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Patsy Cline
12 Greatest Hits
MCA Records
MCAD-12
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1. Walkin' After Midnight
(Don Hecht - Alan Block)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
2. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
(Don Gibson)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, vibraphone
Recorded 2/5/63
3. Crazy
(Willie Nelson)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano and organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Recorded 8/21/61
4. I Fall To Pieces
(Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Hank Garland, electric guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Ben Keith, steel guitar
Doug Kirkham, drums
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 11/16/60
5. So Wrong
(Carl Perkins)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Joe Jenkins, acoustic bass
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Recorded 2/28/62
6. Strange
(Mel Tillis - Fred Burch)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
7. Back In Baby's Arms
(Bob Montgomery)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, organ
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 9/10/62
8. She's Got You
(Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, organ
Recorded 12/17/61
9. Faded Love
(John Wills - Bob Wills)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Floyd Cramer, piano
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Recorded 2/4/63
10. Why Can't He Be You
(Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pib" Robbins, piano
Rita Faye Wilson, autoharp
Recorded 9/5/62
11. You're Stronger Than Me
(Hank Cochran - Jimmy Key)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
12. Leavin' On Your Mind
(Wayne Walker)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pib" Robbins, piano
Rita Faye Wilson, autoharp
Recorded 9/5/62
Strings on A2, 5 and B1, 3, 6
All selections previously released
Also available on album and cassette
Produced by Owen Bradley
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Patsy Cline isn't just a name fleetingly mentioned in the history of country music - she's an entire chapter, all by herself.
Hers is the country-blues voice that shall never be stilled, for there are many albums to keep Patsy's remarkable compassion-in-song with us forever. But this one has been purposefully designed to be treasured above all the others: this, more than any of those albums which have gone before it, brings you a classic collection of the songs which were unquestionably her greatest.
Walkin' After Midnight is remembered as the first record to call worldwide attention to Patsy, although many of us had known her, adored her, for years before the world at large became aware of the towering talent she possessed. Walkin' After Midnight did not make her a full-fledged star until the Spring of 1957, but there are those folks who were lucky enough to have first heard her in 1948 and to have followed her career through appearances on such shows as the "Old Dominion Barn Dance," "Louisiana Hayride," "The Big D Jamboree," "Ozark Jubilee," the "Jimmy Dean Show" of the mid-1950's and, finally, as the peak of her performing lifetime was reached, on the "Grand Ole Opry."
Crazy, I Fall To Pieces and She's Got You - all of which are featured in this album, of course - were three of the highest points of Patsy's stardom. But, for those who can honestly count themselves among her most loyal admirers, those three were no finer examples of her ability to arouse her audiences than the lesser know So Wrong, Faded Love and You're Stronger Than Me.
She has left us also the magic touch of her blues treatment of Sweet Dreams (Of You) and Back In Baby's Arms, and of a song that many find to be the most appealing of any she ever sang, Leavin' On Your Mind.
Owen Bradley, Red Foley, Arthur Godfrey and, in fact, every person who gave Patsy's budding career a boost felt compelled to do so, because each recognized from the very first moment she sang for him that hers was an exceptional voice that had to be given the opportunity for a wider audience. And yet it was not the voice alone, more important, they knew, it was the heart of this girl which made the songs she sang have such an overpowering effect on all who listened.
The Patsy Cline enshrined in the hearts of our generation will go on and on gathering tens of thousands of new admirers in the years to come. Many who are too young to have watched her rise to fame will discover Patsy for the first time in this collection of her hits. Here they will hear twelve of the greatest reasons why her name has earned far more than just passing mention in the annals of country blues ... why hers is an entire chapter in country music history, all by itself.
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Patsy Cline set a new standard for women in country music. Although her brief recording career lasted only eight years, Cline influenced Loretta Lynn, Dottie West, Reba McEntire, and many other vocalists who followed her. The country music establishment acknowledged Cline's achievement when, in 1973, she became the first woman elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo act. That honor came on the strength of the songs included in this collection of her Greatest Hits.
When Patsy Cline made her first recordings in 1955, Kitty Wells reigned as the top female entertainer in the male-dominated country field. But Wells stayed close to her traditional country roots at a time when country music executives began to understand that the most talented artists on their rosters had a reasonable chance of pop success if only they would replace the regional twang of hard country with a more urbane, cosmopolitan sound.
Producer Owen Bradley (a future Hall-Of-Famer himself), worked with Cline throughout her career to develop her own version of the commercially successful Nashville Sound. Cline recorded all of the songs on this album in a series of hit-producing sessions with Bradley that came after she signed an exclusive Decca recording contract in late 1960. (The version of "Walkin' After Midnight" included here is a re-recorded version, cut in 1961, of her big 1957 pop/country hit.)
