Patsy Cline posthumous discography

The posthumous discography of American singer Patsy Cline consists of recordings released after March 5, 1963.[1] Since her death, Cline's record label and other labels have released numerous studio albums, compilation albums and singles. Decca Records (Cline's label at the time of her death) planned to release Cline's fourth studio album at the time of her death.[2] Instead, a compilation was released in June 1963 titled The Patsy Cline Story.[3] The album reached number 9 on the Billboard country albums list and number 74 on the pop albums chart.[4][5] Two singles posthumously released in 1963 became top 10 hits on the Billboard country songs chart: "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" and "Faded Love".[6] Following the release of two posthumous studio albums, Decca issued Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits in 1967. It was the highest-selling female country album for 28 years until Shania Twain surpassed her record in 1995. Greatest Hits was reissued multiple times and eventually was certified diamond in sales in the United States.[3]

Patsy Cline discography
Patsy Cline publicity photograph, 1957.
Studio albums4
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums3
Compilation albums42
Singles35
Video albums4
Music videos2
Box sets1
Other appearances1

In 1980, MCA Records released versions of Cline's music with new backing tracks overdubbed onto the original vocals. This included a single, "Always", and a posthumous studio album of overdubbed material.[6] Overdubbed duets were also released between Cline and deceased artist Jim Reeves. These duets appeared on albums, including Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves (1982).[7] Singles between the artists were also issued, including "Have You Ever Been Lonely?". The song reached number 5 on the Billboard country songs chart.[8] along with a similarly constructed digital duet, I Fall to Pieces which appeared on the RCA compilation album Greatest Hits of Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline along with solo hits by the two artists.

In 1985, Cline's film biopic, Sweet Dreams was released, spawning a soundtrack of the same name. The soundtrack certified gold in the United States. Cline's original vocals were again overdubbed with new backing tracks for the recording.[3][6] The movie brought renewed interest to her recordings, sparking labels to reissue and re-release material[6] 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 called Live at the Opry. The label also released her first box set, The Patsy Cline Collection (1991). It certified platinum and peaked at number 29 on the Billboard country albums chart.[9]

In 1990, Cline's two previous hit singles ("I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy") became hits in the United Kingdom.[10] The 1995 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 number 67 on the Top Country Albums chart.[11] Its first single, a duet with John Berry reached a minor position on the Billboard country chart.[12] Additionally, 2005's Patsy Cline Gold reached number 43[13] while 2008's Collector's Edition reached number 71 on the Billboard country albums list.[14] Among her recent releases was 2012's Icon which peaked at number 38 on the country albums chart.[15] Patsy Cline has sold 15 million records posthumously according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[16]

Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
Country

[17]
A Portrait of Patsy Cline
  • Released: June 15, 1964
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Always 27
Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1 67
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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1960s–1980s

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[18]
US
Cou.

[17]
CAN
Cou.

[19]
UK
[10]
The Patsy Cline Story
  • Released: June 10, 1963
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
74 9 14
That's How a Heartache Begins
  • Released: November 2, 1964
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
Here's Patsy Cline
  • Released: July 5, 1965
  • Label: Vocalion
  • Formats: LP
Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 13, 1967
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
17[a]
Country Great!
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Vocalion
  • Formats: LP
The Country Hall of Fame – Patsy Cline
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP
Greatest Hits: Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
8
Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Today, Tomorrow, and Forever
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Heartaches
Stop, Look & Listen
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Songwriter's Tribute
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Faded Love
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
The Last Sessions
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Dreaming...
  • Released: October 19, 1988
  • Label: Prism
  • Formats: LP
55
Walkin' Dreams: Her First Recordings,
Volume 1
  • Released: January 30, 1989
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Hungry for Love: Her First Recordings,
Volume 2
  • Released: January 30, 1989
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
The Rockin' Side: Her First Recordings,
Volume 3
  • Released: January 30, 1989
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s–2010s

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[18]
US
Cou.

[17]
CAN
Cou.

[19]
UK
[10]
Best of Patsy Cline
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
The Definitive Patsy Cline
  • Released: May 9, 1992
  • Label: Arcade
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
11
At Her Best
  • Released: August 29, 1992
  • Label: Hollywood
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
63
Forever and Always
  • Released: September 22, 1992
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
Loved and Lost Again
In Care of the Blues
  • Released: October 19, 1993
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
Walkin' After Midnight
  • Released: October 19, 1993
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Patsy Cline
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: CD
Patsy Cline Sings Songs of Love
  • Released: July 4, 1995
  • Label: MCA Special Products
  • Formats: CD
Patsy Cline Sings More Great Songs
of Love
  • Released: August 1, 1995
  • Label: MCA Special Products
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best of Patsy Cline 21
Birth of a Country Legend 13
The Essential Patsy Cline
  • Released: February 11, 1997
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: February 3, 1998
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD
49
20th Century Masters:
The Millennium Collection
  • Released: July 20, 1999
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: October 17, 2000
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
True Love: A Standards Collection
  • Released: April 25, 2000
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Formats: CD
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: June 24, 2004
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD
52
Patsy Cline: Gold
  • Released: March 1, 2005
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
43
Patsy Cline: Collector's Edition
  • Released: August 14, 2007
  • Label: Madacy
  • Formats: CD
73
Playlist Your Way: Patsy Cline
  • Released: August 5, 2008
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD
Icon: Patsy Cline
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD
197 38
Icon 2: Patsy Cline
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD
Deluxe: Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 30, 2012
  • Label: Puzzle
  • Formats: CD
70
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums

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Soundtracks

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[18]
US
Cou.

