Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits

by Patsy Cline

Overview

Four years after her tragic death in a place crash at the age of 30, Patsy Cline was still one of the best-loved female vocalists in country music, and in 1967 Decca Records, the label that released the bulk of her hits, responded with this album, a collection of 12 of her most popular songs. There isn't anything particularly artful about the way this album was compiled or designed, but Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits certainly delivers what its title promises: these were most certainly the most popular tunes Cline cut during her tenure with Decca, and every one is a stunner, with Cline's rich, powerful voice gliding over the polished and evocative production by Owen Bradley. Cline and Bradley didn't invent "countrypolitan," but precious few artists managed to meld the sophistication of pop and the emotional honesty of country as brilliantly as this music accomplishes with seemingly effortless grace, and these songs still sound fresh and brilliantly crafted decades after the fact. This isn't the most thorough of the literally dozens of Patsy Cline collections on the market, and it isn't the best, but this was one of the first efforts to sum up her career in the years after her passing, and in 33 minutes it makes an airtight case that Cline was one of the finest and most versatile singers to ever step before a microphone. No small accomplishment, that. [In 1988, this collection was remastered and repackaged under the title 12 Greatest Hits.] ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	07/22/2016
Label:	Universal / Universal Music
UPC:	0602547906793
Rank:	3768

Tracks

1. Walkin' After Midnight
2. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
3. Crazy
4. I Fall to Pieces
5. So Wrong
6. Strange
7. Back in Baby's Arms
8. She's Got You
9. Faded Love
10. Why Can't He Be You
11. You're Stronger Than Me
12. Leavin' on Your Mind

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patsy Cline   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ray Walker   Vocals (Background)
Doug Kirkham   Drums
Bill Pursell   Organ,Vibraphone
The Jordanaires   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ben Keith   Guitar (Steel)
Ray Edenton   Guitar (Rhythm)
Hoyt Hawkins   Vocals (Background)
Harold Bradley   Bass (Electric)
Buddy Harman   Drums
Gordon Stoker   Vocals (Background)
Hank Garland   Guitar (Electric)
Floyd Cramer   Organ,Piano
Grady Martin   Guitar (Electric)
Walter Haynes   Guitar (Steel)
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Millie Kirkham   Vocals (Background)
Randy Hughes   Guitar (Rhythm)
Rita Faye Wilson   Autoharp
Bob Moore   Bass (Acoustic)
Neal Matthews, Jr.   Vocals (Background)
Joe Jenkins   Bass (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Willie Nelson   Composer
Fred B. Burch   Composer
Bob Wills   Composer
Fred Burch   Composer
Don Hecht   Composer
Don Gibson   Composer
John Willis   Composer
Webb Pierce   Composer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Jimmy Key   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Wayne P. Walker   Composer
Alan Block   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer
John Wills   Composer
Ryan Smith   Mastering
Hank Cochran   Composer
Bob Montgomery   Composer