Of the twelve titles on this record, seven climbed into the top ten on the country charts, and nine managed to register on the pop charts, no small feat for a "country singer." Listening to the collection again years later, Cline's smoothly expressive voice, cradled in Bradley's sophisticated settings, transcends stylistic labels. This album was first released in March 1967, four years after Cline's death. Now, as then, it stands as the finest collection of songs by one of the premier singers, male or female, in the history of American pop music.
Jay Orr, Country Music Foundation
Don Roy, Nashville, TN
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1932 - Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, September 8, 1932, in Gore, Virginia near Winchester.
1948 or 47 - Auditions for disc jockey Joltin' Jim McCoy at radio station WINC, Winchester. Wins a regular spot on McCoy's Saturday broadcast.
1948 - Catches the ear of Wally Fowler when Fowler brings his Oak Ridge Quartet to the Palace Theater in Winchester. Fowler invites Cline to Nashville to audition for WSM radio.
Cline travels to Nashville, auditions for Opry talent manager Jim Denny, but does not receive an immediate offer for employment. Returns to the clubs and taverns around Winchester.
1954 - Wins first prize in the Warrenton, Virginia National Country Music Championships, sponsored by Washington, D.C. promoter Connie B. Gay. Joins Gay's radio broadcast, Town and Country Time from Washington.
September 30, signs her first recording contract with Bill McCall, owner of Four Star Records. McCall in turn works out a leasing and distribution arrangement with Paul Cohen and Decca Records.
1955 - June 1, has her first recording session in Nashville. Owen Bradley produces.
July 1, makes a guest appearance with Ernest Tubb on the Ralston-Purina portion of the Grand Ole Opry. Many guest spots follow.
1957 - Audience responds enthusiastically to her performance of "Walkin' After Midnight" on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts sow, January 21. "Walkin' After Midnight" becomes a #three country hit, and a #twelve pop hit. Releases her first Decca LP, Patsy Cline (DL 8611), 8/5/57.
1960 - January 9, becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Moves to Nashville. November 16, records "I Fall To Pieces" in her first session under new contract with Decca.
1961 - June 14, suffers serious injuries in a car accident near home in Madison, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb. "I Fall To Pieces" becomes her first #1 country hit.
1961 / 1962 - Releases a string of hits including "Crazy," "She's Got You," and "When I Get Through With You." Releases her second and third LPs, Showcase (DL 4202), 11/27/61 and Sentimentally Yours (DL 4282), 8/6/62.
1963 - March 5, enroute back to Nashville following a benefit concert in Kansas City, Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and Cline's Manager, Randy Hughes, die in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee.
1973 - Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. The first woman to receive that honor as a solo act.
1985 - Sweet Dreams, a feature length film biography, released.
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*cassette & CD only
**album & cassette only
+cassette only
#CD only
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Remastered and transferred to digital by Glenn Meadows, Milan Bogdan, Jim Loyd and Benny Quinn
Art Direction: Simon Levy/Virginia Team
Design: Jerry Joyner
Front Cover Photo: Les Leverett
Tinting: Charlie McCallen
Patsy Cline International Fan Club
P.O. Box 244
Boston, Mass 02125
(c) 1988 MCA Records, Inc.
MCAD-12
To buy this album from Amazon.com, click here: Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits
This collection is not available via iTunes, but suitable collections exist.
__________________________________________________
Patsy Cline
12 Greatest Hits
MCA Records
MCAD-12
__________________________________________________
1. Walkin' After Midnight
(Don Hecht - Alan Block)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
2. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
(Don Gibson)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, vibraphone
Recorded 2/5/63
3. Crazy
(Willie Nelson)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano and organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Recorded 8/21/61
4. I Fall To Pieces
(Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Hank Garland, electric guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Ben Keith, steel guitar
Doug Kirkham, drums
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 11/16/60
5. So Wrong
(Carl Perkins)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Joe Jenkins, acoustic bass
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Recorded 2/28/62
6. Strange
(Mel Tillis - Fred Burch)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
7. Back In Baby's Arms
(Bob Montgomery)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, organ
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 9/10/62
8. She's Got You
(Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, piano
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Bill Pursell, organ
Recorded 12/17/61
9. Faded Love
(John Wills - Bob Wills)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Floyd Cramer, piano
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Recorded 2/4/63
10. Why Can't He Be You
(Hank Cochran)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pib" Robbins, piano
Rita Faye Wilson, autoharp
Recorded 9/5/62
11. You're Stronger Than Me
(Hank Cochran - Jimmy Key)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Floyd Cramer, organ
Buddy Harman, drums
Walter Haynes, steel guitar
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, piano
Recorded 8/25/61
12. Leavin' On Your Mind
(Wayne Walker)
Patsy Cline, vocal
Jordanaires:
Gordon Stoker
Hoyt Hawkins
Ray Walker and Neal Matthews, Jr., backing vocals
Harold Bradley, electric bass
Ray Edenton, rhythm guitar
Buddy Harman, drums
Randy Hughes, rhythm guitar
Grady Martin, electric guitar
Bob Moore, acoustic bass
Hargus "Pib" Robbins, piano
Rita Faye Wilson, autoharp
Recorded 9/5/62
Strings on A2, 5 and B1, 3, 6
All selections previously released
Also available on album and cassette
Produced by Owen Bradley
__________________________________________________
Patsy Cline isn't just a name fleetingly mentioned in the history of country music - she's an entire chapter, all by herself.
