Greatest Hits [MCA]

by Patsy Cline

Overview

It's not especially difficult to compile a satisfying and listenable album from Patsy Cline's chart hits, and this solid and serviceable set offers a dozen simply brilliant songs from Cline's catalog. The biggest and best-known hits are here -- "Walkin' After Midnight," "Crazy," "Sweet Dreams," "He's Got You" -- as well as a few equally beautiful lesser-knowns, such as "You're Stronger Than Me" and "Why Can't He Be You," all of which capture her superb voice and the gloriously lush "countrypolitan" production from Owen Bradley at its best. In short, if you're a casual listener looking for a good single-disc Patsy Cline set, this is a great way to go, except that this happens to be the third go-round for this set, which was first issued on LP in 1967, given a new cover and upgraded to CD in 1988, and now issued again on CD with the rather generic 1967 cover art restored. This is great collection from a great artist, but you may want to make sure that you haven't already bought this set already, and if you have, this edition doesn't offer any inducement to upgrade.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2003
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0008817033426
catalogNumber:	12
Rank:	3773

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
Floyd Cramer   Organ,Piano
Jordanaires   Background Vocals
Grady Martin   Electric Guitar
Bill Pursell   Vibes
Ben Keith   Steel Guitar
Byron Bach   Strings
Brenton Banks   Strings
George Binkley   Strings
Harold Bradley   6-string Electric Bass
Ray Edenton   Rhythm Guitar
Solie Fott   Strings
Hoyt Hawkins   Background Vocals
Walter Haynes   Steel Guitar
Lillian Hunt   Strings
Douglas Kirkham   Drums
Millie Kirkham   Background Vocals
Murrey Buddy Marman   Drums
Verna Richardson   Strings
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Gordon Stoker   Background Vocals
Joe Zinkan   Acoustic Bass
Cecil Brower   Strings
Howard Carpenter   Strings
Wilda Tinsley   Strings
Bob Moore   Acoustic Bass
Ray C. Walker   Background Vocals
Randy Hughes   Acoustic Guitar
Rita Faye Wilson   Autoharp
Neal Matthews   Background Vocals
Michael Semanitzky   Strings
Gary Williams   Strings
Hank Garlad   Electric Guitar
Ed Tarpley   Strings
Nancy Hearn   Strings

Technical Credits

Don Gibson   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Johnnie Lee Wills   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer
Bill Justis   String Arrangements
Owen Bradley   Producer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Bill McElhiney   String Arrangements
Webb Pierce   Composer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys   Composer
Jay Orr   Liner Notes
Alan Block   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
Don Roy   Liner Notes
Bobby Montgomery   Composer
Don Hecht   Composer
Fred Burch   Composer
Jimmy Key   Composer