Patsy Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932, in Winchester, Virginia.
Cline began her singing career in a church choir, but at the age of thirteen she had a serious throat infection from which she strongly recovered. Because of that, and her great determination, the singing career was beginning. She started off in local radio shows, and by singing at dances, and by having the luck to meet the right people, she managed to get a recording contract with Four Star Records in 1954.
On June 14, 1961, Patsy and her brother Sam were involved in a head-on car collision which sent Patsy through the windshield and nearly killed her, but she miracously suvived. She got a visible scar on her forehead, and because of that she wore wigs that covered the scar, at her public performances after the accident.
She died in a plane crash on 5 March 1963, leaving behind her a string of great records. Her greatest and most famous records were recorded for Decca after the car-accident.
Discography:
1. Patsy Cline - Decca DL-8611 - 1957
Tracks:
1. That Wonderful Someone / 2. In Care Of The Blues / 3. Hungry For Love / 4. Too Many Secrets / 5. Don't Ever Leave Me Again / 6. Ain't No Wheels In This Ship / 7. I Can't Forget You / 8. I Don't Wanta / 9. Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray / 10. Walking After Midnight / 11. Fingerprints / 12. Then You'll Know.
Rating : 5
2. Showcase - Decca DL 7-4202 - 1961
Tracks:
1. I Fall To Pieces / 2. Foolin' Around / 3. Wayward Wind / 4. South Of The Border / 5. I Love You So Much It Hurts / 6. Seven Lonely Days / 7. Crazy / 8. San Antonio Rose / 9. True Love / 10. Walking After Midnight / 11. Poor Man's Roses / 12. Have You Ever Been Lonely
Rating : 8
3. Sentimentally Yours - Decca DL 7-4282 - 1962
Tracks:
1. She's Got You / 2. Heartaches / 3. That's My Desire / 4. Your Cheatin' Heart / 5. Anytime / 6. You Made Me Love You / 7. Strange / 8. You Belong To Me / 9. You Were Only Fooling / 10. Half As Much, / 11. I Can't Help It / 12. Lonely Street
Rating : 8
4. A Portrait - Decca DL-74508 . 1963
Tracks:
1. Faded Love / 2. I'll Sail My Ship Alone / 3. When You Need A Laugh / 4. Crazy Arms / 5. Always / 6. When I Get Thru With You / 7. Blue Moon Of Kentucky / 8. Someday / 9. Who Can I Count On / 10 You Took Him Off My Hands / 11. Your Kinda Love / 12. Does Your Heart Beat For Me.
Rating : 7
5. That's How Heartaches Begin - Decca DL-74586 - 1964
Tracks:
1. That's How A Heartache Begins / 2. Love Letters In The Sand / 3. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home / 4. Shoes / 5. Lovesick Blues / 6. Lovin' In Vain / 7. I'm Moving Along / 8. He Called Me Baby / 9. There He Goes / 10. Crazy Dreams / 11. I'm Blue Again / 12. Love Me Love Me Honey Do.
Rating : 7
6. The Patsy Cline Story - 1963 2 LP compilation featuring unreleased tracks - Decca DXS-7176
Tracks:
1. Heartaches / 2. She's Got You / 3. Walking After Midnight / 4. Strange / 5. Leavin' On Your Mind* / 6. South Of The Border / 7. Foolin' Around / 8. I Fall To Pieces / 9. Poor Man's Roses / 10. Tra Le La Le La Triangle* / 11. True Love / 12. Imagine That* / 13. Back In Baby's Arms* / 14. Crazy / 15. You're Stronger Than Me / 16. Seven Lonely Days / 17. Sweet Dreams* / 18. Your Cheatin' Heart / 19. San Antonio Rose / 20. Why Can't He Be You* / 21. Wayward Wind / 22. So Wrong* / 23. I Love You So Much It Hurts / 24. You Belong To Me. - (*) Not on original albums!
Rating : 9
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - December 25 - 2005
72 Showcase - 1961
112 Sentimentally Yours - 1962
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December 25 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. You Belong to Me ( King/Stewart ) Sentimentally Yours
2. That's How a Heartache Begins ( Howard ) That's How Heartaches Begin
3. She's Got You ( Cochran ) Sentimentally Yours
4. Have You Ever Been Lonely ( Brown ) Showcase
5. Don't Ever Leave Me Again ( Claiborne/Crawford/Hensley ) Patsy Cline
6. I Fall to Pieces ( Cochran ) Showcase
7. Foolin' Round ( Owens ) Showcase
8. Seven Lonely Days ( Brown ) Showcase
9. The Wayward Wind ( Newman ) Showcase
10. I Can't Help it ( Williams ) Sentimentally Yours
11. Lonely Street ( Belew/Sowder/Stevenson ) Sentimentally Yours
12. Your Cheating Heart ( Williams ) Sentimentally Yours
13. Half as Much ( Williams ) Sentimentally Yours
14. He Called Me Baby ( Howard ) That's How a Heartache Begins
15. Faded Love ( Wills ) A Portrait
16. You're Stronger Than Me ( Cochran/Key ) Patsy Cline Story
17. When You Need a Laugh ( Howard ) A Portrait
18. In Care of the Blues ( Miller/Stevenson ) Patsy Cline
19. Blue Moon of Kentucky ( Monroe ) A Portrait
20. Lovesick Blues ( Mills/Friend ) That's How Heartaches Begin
21. Crazy ( Nelson ) Showcase
22. San Antonio Rose ( Wills ) Showcase
23. Walking After Midnight ( Bloch/Hecht ) Showcase
24. That's My Desire ( Loveday/Cressa ) Sentimentally Yours
25. You Made Me Love You ( Monaco/McCarthy ) Sentimentally Yours
26. Crazy Arms ( Seals/Mooney ) A Portrait
27. Love Letters in the Sand ( Croots/Kenny ) That's How a Heartache Begins
28. Back in My Baby's Arms ( Montgomery ) Patsy Cline Story
29. Strange ( Burch/Tillis ) Sentimentally Yours
30. Leaving on Your Mind ( Pierce/Walker ) Patsy Cline Story
31. Why Can't He Be You ( Cochran ) Patsy Cline Story
32. Just Out of Reach ( Stewart ) Here's Patsy Cline
33. When I Get Thru' With You ( Howard ) A Portrait
34. Shoes ( Cochran/Smith ) That's How a Heartache Begins
35. Leavin' On Your Mind ( Walker/Pierce ) Patsy Cline Story
LINKS:
Patsy Cline Tribute
Patsy Cline com.