Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline - The Definitive Collection
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Free Music Review: Patsy made female country singers acceptable
Hit: 5 Stars
Patsy set the standard for female country singers, with many of those that followed trying (or so it seemed) to be the next Patsy Cline - even today, over forty years after her death in a plane crash. Many compilations are available but most of them seem to miss something important. Not this one - all of Patsy's classic songs can be found here.
Crazy was a top ten pop hit in America and (in 1990) a top twenty hit in Britain. Heartaches was Patsy's first American top forty pop hit. Don Gibson wrote Sweet dreams and had a big country hit with it, but once Patsy recorded it, it became much more popular and will be forever thought of as a Patsy Cline song. She's got you was an American top twenty pop hit and was also Patsy's first British hit, albeit only a minor one I fall to pieces was yet another top twenty pop hit in America. Walking after midnight is the song that began it all for Patsy in the fifties. Poor man's roses, Back in baby's arms and Leaving on your mind are other Patsy classics included here. Faded love, a cover of a Bob Wills song that, like Sweet dreams, is regarded as a Patsy Cline classic despite being a cover.
Also here are Patsy's fine interpretations of Lovesick blues, Half as much (Hank Williams), True Love (Bing Crosby), San Antonio rose (Bob Wills), Always (written by Irving Berlin) and many other fine songs.
If you just want one CD of Patsy's music, make it this one.
Free Music Review: It Doesn't Get Better Than This
Hit: 5 Stars
Whether you love classic country music or hate it, whether you were there to hear Patsy sing "Walkin' After Midnight" in 1957 or saw the movie "Sweet Dreams" OR just discovered her, this is a compilation that will not let you down. This Winchester, Virginia, native thrilled the music world like no other and continues to do so, long after her untimely death in a plane crash with country singers Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas. Patsy could make her voice break and thus break our hearts with her soulful rendering of songs written (and often recorded) by some of country music's greatest. Consider "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson), "Crazy" (Willie Nelson), "I Fall to Pieces", "She's Got You", "Why Can't He Be You?" (Hank Cochran), "Back in Baby's Arms" (Bob Montgomery whose life has been rich in "country", including a pre-Crickets duo with Buddy Holly), "Faded Love" (co-written by Bob Wills of Texas Playboys fame), "Leavin' On Your Mind" (co-written by country/honky tonk great Webb Pierce) and "Always" by one of the all-time great composers of American standards, Irving Berlin. If you want just one Patsy Cline CD, this is probably the one for you.Free Music Review: Everyone should have this in their home!
Hit: 5 Stars
There are icons in all types of music. Patsy Cline is an icon in country music. She is one of the few artists who sings with such emotion, she can put a lump in my throat. This one features 22 of her greatest works. There are way too many personal favorites like: Sweet Dreams, I Fall to Pieces, Back In Baby's Arms, She's Got You, Crazy and well really she could make any song come alive with emotion. The sound is superb. My only beef is that I purchased this for only 8.95 at Wal-Mart in the cardboard box and it does not feature a booklet with dates, personnel. Well, I'm an old record nerd, but for most people that may not matter. (All these songs were recorded between 1957 and 1963, the year of her tragic plane crash). If all you want is the music, this is one everyone should have in their home. Patsy Cline was in the forefront of lady country singers and the "Countrypolitan" sound of country music which brought country music from the sticks to the city. She was a once in a lifetime singer!Free Music Review: COUNTRY TORCH-AND MORE
Hit: 5 Stars
Frankly, on the face of it Patsy Cline would not fall into my idea of a torch singer. That is, until you heard that voice coming out of the past to chill you to the marrow with her heart-rendering versions of some very classic country and crossover ballads. For those of us who came of age in the late 1950's or early 1960's this was the music at the high school dance where you got to ask that guy or girl that you had your eye on for that slow dance that gave you time to talk and feel out the situation. Thanks, Patsy. This volume contains so many classics it is hard to know where to begin but I counted at least 15 that you ABSOLUTELY need to listen to. That, my friends, rather says it all. Classic Hank Willaims tunes like Cheating Heart, Willie Nelson's Crazy, others like Why's He Not You and She's Got Him. Wow. A few non-ballad novelty type songs could have been left out and done no damage but when you look at the overall package. Again, WOW.
Free Music Review: A Timeless Treasure
Hit: 5 Stars
The Definitive Collection if definitively great!!! I have heard Crazy and Walking after Midnight occasionally during my life and always enjoyed them, but recently decided to find out more about this incredible lady. To say her voice is mesmerizing would be an understatement! It's obvious after hearing her songs on this cd why she continues to win new fans today and will continue to do so for many years to come.
Floyd Cramer on piano and the Jordanaires singing back up help take you back to a classic time in music.
This cd is so refreshing when compared to what we have to choose from the modern music scene.
For those of you who don't listen to country music ( that would be me! ), don't let that deter you from buying this cd. These tracks are much more than any simple music categorization. Take a walk back in time. You will be glad you did!!!