dbr:Love_Somebody_(1947_song) |
| is dbp:title of | dbr:Patti_Page_(album) |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Confess_(song) |