Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits

Infobox Album
Name = Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits
Type = greatest hits
Artist = Patsy Cline


Released = March 13, 1967
1988
September 9, 2003
Recorded = November 16, 1960 – February 7, 1963
Genre = country pop
Length = 32:36
Label = Decca
Producer = Owen Bradley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfqxqq5ld6e link]
* CD Universe Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1103031/a/Greatest+Hits.htm# Link]
Last album = "That's How a Heartache Begins"
(1965)
This album = "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits"
(1967)
Next album = "Songwriter's Tribute"
(1969)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 1988 "12 Greatest Hits" cover
Type = compilation


Lower caption = When this album was digitally remastered in a CD format in 1988, the cover was changed, as well as the title, "12 Greatest Hits."

"Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" is a compilation consisting of American country pop music singer, Patsy Cline's greatest hits. The album consists of Cline's biggest hits between 1957 and 1963. It is one of the biggest selling albums in the United States by any female country music artist.

Background

"Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" was released by Patsy Cline's record label five years after death in 1967, Decca Records. The album contains among its twelve tracks, seven of Cline's Top 10 country hits between 1957 and 1963. cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfqxqq5ld6e|title=Album review for "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits"|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2008-09-27] The album was reissued on MCA Records in 1973. In 1988, the album was reissued again on a CD format with a different cover art and was retitled "12 Greatest Hits." In 2003, the album was digitally remastered and was reissued under MCA records again with the original 1967 cover art. [cite web|url=http://patsycline.info/records/dl-74854.html|title="Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" album profile|publisher="Patsy Cline.info"|accessdate=2008-09-27] Bob Ludwig digitally remastered the album in 2003, making the album sound smoother in sound than it originally did before. cite web|url=http://www.soundstage.com/music/reviews/rev550.htm|title="Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits"|last=Taylor|first=Joseph|publisher="SoundStage!.com"|accessdate=2008-09-27]

Chart performance & record sales

In 1967, the original album release debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. After the album was digitally remastered and reissued under the title, "12 Greatest Hits," the album charted again on the Top Country Albums chart at #27. No singles were spawned from the album.

The album is currently in Guiness World Book of Records for staying the most weeks on the US Country Chart by a female artist. The album was still on the chart in 2001, 722 weeks after it originally entered the charts. . [(2002). In "Guinness World Book of Records 2002". Antonia Cunnginham, Managing editor. Barecelona, Spain: Guiness World Records Ltd. p. 149.] In 2005, the album sold 10 million copies in the United States, receiving a certification of 10× Multi-Platinum or Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" was the largest-selling album by a female country artist up until Shania Twain's "The Woman in Me" sold 12 million copies in the United States. [cite web|url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/shaniatwain/a/blshania_bio.htm|title=Shania Twain biography|last=Fabian|first=Shelly|publisher="about.com"|accessdate=2008-09-27]

Individual tracks

The album includes Cline's best-known hits, "I Fall to Pieces", "Crazy," and "She's Got You." It also the 1961 remake of her her original 1957 hit, "Walkin' After Midnight." The album covers her additional three Top 10 hits shortly following her death, "Leavin' on Your Mind," "Sweet Dreams (Of You)," and "Faded Love." The album also includes the B-side of "She's Got You", "Strange," as well two additional B-sides, "You're Stronger Than Me," (B-side "So Wrong") and "Why Can't He Be You," who's A-side is not included on this album. Two of Cline's hits were remakes; "Sweet Dreams" was written and made famous originally by Don Gibson and "Faded Love" was originally recorded by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys.

Track listing

1967 & 1973 original LP version

Side 1

#"Walkin' After Midnight" – 2:00 (Don Hecht, Alan Block)
#"Sweet Dreams (Of You)" – 2:33 (Don Gibson)
#"Crazy" – 2:41 (Willie Nelson)
#"I Fall to Pieces" – 2:47 (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
#"So Wrong" – 2:58 (Carl Perkins)
#"Strange" – 2:10 (Fred Burch, Mel Tillis)

Side 2
#"Back in Baby's Arms" – 2:00 (Bob Montgomery)
#"She's Got You" – 2:58 (Cochran)
#"Faded Love" – 3:43 (Bob Wills, John Wills)
#"Why Can't He Be You" – 3:21 (Cochran)
#"You're Stronger Than Me" – 2:51 (Cochran, Jimmy Key)
#"Leavin' On Your Mind" – 2:34 (Wayne Walker)

1988 & 2003 CD version

The song lengths remain the same on the reissued releases.

#"Walkin' After Midnight"
#"Sweet Dreams (Of You)"
#"Crazy"
#"I Fall to Pieces"
#"So Wrong"
#"Strange"
#"Back in Baby's Arms"
#"She's Got You"
#"Faded Love"
#"Why Can't He Be You"
#"You're Stronger Than Me"
#"Leavin' on Your Mind"

Personnel

The album's tracks were recorded between November 16, 1960 and February 7, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee.

* Harold Bradley – electric bass
* Patsy Cline – vocals
* Floyd Cramer – piano, organ
* Ray Edenton – rhythm guitar
* Hank Garland – electric guitar
* Buddy Harman – drums
* Walter Haynes – steel guitar
* Randy Hughes – rhythm guitar
* Joe Jenkins – acoustic bass
* The Jordanaires – background vocals
* Doug Kirkham – drums
* Millie Kirkham – background vocals
* Grady Martin – electric guitar
* Bob Moore – acoustic bass
* Bill Pursell – organ, vibraphone
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
* Rita Faye Wilson – autoharp

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

References

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/Patsy-Clines-Greatest-Hits-Cline/dp/B0000BWVO3 Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Amazon.com profile]