Patsy Cline Showcase

Infobox Album
Name = Patsy Cline Showcase
Type = Album
Artist = Patsy Cline


Released = November 27 1961
Recorded = November 16, 1960 —
August 25, 1961
Genre = Country pop
Length = 28:35
Label = Decca (1961)
MCA (re-release; 1973 & 1988)
Producer = Owen Bradley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfpxqq5ld6e Link]
Last album = "Patsy Cline"
(1957)
This album = "Patsy Cline Showcase"
(1961)
Next album = "Sentimentally Yours"
(1962)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Re-released cover
Type = Album


Lower caption = When "Showcase" was re-released in 1963 after Cline's death, the cover was changed to the more well-known album cover. This cover was also used when the album was re-released again in 1973 by MCA records and in 1988 when it was re-released again on a CD. Singles
Name = Patsy Cline Showcase
Type = Studio
Single 1 = I Fall to Pieces
Single 2 = Crazy

"Patsy Cline Showcase" is a studio album by American country music singer, Patsy Cline, released November 27, 1961. The album was Cline's second studio album, as well as her first studio album under Decca Records. The album consisted of Cline's major hits from that year on the Country and Pop charts.

Background

The album produced two singles that became major hits on both the Billboard Country and Pop Chart. The first single, "I Fall to Pieces" became Cline's first #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart and also reached the Top 15 on the Pop Top 100 in 1961. The follow-up single, "Crazy" was nearly as big of hit as "I Fall to Pieces", peaking in the Top 5 on the Billboard Country Chart and in the Top 10 on the Pop Top 100. "Crazy" was recorded following Cline's return from her month-stay at the hospital, due to a near-fatal car accident that June.

When the album was re-released on Decca in 1963, the album peaked for the first time on the Billboard 200, peaking at #73.

The original cover of the album showed three different photos of Cline from a 1957 promotional photograph. The background color was a white color. After Patsy's Death, The cover was changed to the more familiar shot of Patsy in a white blouse, red capri pants and gold booties, [ [http://www.patsycline.info/records/dl-74202.html Patsy Cline records - Patsy Cline.Info.com] ] and the title was also changed to "Patsy Cline Showcase with the Jordanaires". The album was digitally remastered in 1973 by MCA Records (which took over Decca in 1973) and it was later re-released on a CD in 1988, which included the same cover as the 1963 re-release.

Recording sessions

The recording for Cline's 1961 album began November 16, 1960 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording sessions for the album ended August 25, 1961. "Showcase" was the first set of sessions after her near-death in a car crash in 1961. The recordings teamed her up with The Jordanaires. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfpxqq5ld6e Patsy Cline album - All Music Guide] ] Background vocals were done by popular Nashville Sound background group, The Jordanaires, who recorded also on Cline's 1962 album under Decca. Legendary country producer Owen Bradley produced the entire album. Bradley helped smooth Cline's sound to develop her own style of the commercially-successful Nashville Sound.

Individual tracks

This album includes many cover versions of previously recorded hits on the Country and Pop charts by other artists. The remakes include Pop singer Gogi Grant's "The Wayward Wind", Bonnie Lou's "Seven Lonely Days", Cole Porter's "True Love", and Bob Wills's "San Antonio Rose".

In addition, Cline recorded remakes of her 1957 hit, "Walkin' After Midnight" and her other 1957 hit, "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)".

Track listing

1961 - 1987 LP Version

Side 1
#"I Fall to Pieces" - 2:47 (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)
#"Foolin' 'Round" - 2:12 (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens)
#"The Wayward Wind" - 3:15 (Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman)
#"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" - 2:25 (Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy)
#"I Love You So Much It Hurts" - 2:11 (Floyd Tillman)
#"Seven Lonely Days" - 2:05 (Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, Marshall Brown)

Side 2
#"Crazy" - 2:41 (Willie Nelson)
#"San Antonio Rose" - 2:13 (Bob Wills)
#"True Love" - 2:06 (Cole Porter)
#"Walkin' After Midnight" (remake) - 2:00 (Don Hecht, Alan Block)
#"A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" - 2:30 (Bob Hilliard, Milton De Lugg)
#"Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" - 2:10 (Peter DeRose, George Brown)

1988 CD version

#"I Fall to Pieces" - 2:48
#"Foolin' 'Round" - 2:12
#"The Wayward Wind" - 3:15
#"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" - 2:25
#"I Love You so Much It Hurts" - 2:11
#"Seven Lonely Days" - 2:05
#"Crazy" - 2:41
#"San Antonio Rose" - 2:13
#"True Love" - 2:06
#"Walkin' after Midnight" (Remake) - 2:00
#"A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" - 2:30
#"Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" - 2:10

Personnel

Recorded in five sessions from November 16, 1960 - August 25, 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee.

* Patsy Cline – Vocals
* The Jordanaires – Background vocals
* Owen Bradley – producer & organ (session 3 only)
* Hank Garland – electric guitar
* Grady Martin – electric guitar
* Randy Hughes – acoustic guitar
* Ben Keith – steel guitar
* Walter Haynes – steel guitar
* Doug Kirkham – drums
* Buddy Harman – drums
* Bob Moore – acoustic bass
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
* Suzanne Parker – piano
* Floyd Cramer – piano
* Byron Bach – cello
* Brenton Banks – violin
* George Binkley III – violin
* Lillian Hunt – violin
* John Bright – viola
* Cecil Brower – viola

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References