[17]
AUS
[28]
UK
[10]
Sweet Dreams
  • Released: September 16, 1985
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
29 6 47 18

Box sets

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[18]
US
Cou.

[17]
The Patsy Cline Collection
  • Released: October 22, 1991
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
166 23

Live albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
Country

[17]
Live at the Opry
  • Released: April 4, 1988
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
60
Live Volume Two
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
Live at the Cimarron Ballroom
  • Released: July 29, 1997
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
32
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[32]
US
Cou.

[33]
US
AC

[34]
CAN
[35]
CAN
Cou.

[36]
UK
[37]
"Sweet Dreams (Of You)" 1963 44 5 15 32 The Patsy Cline Story
"Faded Love" 96 7 A Portrait of Patsy Cline
"When You Need a Laugh" 47
"Your Kinda Love" 1964
"That's How a Heartache Begins" That's How a Heartache Begins
"He Called Me Baby" 23
"Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Part 1" 1965
"Your Cheatin' Heart"
"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"
"I Love You So Much It Hurts"
"Shoes" 1966
"Lonely Street"
"That's My Desire"
"You Took Him Off My Hands" 1967
"Hidin' Out"
"True Love"
"Always" 1968
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
"Anytime" 73
"Crazy Arms" 1969
"Life's Railway to Heaven" 1978 98
"Always"[b] 1980 18 21 Always
"I Fall to Pieces"[c] 61
"Have You Ever Been Lonely
(Have You Ever Been Blue)
" (with Jim Reeves)
1981 5 1 Greatest Hits: Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline
"I Fall to Pieces" (with Jim Reeves) 1982 54 41 Remembering
"Crazy"[d] 1987 79
"Crazy"[e] 1990 14 The Definitive Patsy Cline
"I Fall to Pieces"[f] 1991 87
"That Wonderful Someone" (with Bob Carlisle) 1999 Patsy Cline Duets, Volume 1
"There He Goes" (with John Berry) 70
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

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Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album Notes
US
Bubb.

[39]
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" 1964 23 A Portrait of Patsy Cline [g]

Videography

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Video albums

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List of video albums, showing all relevant details
Title Album details Certifications
The Real Patsy Cline
  • Release date: April 16, 1985
  • Label: Hallway Productions
  • Formats: VHS
Remembering Patsy Cline
  • Release date: September 9, 1997
  • Label: White Star
  • Formats: VHS
Sweet Dreams Still: The Anthology
  • Release date: September 27, 2005
  • Label: MPI Home Video
  • Formats: DVD
Crazy - A Portrait of Patsy Cline
  • Release date: July 21, 2006
  • Label: Immortal
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Sweet Dreams (Of You)" 1985 Phil MacDonald [41]
"Crazy" 1991 John Lloyd Miller

Other appearances

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List of album guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album Ref.
"Lovesick Blues" 1993 Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Tammy Wynette
Honky Tonk Angels [42]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits was reissued in 1988 and re-titled as 12 Greatest Hits. The updated version reached number 27 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[17]
  2. ^ This version of "Always" was electronically re-recorded with new instrumentation beside Cline's original lead vocal.[6]
  3. ^ This version of "I Fall to Pieces" was electronically re-recorded with new instrumentation beside Cline's original lead vocal.[6]
  4. ^ "Crazy" was re-released internationally as a single in both 1987 and 1991.[37]
  5. ^ "Crazy" was re-released internationally as a single in both 1987 and 1991.[37]
  6. ^ "I Fall to Pieces" was re-released internationally as a single in 1991.[37]
  7. ^ B-side to "Your Kinda Love".[39]

References

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  3. ^ a b c "100 Greatest Women - Patsy Cline (#6)". Country Universe.net. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
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  5. ^ "The Patsy Cline Story chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 300–301. ISBN 1-85828-534-8.
  7. ^ "Remembering [MCA] Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ^ ""Have You Ever Been Lonely": Chart history: Country songs". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  10. ^ a b c d "The Official Charts Company - Patsy Cline". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  11. ^ "Duets, Vol. 1: Chart History: Country albums". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. ^ ""There He Goes": Chart history: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  14. ^ "Collector's Edition chart history: Country albums". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Icon: Patsy Cline chart history: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  19. ^ a b "Search results for "Patsy Cline" under Country Albums-CDs". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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  23. ^ "American album certifications – Patsy Cline – Heartaches". Recording Industry Association of America.
  24. ^ "British album certifications – Patsy Cline – The Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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  28. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 284. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  29. ^ "British album certifications – Patsy Cline – Sweet Dreams". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  30. ^ "American album certifications – Patsy Cline – Sweet Dreams". Recording Industry Association of America.
  31. ^ "American album certifications – Patsy Cline – The Patsy Cline Collection". Recording Industry Association of America.
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  33. ^ "Patsy Cline Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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  35. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade results". Archived from the original on 2006-07-19.
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  42. ^ "Honky Tonk Angels > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
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