Patsy Cline posthumous discography
| Patsy Cline discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 3 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 19 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 1 |
| Singles | 35 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Decca and MCA compilations | 21 |
| Other appearances | 1 |
The posthumous discography of Patsy Cline, an American country music artist, consists of three studio albums, three live albums, nineteen compilation albums, one soundtrack, four video albums, and thirty five singles. For material released during the artist's lifetime, see Patsy Cline discography.
Between January and February 1963, Cline had been recording new material intended for a fourth studio album to be released in April entitled, Faded Love. Because of her death on March 5, 1963, her label, Decca instead released the double compilation album, The Patsy Cline Story that June.[1] The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums list and #74 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, certifying platinum in United States by the 1980s.[2] Three singles released that year became Top 10 hits on the country chart in 1963: "Leavin' on Your Mind", "Sweet Dreams (of You)", and "Faded Love". Decca also released two posthumous studio albums in 1964 of previously unreleased material: A Portrait of Patsy Cline and That's How a Heartache Begins. The latter produced the charting single, "He Called Me Baby," released at the end of 1964.[3] In 1967, Decca issued Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits, which debuted at #17 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart.[4] The album became the highest-selling female country album for the twenty eight years until Shania Twain surpassed her record in 1995. Greatest Hits was reissued three additional times and eventually was certified diamond in sales in the United States.[1] Cline's label would continually release singles between 1965 and 1973, including a cover version of "Anytime," which was her only charting single from those releases.
In 1980, MCA Records (which Decca later was called) overdubbed Cline's original vocals on selected songs for the album, Always. It spawned a version of "Always," which reached #18 on the Billboard Country Chart. In 1981, RCA and MCA records created electronically produced duets between Cline and deceased country artist, Jim Reeves. Their cover of Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a cover of Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces" from the compilation, Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves reached #54.[3] In 1985 a biopic about Cline's life entitled, Sweet Dreams was released, spawning a soundtrack of the same name to be issued, which certified gold in the United States. Cline's vocals were again overdubbed on the film's soundtrack.[1][3] The movie brought renewed interest to her recordings, and MCA therefore issued a series of compilations during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.[3] This included 1985's Heartaches (which certified platinum), Songwriter's Tribute (1986), The Last Sessions (1988), and Faded Love (1988). MCA also released an album of live material recorded at the Grand Ole Opry, which was entitled, Live at the Opry. In 1991, MCA released the box set, The Patsy Cline Collection, which certified platinum and also peaked at #29 on Billboard Top Country Albums and #166 on the Billboard 200 charts.[5] Today it is one of highest-selling country music box sets.[1]
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, additional labels released compilation albums of Cline's material. In 1989, Rhino Records released three separate volumes of her 1950s recordings at Four Star Records. In 1990, her original version of "Crazy" reached #14 in the United Kingdom, and "I Fall to Pieces" peaked at #87. Both songs were then included on her 1992 British compilation, The Definitive Patsy Cline.[6] In 1995 the MCA compilation, Patsy Cline Sings Songs of Love sold one million records in the United States. In 1999, Mercury Records released Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1, which peaked at #67 on the Top Country Albums chart. In addition it spawned two singles including an overdubbed version of "There He Goes" with John Berry, which peaked at #70.[7] In 2004, MCA's The Definitive Collection peaked at #52 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and Patsy Cline Gold (2005) reached #43.[8] Patsy Cline has sold 15 million records posthumously according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[9]
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] | ||
| A Portrait of Patsy Cline |
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— |
| That's How a Heartache Begins |
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— |
| Always |
|
27 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Collaborations with Jim Reeves
| Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] | |||
| Greatest Hits of Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline |
|
8 | |
| Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves |
|
— |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Soundtracks
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
UK [6] | |||
| Sweet Dreams |
|
6 | 18 |
|
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] | ||
| Live at the Opry |
|
60 |
| Live, Vol. 2 |
|
— |
| Live at the Cimarron Ballroom |
|
32 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Compilation albums
Decca and MCA releases
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions[8] |
Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| The Patsy Cline Story[A] |
|
9 | 74 |
|
| Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits[B] |
|
17 | — |
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| The Sound of Patsy Cline |
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— | — | |
| The Country Hall of Fame - Patsy Cline |
|
— | — | |
| Today, Tomorrow, and Forever |
|
— | — | |
| Heartaches |
|
— | — |
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| Stop, Look & Listen |
|
— | — | |
| Songwriter's Tribute |
|
— | — | |
| Faded Love |
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— | — | |
| The Last Sessions |
|
— | — | |
| The Patsy Cline Collection |
|
23 | 166 |
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| My Greatest Songs |
|
— | — | |
| The Best of Patsy Cline[C] |
|
— | — | |
| Patsy Cline Sings Songs of Love |
|
— | — |
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| Patsy Cline Sings More Great Songs of Love |
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— | — | |
| The Very Best of Patsy Cline |
|
— | — | |
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Very Best of Patsy Cline |
|
— | — | |
| True Love: A Standards Collection |
|
— | — | |
| The Definitive Collection |
|
52 | — | |
| Patsy Cline Gold |
|
43 | — | |
| Playlist Your Way |
|
— | — | |
| Icon: Patsy Cline |
|
38 | 197 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
- Notes
- A^ The Patsy Cline Story was reissued in 1988, peaking at #71 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #14 on the RPM Canadian Country Albums chart.
- B^ Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits was also reissued and retitled as 12 Greatest Hits in 1988, peaking at #27 on the Top Country Albums chart.
- C^ The Best of Patsy Cline peaked at #21 on the UK Albums Chart.