Hers is the country-blues voice that shall never be stilled, for there are many albums to keep Patsy's remarkable compassion-in-song with us forever. But this one has been purposefully designed to be treasured above all the others: this, more than any of those albums which have gone before it, brings you a classic collection of the songs which were unquestionably her greatest.
Walkin' After Midnight is remembered as the first record to call worldwide attention to Patsy, although many of us had known her, adored her, for years before the world at large became aware of the towering talent she possessed. Walkin' After Midnight did not make her a full-fledged star until the Spring of 1957, but there are those folks who were lucky enough to have first heard her in 1948 and to have followed her career through appearances on such shows as the "Old Dominion Barn Dance," "Louisiana Hayride," "The Big D Jamboree," "Ozark Jubilee," the "Jimmy Dean Show" of the mid-1950's and, finally, as the peak of her performing lifetime was reached, on the "Grand Ole Opry."
Crazy, I Fall To Pieces and She's Got You - all of which are featured in this album, of course - were three of the highest points of Patsy's stardom. But, for those who can honestly count themselves among her most loyal admirers, those three were no finer examples of her ability to arouse her audiences than the lesser know So Wrong, Faded Love and You're Stronger Than Me.
She has left us also the magic touch of her blues treatment of Sweet Dreams (Of You) and Back In Baby's Arms, and of a song that many find to be the most appealing of any she ever sang, Leavin' On Your Mind.
Owen Bradley, Red Foley, Arthur Godfrey and, in fact, every person who gave Patsy's budding career a boost felt compelled to do so, because each recognized from the very first moment she sang for him that hers was an exceptional voice that had to be given the opportunity for a wider audience. And yet it was not the voice alone, more important, they knew, it was the heart of this girl which made the songs she sang have such an overpowering effect on all who listened.
The Patsy Cline enshrined in the hearts of our generation will go on and on gathering tens of thousands of new admirers in the years to come. Many who are too young to have watched her rise to fame will discover Patsy for the first time in this collection of her hits. Here they will hear twelve of the greatest reasons why her name has earned far more than just passing mention in the annals of country blues ... why hers is an entire chapter in country music history, all by itself.
__________________________________________________
Patsy Cline set a new standard for women in country music. Although her brief recording career lasted only eight years, Cline influenced Loretta Lynn, Dottie West, Reba McEntire, and many other vocalists who followed her. The country music establishment acknowledged Cline's achievement when, in 1973, she became the first woman elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo act. That honor came on the strength of the songs included in this collection of her Greatest Hits.
When Patsy Cline made her first recordings in 1955, Kitty Wells reigned as the top female entertainer in the male-dominated country field. But Wells stayed close to her traditional country roots at a time when country music executives began to understand that the most talented artists on their rosters had a reasonable chance of pop success if only they would replace the regional twang of hard country with a more urbane, cosmopolitan sound.
Producer Owen Bradley (a future Hall-Of-Famer himself), worked with Cline throughout her career to develop her own version of the commercially successful Nashville Sound. Cline recorded all of the songs on this album in a series of hit-producing sessions with Bradley that came after she signed an exclusive Decca recording contract in late 1960. (The version of "Walkin' After Midnight" included here is a re-recorded version, cut in 1961, of her big 1957 pop/country hit.)
Of the twelve titles on this record, seven climbed into the top ten on the country charts, and nine managed to register on the pop charts, no small feat for a "country singer." Listening to the collection again years later, Cline's smoothly expressive voice, cradled in Bradley's sophisticated settings, transcends stylistic labels. This album was first released in March 1967, four years after Cline's death. Now, as then, it stands as the finest collection of songs by one of the premier singers, male or female, in the history of American pop music.
Jay Orr, Country Music Foundation
Don Roy, Nashville, TN
__________________________________________________
Chronology
1932 - Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, September 8, 1932, in Gore, Virginia near Winchester.
