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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 /TiVo
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Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Block, ComposerLyricist - Don Hecht, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill McElhiney, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Don Gibson, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pursell, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Williams, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Binkley III, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Solie Fott, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Carpenter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wilda Tinsley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Bach, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD CRAMER, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Garland, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Keith, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD CRAMER, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Harlan Howard, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Kirkham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill McElhiney, String Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Dill, ComposerLyricist - Carl Perkins, ComposerLyricist - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Joe Zinkan, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Carpenter, Viola, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Bach, Cello, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Tarpley, Viola, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred B. Burch, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Justis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pursell, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Solie Fott, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Semanitzky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pursell, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Wills, ComposerLyricist - Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill McElhiney, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Bob Wills, ComposerLyricist - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Williams, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Binkley III, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Solie Fott, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Carpenter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Bach, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Katahn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill McElhiney, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Solie Fott, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Carpenter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Bach, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Faye Wilson, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Hearn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Key, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wayne P. Walker, ComposerLyricist - Grady Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill McElhiney, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - The Jordanaires, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Bradley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patsy Cline, MainArtist - Webb Pierce, ComposerLyricist - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Haynes, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Hughes, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Brower, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Solie Fott, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Carpenter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lillian Hunt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Bach, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Verne Richardson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Hearn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:02
- Main artists: Patsy Cline
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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