List of songs recorded by Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline (1932–1963) was an American country singer who recorded about 100 songs during her career from 1955 through 1963. Cline has often been called one of the most influential vocalists, mostly due to the vocal delivery of her material.[1] Considered among the best examples of her vocal delivery are the songs "Walkin' After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces and "Crazy".[2] These singles were also among Cline's biggest hits, all of which reached major positions on the Billboard country and pop music charts.[1]

Patsy Cline promotional photograph, taken in 1957.

During her eight-year career, Cline recorded a total of 104 songs. This consisted of tracks recorded with her first label, Four Star, and tracks recorded with her second label, Decca.[3] Her early recordings with Four Star began in 1955 and were a mixture of traditional country, traditional pop, rock and gospel. This period included "Walkin' After Midnight", which has been considered among her higher-quality material for the label.[1] Other notable recordings from this era included "Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)", "I Can See an Angel" and "Gotta a Lotta Rhythm in My Soul".[4]

Signing with Decca Records in 1960 allowed Cline more collaborative opportunities with producer Owen Bradley. Bradley would be responsible for framing her Nashville Sound musical style that would continue until her 1963 death.[1] In her first Decca sessions, Cline recorded "I Fall to Pieces". During her time with Decca, she also covered a variety of material that featured material from the Great American Songbook as well as standards from country music. Among these recordings was "Always", "True Love" and "Your Cheatin' Heart.[5] At the time of Cline's death, she had recorded music that was planned for an anticipated fourth studio album. This music (among other previously-unreleased material) would later be issued in numerous compilation albums and boxed sets.[1]

