Template:Did you know nominations/Crazy (Willie Nelson song)

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:50, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Crazy (Willie Nelson song)

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Patsy Cline in 1960

• ... that Patsy Cline's (pictured) version of Willie Nelson's song "Crazy" was the all-time most played song in jukeboxes in the United States 35 years after its release? Source: Associated Press staff (October 26, 1996). "Flash". Vol. 113, no. 94. Tampa Bay Times. Associated Press. Retrieved November 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ALT1: ... that after a car accident Patsy Cline (pictured) could not reach the notes to match Willie Nelson's phrasing while recording "Crazy", and that she needed a second session? Source: p.241 Duncan, Dayton; Burns, Ken (2019). Country Music: An Illustrated History. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-525-52055-9.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Ivory Soap

Improved to Good Article status by GDuwen (talk). Self-nominated at 19:42, 11 February 2022 (UTC).

• The basics:
  • New enough (promoted to GA same day it was nominated).
  • Long enough.
  • On a review of the article to look for policy issues:
    • I'll note that the article could use another pass of copyediting. There are a handful sentences that could be clearer and errors like 'Cline's husband Charlie Dick had previously taken her a demo of Nelson's "Night Life" Cline disliked the song'. This isn't required to pass DYK, though.
    • Also FYI the other juke box chart figure includes a source labeled Newsweek but the link itself goes to an article in the LA Times.
    • Not seeing any issues with V, RS, or NPOV (which would be a surprise since it just passed a GA review).
• The hook:
  • I like the hook, and the but "was" sounds a little awkward. Would recommend just adding the year or another way to make the time clearer (e.g. "as of 1996" or "35 years after its release" or something).
• The rest:
  • QPQ complete (remember to sign your review over there).
  • Image looks suitable. It relies on a missing copyright notice, which is always tricky, but no reason to think there's an issue.
• Ok. I think we're good to go here. Just putting on hold based on my note about the hook above. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@Rhododendrites: Thanks for taking the time to review my DYK. Let's leave it at "35 years after its release". I wrote "was" since the importance of jukebox plays is pretty much irrelevant to the music industry these days. About copyediting the article, there's always room for improvement!--GDuwenHoller! 19:30, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@GDuwen: The only issue with "became ... 35 years after" is it implies the song wasn't #1 before that. "was" was fine there with the "35 years after" added. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 03:43, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

@Rhododendrites: Well, let's put back the "was" in there then. But in the previous 1989 list it appeared at number 2.--GDuwenHoller! 19:13, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

• Looks good to me. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 02:17, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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