- A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Infobox Album
Name = A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Type = compilation
Artist =Patsy Cline
Released =June 15 ,1964
Recorded = February 28, 1962 – February 7, 1963
Genre =country pop
Length = 31:30
Label = Decca (1963)
MCA (1988)
Producer =Owen Bradley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfqxqq5ld6e link]
Last album = "The Patsy Cline Story "
(1963)
This album = "A Portrait of Patsy Cline"
(1964)
Next album = "That's How a Heartache Begins "
(1964)
Misc = Singles
Name = A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Type = Compilation
Single 1 =Faded Love
Single 1 date = August 5,1963
Single 2 = When You Need a Laugh
Single 2 date = October 28,1963
Single 3 = Your Kinda Love
Single 3 date = February 20,1964 "A Portrait of Patsy Cline" is a 1964 compilation containing lesser-known recordings by American
country music singer,Patsy Cline . The album was released June 15, 1964 onDecca Records , and would later be reissued twice by Decca's successor,MCA Records .Background
"A Portrait" contained Patsy Cline's less-familiar recordings, including Country music standards and
Pop music standards. The album's highlights includes her cover versions of "Faded Love" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfqxqq5ld6e|title="A Portrait of Patsy Cline" album review|last=Bedard|first=George|publisher=allmusic |accessdate=2008-09-29] "A Portrait of Patsy Cline" would be one of a string of posthumous released Decca and later MCA records would release. The album was released a little over a year after Cline was killed in aplane crash . The album spawned four singles that were released to country radio between 1963 and 1964, "Faded Love," (which was a Top 10 hit), "When You Need a Laugh", "Your Kinda Love," and "He Called Me Baby."In 1973, the album was reissued under MCA records (Decca's successor) and reissued and digitally remastered on a CD format by MCA again in 1988. The album was also released in the
United Kingdom byBrunswick Records in 1964, as well asAustralia andNew Zealand byFestival Records the same year. [cite web|url=http://patsycline.info/records/dl-74508.html|title="A Portrait" album profile|publisher="Patsy Cline.info"|accessdate=2008-09-29] The album was one of two Patsy Cline albums released by Decca Records in 1964. The other was "That's How a Heartache Begins " shortly after.Track listing
1964 & 1973 LP version
Side 1
#"
Faded Love " – 3:43 (Bob Wills , John Wills)
#"I'll Sail My Ship Alone" – 2:20 (Henry Bernard, Morry Burns, Lois Mann, Henry Thurston)
#"When You Need a Laugh" – 2:45 (Hank Cochran )
#"Crazy Arms " – 2:23 (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals)
#"Always – 2:40 (Irving Berlin )
#"When I Get Thru' With You " – 2:34 (Harlan Howard )Side 2
#"
Blue Moon of Kentucky " – 2:02 (Bill Monroe )
#"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) " – 2:49 (Jimmie Hodges)
#"Who Can I Count on" – 2:14 (Sammy Masters )
#"You Took Him Off My Hands" – 2:58 (Howard,Skeets McDonald ,Wynn Stewart )
#"Your Kinda Love" – 2:29 (Roy Drusky )
#"Does Your Heart Beat for Me" – 2:37 (Arnold Johnson,Russ Morgan ,Mitchell Parish )1988 CD version
Song lengths remain the same, except where noted.
#"Faded Love"
#"I'll Sail My Ship Alone"
#"When You Need a Laugh"
#"Crazy Arms"
#"Always"
#"When I Get Thru' With You" – 2:34
#"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
#"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
#"Who Can I Count On"
#"You Took Him Off My Hands"
#"You Kinda Love"
#"Does Your Heart Beat For Me"Personnel
Because this album is a compilation, songs were recorded various times between February 28, 1962 and February 7, 1962 in
Nashville, Tennessee .*
Harold Bradley –electric guitar
*Owen Bradley – producer
*Patsy Cline – vocals
*Floyd Cramer –piano , organ
* Ray Edenton –rhythm guitar
*Buddy Harman – drums
* Hoyt Hawkins – background vocals
*Randy Hughes – rhythm guitar
* Joe Jenkins – bass
*Grady Martin – electric guitar
*Neal Matthews – background vocals
*Bob Moore – bass
* Wayne Moss – electric bass
*Bill Pursell –vibraphone
*Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
* Gordon Stoker – background vocals
* Ray C. Walker – background vocals
* Rita Faye Wilson –autoharp Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
References
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