Recorded songs

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List of songs with title, songwriter(s), original album release, year of recording, and reference(s)
Original title Writer(s) Original album
release
Year Ref(s)
"Ain't No Wheels on This Ship (We Can't Roll)" Waylon Chandler
W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [6]
"Always" Irving Berlin A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [7]
"Anytime" Herbert "Happy" Lawson Sentimentally Yours 1962 [8]
"Back in Baby's Arms" Bob Montgomery
Allen Toussaint
The Patsy Cline Story 1962 [9]
"Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" Hughie Cannon That's How a Heartache Begins 1963 [10]
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" Bill Monroe A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [11]
"A Church, a Courtroom, Then Goodbye" Eddie Miller
Stevenson
Songs by Patsy Cline 1955 [12]
"Come on In (And Make Yourself at Home)" Virgil F. Stewart Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1955 [12]
"Come on In (And Make Yourself at Home)" Stewart Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [12]
"Crazy" Willie Nelson Showcase 1961 [13]
"Crazy Arms" Ralph Mooney
Chuck Seals
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [14]
"Crazy Dreams" Charles Beam
Charles L. Jiles
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1960 [12]
"Cry Not for Me" Donn Hecht
Jack Moon
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [12]
"Dear God" Virgil F. Stewart Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [12]
"Does Your Heart Beat for Me" Arnold Johnson
Russ Morgan
Mitchell Parish
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [15]
"Don't Ever Leave Me Again" Lillian Claiborne
Virginia Hensley
James Crawford
Patsy Cline 1957 [15]
"Faded Love" Bob Wills
Billy Jack Wills
John Wills
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [16]
"Fingerprints" Donn Hecht
Woodie Fleener
W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [17]
"Foolin' Around" Harlan Howard
Buck Owens
Showcase 1961 [18]
"Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul" Stevenson
Barbara Vaughn
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1959 [15]
"Half as Much" Curley Williams Sentimentally Yours 1962 [19]
"Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" Peter DeRose
George Brown
Showcase 1961 [17]
"He Called Me Baby" Howard That's How a Heartache Begins 1963 [20]
"He Will Do for You" Stewart
Chas Hitt
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [12]
"The Heart You Break May Be Your Own" Tiny Colbert
Bob Geesling
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [12]
"Heartaches" Al Hoffman
John Klenner
Sentimentally Yours 1961 [21]
"Hidin' Out" Miller
Stevenson
Songs by Patsy Cline 1955 [12]
"Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round" Stan Gardner
Frank Simon
Songs by Patsy Cline 1955 [12]
"How Can I Face Tomorrow" Clyde Beam
Charles Jiles
W.S. Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1960 [15]
"Hungry for Love" Miller
Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [22]
"I Can See an Angel" Kay Adelman Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [17]
"I Can't Forget You" Carl Belew
Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [23]
"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" Hank Williams Sentimentally Yours 1962 [24]
"I Cried All the Way to the Altar" Bobby Flournoy
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1955 [12]
"I Don't Wanta" Durwood Haddock
Miller
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1955 [12]
"I Don't Wanta" Haddock
Miller
Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [17]
"I Fall to Pieces" Hank Cochran
Howard
Showcase 1960 [25]
"I Love You, Honey" Miller
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1955 [12]
"I Love You So Much It Hurts" Floyd Tillman Showcase 1961 [26]
"I'll Sail My Ship Alone" Morry Burns
Henry Bernard
Lois Mann
Henry Thurston
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [27]
"I'm Blue Again" Beam
Jiles
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1959 [15]
"I'm Moving Along" Johnny Starr That's How a Heartache Begins 1959 [28]
"I've Loved and Lost Again" Miller Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [12]
"If I Could Only Stay Asleep" Ethel Bassey
Chandler
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [17]
"If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child)" Sammy Masters
Richard Pope
Tex Satterwhite
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"Imagine That" Justin Tubb The Patsy Cline Story 1962 [29]
"In Care of the Blues" Miller
Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [30]
"Just a Closer Walk with Thee" Traditional Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1959 [15]
"Just Out of Reach' Stewart Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [15]
"Leavin' on Your Mind" Webb Pierce
Wayne Walker
The Patsy Cline Story 1962 [31]
"Let the Teardrops Fall" Beam
Jiles
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [17]
"Life's Railway to Heaven" Charlie Tillman Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1959 [15]
"Lonely Street" Belew
Kenny Sowder
Stevenson
Sentimentally Yours 1962 [32]
"Love Letters in the Sand" J. Fred Coots
Nick Kenny
Charles Kenny
That's How a Heartache Begins 1963 [33]
"Love, Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do" Beam
Jiles
Stevenson
That's How a Heartache Begins 1959 [34]
"Lovesick Blues" Cliff Friend
Irving Mills
Patsy Cline 1960 [15]
"Lovin' in Vain" Freddie Hart Patsy Cline 1960 [15]
"Never No More" Alan Block
Hecht
Rita Ross
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1958 [17]
"Pick Me Up (On Your Way Down)" Mae Axton
Burton Levy
Glenn Reeves
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [17]
"A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" Bob Hilliard
Milton DeLugg
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [17]
"A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" Hilliard
DeLugg
Showcase 1961 [35]
"San Antonio Rose" Wills Showcase 1961 [36]
"Seven Lonely Days" Earl Shuman
Alden Shuman
Marshall Brown
Showcase 1961 [37]
"She's Got You" Cochran Sentimentally Yours 1961 [38]
"Shoes" Cochran
Thelma Smith
That's How a Heartache Begins 1960 [15]
"So Wrong" Danny Dill
Carl Perkins
Mel Tillis
So Wrong/You're Stronger Than Me 1962 [15]
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Jimmy Hodges
Hugh Starr
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [39]
"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" Michael Carr
Jimmy Kennedy
Showcase 1961 [40][15]
"Stop, Look and Listen" George London
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1956 [17]
"Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" Belew
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"Strange" Fred Burch
Tillis
Sentimentally Yours 1961 [41]
"A Stranger in My Arms" Hensley
Marylu Jeans
Charlotte White
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"Sweet Dreams (Of You)" Don Gibson The Patsy Cline Story 1963 [42]
"That Wonderful Someone" Gertrude Burg Patsy Cline 1957 [43]
"That's My Desire" Helmy Kresa
Carroll Loveday
Sentimentally Yours 1962 [44]
"Then You'll Know" Bobby Lile Patsy Cline 1957 [45]
"There He Goes" Haddock
Miller
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1960 [15]
"Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" Miller
Stevenson
Patsy Cline 1957 [46]
"Today, Tomorrow and Forever" Colbert
Geesling
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"Too Many Secrets" Lile Patsy Cline 1957 [47]
"Tra Le La La Triangle" Burch
Marijohn Wilkin
The Patsy Cline Story 1962 [48]
"True Love" Cole Porter Showcase 1961 [49]
"Try Again" Bob Summers
Lefors
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"Turn the Cards Slowly" Masters Songs by Patsy Cline 1955 [12]
"Walkin' After Midnight" Block
Hecht
Patsy Cline 1956 [50]
"Walkin' After Midnight" Block
Hecht
Showcase 1961 [50]
"Walkin' Dream' Hal Willis
Ginger Willis
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1957 [17]
"The Wayward Wind" Stanley Lebowsky
Herb Newman
Showcase 1961 [51]
"When I Get Through with You (You'll Love Me Too)" Howard A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1962 [52]
"When You Need a Laugh" Cochran A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1962 [53]
"Who Can I Count On" Masters A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1961 [54]
"Why Can't He Be You" Cochran The Patsy Cline Story 1962 [55]
"Yes I Understand" Beam
Jiles
Stevenson
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1959 [15]
"You Belong to Me" Pee Wee King
Chilton Price
Redd Stewart
Sentimentally Yours 1962 [56]
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" Joseph McCarthy
James V. Monaco
Sentimentally Yours 1962 [57]
"You Took Him Off My Hands" Howard
Skeets McDonald
Wynn Stewart
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1963 [58]
"You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love" Billy Faber
Larry Fotine
Fred Meadows
Sentimentally Yours 1962 [59]
"You're Stronger Than Me" Cochran
Jimmy Key
Did not originally appear on a major-label album 1962 [39]
"You're Stronger Than Me" Cochran
Key
So Wrong/You're Stronger Than Me 1962 [39]
"Your Cheatin' Heart" Williams Sentimentally Yours 1962 [60]
"Your Kinda Love" Roy Drusky
Alex Zanetis
A Portrait of Patsy Cline 1962 [61]