1948 or 47 - Auditions for disc jockey Joltin' Jim McCoy at radio station WINC, Winchester. Wins a regular spot on McCoy's Saturday broadcast.
1948 - Catches the ear of Wally Fowler when Fowler brings his Oak Ridge Quartet to the Palace Theater in Winchester. Fowler invites Cline to Nashville to audition for WSM radio.
Cline travels to Nashville, auditions for Opry talent manager Jim Denny, but does not receive an immediate offer for employment. Returns to the clubs and taverns around Winchester.
1954 - Wins first prize in the Warrenton, Virginia National Country Music Championships, sponsored by Washington, D.C. promoter Connie B. Gay. Joins Gay's radio broadcast, Town and Country Time from Washington.
September 30, signs her first recording contract with Bill McCall, owner of Four Star Records. McCall in turn works out a leasing and distribution arrangement with Paul Cohen and Decca Records.
1955 - June 1, has her first recording session in Nashville. Owen Bradley produces.
July 1, makes a guest appearance with Ernest Tubb on the Ralston-Purina portion of the Grand Ole Opry. Many guest spots follow.
1957 - Audience responds enthusiastically to her performance of "Walkin' After Midnight" on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts sow, January 21. "Walkin' After Midnight" becomes a #three country hit, and a #twelve pop hit. Releases her first Decca LP, Patsy Cline (DL 8611), 8/5/57.
1960 - January 9, becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Moves to Nashville. November 16, records "I Fall To Pieces" in her first session under new contract with Decca.
1961 - June 14, suffers serious injuries in a car accident near home in Madison, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb. "I Fall To Pieces" becomes her first #1 country hit.
1961 / 1962 - Releases a string of hits including "Crazy," "She's Got You," and "When I Get Through With You." Releases her second and third LPs, Showcase (DL 4202), 11/27/61 and Sentimentally Yours (DL 4282), 8/6/62.
1963 - March 5, enroute back to Nashville following a benefit concert in Kansas City, Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and Cline's Manager, Randy Hughes, die in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee.
1973 - Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. The first woman to receive that honor as a solo act.
1985 - Sweet Dreams, a feature length film biography, released.
__________________________________________________
Other Patsy Cline Catalogue Available on MCA Records, HiQ cassettes and Compact Digital Discs
Patsy Cline
Greatest Hits - MCA-12
Patsy Cline Showcase - MCA-87
Sentimentally Yours - MCA-90
A Portrait of Patsy Cline - MCA-224
Country Great* - MCAC-736
Here's Patsy Cline - MCA-738
Stop, Look & Listen - MCA-1440
The Patsy Cline Story** - MCA2-4038
Songwriter's Tribute - MCA-25019
Always - MCA-27069
The Last Sessions - MCA-25199
Live At The Opry - MCA-42142
Patsy Cline - MCA-25200
Sweet Dreams - MCA-6149
Sentimentally Yours/Showcase - MCAC-38015+
A Portrait of Patsy Cline/Country Great - MCAC-38018+
Commemorative CD Set:
(Greatest Hits/Last Sessions & Live At The Opry) - MCAD2-8925
Patsy Cline / Jim Reeves
Remembering - MCA-1467
Greatest Hits - MCA-12
Patsy Cline Showcase - MCA-87
Sentimentally Yours - MCA-90
A Portrait of Patsy Cline - MCA-224
Country Great* - MCAC-736
Here's Patsy Cline - MCA-738
Stop, Look & Listen - MCA-1440
The Patsy Cline Story** - MCA2-4038
Songwriter's Tribute - MCA-25019
Always - MCA-27069
The Last Sessions - MCA-25199
Live At The Opry - MCA-42142
Patsy Cline - MCA-25200
Sweet Dreams - MCA-6149
Sentimentally Yours/Showcase - MCAC-38015+
A Portrait of Patsy Cline/Country Great - MCAC-38018+
Commemorative CD Set:
(Greatest Hits/Last Sessions & Live At The Opry) - MCAD2-8925
Patsy Cline / Jim Reeves
Remembering - MCA-1467
*cassette & CD only
**album & cassette only
+cassette only
#CD only
__________________________________________________
Remastered and transferred to digital by Glenn Meadows, Milan Bogdan, Jim Loyd and Benny Quinn
Art Direction: Simon Levy/Virginia Team
Design: Jerry Joyner
Front Cover Photo: Les Leverett
Tinting: Charlie McCallen
Patsy Cline International Fan Club
P.O. Box 244
Boston, Mass 02125
(c) 1988 MCA Records, Inc.
MCAD-12