Other releases
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
UK [6] | ||
| Here's Patsy Cline |
|
— | — |
| Country Great! |
|
— | — |
| After Midnight |
|
— | — |
| Patsy Cline, The Legend |
|
— | — |
| Dreaming... |
|
— | 55 |
| 20 Golden Hits |
|
70 | — |
| Walkin' Dreams: Her First Recordings, Vol. 1 |
|
— | — |
| Hungry for Love: Her First Recordings, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — |
| The Rockin' Side: Her First Recordings, Vol. 3 |
|
— | — |
| The Definitive Patsy Cline |
|
— | 11 |
| Patsy Cline at Her Best |
|
63 | — |
| Forever and Always |
|
— | — |
| In Care of the Blues |
|
— | — |
| Walkin' After Midnight |
|
— | — |
| Loved and Lost Again |
|
— | — |
| Birth of a Country Legend[A] |
|
— | — |
| The Essential Patsy Cline |
|
— | — |
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
49 | — |
| Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1 |
|
67 | — |
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
— | — |
| Patsy Cline |
|
73 | — |
| Sweet Dreams: Her Complete Decca Masters 1960-1963 |
|
— | — |
| Deluxe: Greatest Hits |
|
70 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
- Notes
- A^ Birth of a Country Legend also peaked at #13 on the RPM Canadian Country Albums Chart.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [11] |
US [11] |
UK [6] | |||
| 1963 | "Sweet Dreams"[A] | 5 | 44 | — | The Patsy Cline Story |
| "Faded Love" | 7 | 96 | — | A Portrait of Patsy Cline | |
| "When You Need a Laugh" | 47 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" | — | 123 | — | |
| "That's How a Heartache Begins" | — | — | — | That's How a Heartache Begins | |
| "He Called Me Baby" | 23 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" (live) | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "Your Cheatin' Heart" | — | — | — | The Patsy Cline Story | |
| "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | — | — | — | ||
| "I Love You So Much It Hurts" | — | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "Shoes" | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "You Were Only Foolin' (While I Was Falling in Love)" | — | — | — | ||
| "That's My Desire" | — | — | — | ||
| 1967 | "You Took Him Off My Hands" | — | — | — | |
| "Hidin' Out" | — | — | — | ||
| "True Love" | — | — | — | ||
| 1968 | "Always" | — | — | — | |
| "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" | — | — | — | ||
| "Anytime" | 73 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | "Crazy Arms" | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | "Crazy" | — | — | — | Patsy Cline Showcase (reissued) |
| "I Fall to Pieces" | — | — | — | ||
| "Crazy Arms" (re-release) | — | — | — | A Portrait of Patsy Cline (reissued) | |
| "Walkin' After Midnight" | — | — | — | Patsy Cline (reissued) | |
| 1978 | "Life's Railway to Heaven" | 98 | — | — | non-album single |
| 1980 | "Always"[B][C] | 18 | — | — | Always |
| "I Fall to Pieces"[C] | 61 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Sweet Dreams (of You)" | — | — | — | Sweet Dreams (soundtrack) |
| 1987 | "Crazy"[D] | — | — | 79 | The Definitive Patsy Cline |
| 1990 | "Crazy" (re-release)[D] | — | — | 14 | |
| 1991 | "I Fall to Pieces"[D] | — | — | 87 | |
| 1999 | "That Wonderful Someone" (with Bob Carlisle) | — | — | — | Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1 |
| "There He Goes" (with John Berry) | 70 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Singles with Jim Reeves
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [11] |
CAN Country [12] | |||
| 1981 | "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" | 5 | 1 | Greatest Hits of Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline |
| 1982 | "I Fall to Pieces" | 54 | 41 | Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves |
- Notes
- A^ "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" also peaked at #15 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
- B^ "Always" also peaked at #21 on the RPM Canadian Country Tracks chart.
- C^ Overdubbed versions of songs previously recorded by Patsy Cline.
- D^ Songs released in the United Kingdom only.
Video albums
| Title | Details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| The Real Patsy Cline |
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| Remembering Patsy Cline |
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| Sweet Dreams Still: The Anthology |
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| Crazy - A Portrait of Patsy Cline |
|
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "Sweet Dreams (of You)"[14] | Phil MacDonald |
| 1991 | "Crazy"[15] | John Lloyd Miller |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "I Fall to Pieces" | Billboard Top Country Hits: 1961[16] |
| "She's Got You" | Billboard Top Country Hits: 1962[17] | |
| "Crazy" | ||
| 1993 | "Lovesick Blues" (with Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette) |
Honky Tonk Angels[18] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "100 Greatest Women - Patsy Cline (#6)". Country Universe.net. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "The Patsy Cline Story > Charts". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- 1 2 3 4 Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 300–301. ISBN 1-85828-534-8.
- ↑ "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits > Charts". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "The Patsy Cline Collection > Charts". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- 1 2 3 4 "Chart Stats - Patsy Cline". Chart Stats.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "Patsy Cline Duets, Vol. 1 > Charts". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Billboard chart positions > albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ↑ "RIAA Gold & Platinum - Top Selling Artists in the United States". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- 1 2 "RIAA Gold & Platinum - Patsy Cline albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- 1 2 3 "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "Search results for "Patsy Cline"". RPM. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "RIAA Gold & Platinum - Patsy Cline Videos/DVDs". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ "New Videoclips" (PDF). Billboard. November 9, 1985.
- ↑ "Patsy Cline: Music Videos". Country Music Television. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ↑ "Billboard Top Country Hitd: 1961 > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ↑ "Billboard Top Country Hits: 1962 > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ↑ "Honky Tonk Angels > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.