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Unterberger, Richie. "Patsy Cline: Biography & History". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits: Patsy Cline: Songs, Reviews & Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ Nassour, Ellis 1993, p. 251.
  4. ^ Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 254–56.
  5. ^ Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 256–58.
  6. ^ ""Ain't No Wheels on This Ship": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. ^ ""Always": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. ^ ""Anytime": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  9. ^ ""Back in Baby's Arms": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. ^ ""Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. ^ ""Blue Moon of Kentucky": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 254.
  13. ^ ""Crazy": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  14. ^ ""Crazy Arms": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 256.
  16. ^ "Patsy Cline: "Faded Love": Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 255.
  18. ^ ""Foolin' Around": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  19. ^ ""Half as Much": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  20. ^ ""He Called Me Baby": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  21. ^ ""Heartaches": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  22. ^ ""Hungry for Love": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  23. ^ ""I Can't Forget You": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ ""I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  25. ^ ""I Fall to Pieces": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  26. ^ ""I Love You So Much It Hurts": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  27. ^ ""I'll Sail My Ship Alone": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  28. ^ ""I'm Moving Along": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  29. ^ ""Imagine That": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  30. ^ ""In Care of the Blues": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  31. ^ ""Leavin' on Your Mind": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  32. ^ ""Lonely Street": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  33. ^ ""Love Letters in the Sand": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  34. ^ ""Love Me Love Me Honey Do": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  35. ^ ""A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  36. ^ ""San Antonio Rose": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  37. ^ ""Seven Lonely Days": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  38. ^ ""She's Got You": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  39. ^ a b c Nassour, Ellis 1993, pp. 257.
  40. ^ ""South of the Border": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  41. ^ ""Strange": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  42. ^ ""Sweet Dreams": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  43. ^ ""That Wonderful Someone": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  44. ^ ""That's My Desire": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  45. ^ ""Then You'll Know": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  46. ^ ""Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  47. ^ ""Too Many Secrets": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  48. ^ ""Tra Le Le Triangle": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  49. ^ ""True Love": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  50. ^ a b ""Walkin' After Midnight": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  51. ^ ""The Wayward Wind": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  52. ^ ""When I Get Through with You": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  53. ^ ""When You Need a Laugh": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  54. ^ ""Who Can I Count On": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  55. ^ ""Why Can't He Be You": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  56. ^ ""You Belong to Me": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  57. ^ ""You Made Me Love You": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  58. ^ ""You Took Him off My Hands": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  59. ^ ""You Were Only Fooling": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  60. ^ ""Your Cheatin' Heart": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  61. ^ ""Your Kinda Love": Patsy Cline: Song Info". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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