Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (album)

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Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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ReleasedMarch 1965
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Johnston
Patti Page chronology
Love After Midnight
(1964)
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1965)
Christmas with Patti Page
(1965)

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte was a studio album by Patti Page, released by Columbia Records. It was released in March 1965 as a vinyl LP. [1]

The album was reissued, combined with the 1968 Patti Page album Gentle on My Mind, in compact disc format, by Collectables Records on August 24, 1999.

Track listing

Track numberTitleSongwriter(s)
1 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Frank De Vol, Mack David
2 Try To Remember Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt
3 The Green Leaves of Summer Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster
4 Jamaica Farewell Lord Burgess
5 Croce Di Oro Kim Gannon
6Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Feet Clara Ann Fowler, Jack Rael
7 Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair Traditional
8Longing to Hold You Again Don Robertson
9 Danny Boy Frederic Weatherly
10 Can't Help Falling in Love George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
11 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal

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References

  1. Page, Patti (March 1965). "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Disc Information)". Columbia Records . CS-9153.