Patsy Cline-I Fall To Pieces - Live- Dolby Pro LogicII 384kbs

"I Fall To Pieces"

Patsy Cline Live

The finished Audio lists at 432kbs. The Live version she IS drowned out (as she already knew she would be) and in the Movie version, that's Patsy singing with Lange doing an excellent lipsync.
Patsy had one of the most unique singing voices ever, just as Janis Joplin had an excellent Emotionally Unique singing voice.
I listen and Love ALL kinds of music from Bluegrass/Country/Rock/R&B/Pop/Heavy Metal to Rap and Patsy is always on my playing list!

I am including a Film Clip from the Movie "Sweet Dreams" although all those close to Patsy say the movie was more Hollywood than truth:
The film depicted Cline's marriage to Dick as abusive, portraying Cline as a victim of domestic violence; however, as Dottie West commented in a 1986 interview: "It was always very interesting to watch – because you always knew Patsy was going to win! He was her man. He was her lover."
Several such inaccuracies in Sweet Dreams revolved around the portrayal of the plane crash. The aircraft was portrayed as a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, not a Piper Commanche (in which Cline crashed). The film also portrayed the cause of the crash as engine restarting difficulties after switching from an empty tank to a full tank of fuel (the crash was caused by Hughes' decision to attempt to fly through a storm while not instrument-rated). The film depicted the plane crashing into a mountain cliff and bursting into flames upon impact (there are no mountains at the actual crash site and the plane did not explode).

Here is a link to Patsy's Husband reminiscing:
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092161,00.html

"You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget (to forget)
Pretend we've never met (never met)
And I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet
You walk by and I fall to pieces'"

Virginia Patterson Hensley (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), known professionally as Patsy Cline, was an American country music singer. Part of the early 1960s Nashville sound, Cline successfully "crossed over" to pop music. She died in a multiple fatality crash of her private plane at the age of 30. She was one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century. Cline was best known for her rich tone, emotionally expressive and bold contralto voice and her role as a country music industry pioneer. Along with Kitty Wells, she helped pave the way for women as headline performers in the genre. Cline was cited as an inspiration by singers in several genres. After a multi-million dollar renovation at her former school, built in 1923, authorities dedicated "The Patsy Cline Theatre" there in the summer of 2009. The dedication was celebrated with a concert by Cline's longtime friend and songwriter Willie Nelson.

"I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts. It was the first of a string of songs that would be written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard (not always collaborating) for Cline.Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard met in California, and became songwriting partners. One night, Cochran was mulling over song ideas, when he thought of a title, "I Fall to Pieces." Cochran met up with Howard at his house the next day, where they finished writing the song. The demo version of the song was recorded at Pamper Music in Goodlettsville, Tennessee by Howard's wife and country singer, Jan Howard. Harlan Howard pitched the song to Decca producer, Owen Bradley, who tried to find the right artist to record it. The song was turned down numerous times, first by Brenda Lee, who found the song "too country" for her pop style. Bradley then asked rising country star, Roy Drusky to record it but he turned it down stating that it's not a man's song.Patsy Cline, was in the hallway and overheard his argument with Bradley and asked if she could record it instead. Bradley then accepted her offer.
However when Cline began recording the song a few weeks later in November of 1960, to say she had second thoughts about it would be putting it mildly, especially after she discovered that popular Nashville background singer group, The Jordanaires would serve as the support vocalists. Cline was afraid the Jordanaires would drown out her sound, and as a result, she was not very friendly upon meeting them for the first time. Cline also felt that the Pop ballad style Bradley wanted it recorded in didn't suit her own style, but Bradley was trying to make the song appeal to the Pop market, an idea that Cline rejected wholeheartedly.In an interview with Loretta Lynn on her 1977 album I Remember Patsy, Bradley recollected that, for Patsy, if she couldn't yodel or growl on a record, she wanted no part of it. As a result, she had several arguments with Bradley about the lush after-midnight style arrangement, but eventually Cline broke new ground once again, when she recorded it in the new style that Bradley wanted.But Patsy wasn't the only one having problems at the session. Composer Harlan Howard relates that on the night of the session, we absolutely did NOT want to do the standard 4:4 shuffle that had by then been done to death. We were trying all kinds of other (basic rhythm) combinations, but they all just laid there and bled all over the floor. So it had to be the shuffle then, like it or not. But the amazing thing was, once Patsy got into the groove, she just caressed those lyrics and that melody so tenderly that it was just like satin. We knew we had magic in the can when, on the fourth take, every grown man in that studio was bawling like a baby and Bradley said `That's the one'. After listening to the playback afterward however, she realized that Bradley was right about the torch songs and ended up liking the track, stating that she finally found her own identity. Subsequently, the Jordanaires became fast friends and part of Patsy's inner circle."I Fall to Pieces" became one of Cline's most-recognizable hit singles. It has also been classified as a country music standard.
"I Fall to Pieces" was released 30 January 1961, but upon its release, it was virtually ignored by all radio stations, both pop as well as country. However, Pamper Music promotion man Hal Smith had faith in the two songwriters and hired a road man by the name of Pat Nelson to promote the single. Nelson's strategy was to attempt to explain to country DJs that "I Fall to Pieces" was a departure from any of Cline's previous singles, and explain to pop DJ's that Patsy was going to be one of the great new torch singers in the Patti Page or Rosemary Clooney vein. Soon a Pop radio station in Columbus, Ohio began playing the single and after finding this out, Bradley saw that the song was being fanned by record distibutors across the country so much so that within four months, momentum was building on both the Country and Pop charts. On April 3, the song debuted on the Billboard Country Chart and began the slowest ascent anybody had ever seen. By August 1961, "I Fall to Pieces" peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Chartand reached number twelve on the Billboard Pop Chart. The song was also one of the slowest chart descenders anybody had ever seen as well.It would be one of several Country-pop crossover hits that Cline was to have over the next couple of years. As a result, Cline was now able to prove that a solo female artist could have major hits on both the country as well as the pop charts. later that year, she was acclaimed as one of the nation's leading recording artists, along with Jimmy Darren and Bobby Vee. In gratitude, Patsy bought and had engraved a bracelent for Harlan Howard and a money clip for Hank Cochran saying simply Thanks for the Hit - Patsy. For the rest of their lives, it was the only token of appreciation other than a great recording that either composer had ever received from an artist. However, due to a MAJOR accident in June 1961, Cline was kept in the hospital for two months, which cut into promoting "I Fall to Pieces". Therefore, by the time Cline had left the hospital, "I Fall to Pieces'" popularity began to decrease. The success of the song helped get Cline an invitation to become a regular cast member on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the highest honors that could be bestowed on a country singer in the early `60's. In addition, the track was also ranked #2 out of the Top 100 songs of 1961 right behind Bobby Lewis's "Tossin' and Turnin' " In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I Fall to Pieces" at #238 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was also ranked at #7 on CMT's television special of the 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Another Patsy Cline song, Crazy was ranked four positions higher at #3 on the countdown. It was also ranked at #107 on RIAA's list of the Songs of the Century.

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