Patsy Garrett a dance recital at age four, Garrett had her own children's radio show in Richmond, Virginia by age seven. At the age of seventeen, Garrett was a regular on Fred Waring's national radio show ""Pleasure Time"" as a comic singer from 1938 to 1945. During this time, she was approached by Cole Porter to promote a ballad ("Begin the Beguine") which he had written for a new musical. In 1981, Garrett was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award recognizing her achievements within the entertainment industry as a child actress and singer. In
The Best Days of My Life songs from the album was also released in 1979. From the liner notes for the 2014 CD release: This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set "" also included "I Never Said I Love You". From the liner notes for "": Rudy Vallee was the first artist to make the charts in "Billboard" magazine with "As Time Goes By" when he took the song to number 15 in 1931, but after the song was featured in the film "Casablanca" his recording was reissued and spent four weeks at number one in 1943. "Begin the Beguine" was first