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
It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection and "Anything Goes" in 2008's "Fallout 3" and 2015's "Fallout 4". The album was released just prior to the July 2, 2004 premier of the Cole Porter biopic "De-Lovely" starring Kevin Kline. The original 1934 version of "You're the Top" plays over the end credits. From the liner notes written by jazz critic Will Friedwald: "What's special about this collection is that the selections you will hear are of Porter's own era, the performances that he himself heard when the songs were still fresh...Yet though the range of performers is extremely diverse, they all have two things in common. First,