California adjoins the Pacific Ocean to the west, Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With an area of 160,000 square miles (414,000 km2), it is the third-largest state in the United States in size, after Alaska and Texas.
Patti Page, Honey-Voiced â50s Pop Sensation, Dies at 85. Patti Page, the apple-cheeked, honey-voiced alto whose sentimental, soothing, sometimes silly hits like âTennessee Waltz,â âOld Cape Codâ and â(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Windowâ made her one of the most successful pop singers of the 1950s, died on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 85.
'Tennessee Waltz' singer Patti Page dies at age 85. Unforgettable songs like Tennessee Waltz and (How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s and a star who would spend much of the rest of her life traveling the world.