\n“Back in Baby\u2019s Arms” was another Patsy Cline recording that did not chart, however the tune is included on Patsy Cline\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/em> collection, released in 1967 and re-released in 1988. Eventually, this album was certified diamond status by the RIAA, designating the sale of 10 million copies, and at the same time, the album was given the award of Longest-Charting Title by a Female Artist of any music genre in history in the 2005 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n
7<\/span><\/p>\n\n“Always”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018Always\u2026Patsy Cline\u2019 (1980)<\/small><\/header>\n\nSurprisingly, 17 years after her death, Patsy Cline\u2019s version of the Irving Berlin classic broke the Top 20 on the Billboard<\/em> Country Singles chart. The song was originally recorded in 1963 during the same session as “Sweet Dreams (of You)” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Re-arranged with modern studio musicians and background vocals, the song would later become the title of the musical based on the life of Pasty Cline, produced by Ted Swindley in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n
6<\/span><\/p>\n\n“Leavin\u2019 on Your Mind”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018The Patsy Cline Story\u2019 (1963)<\/small><\/header>\n\nIn 1963, Patsy Cline\u2019s career was at its peak. After dozens of failed records \u2014 with two recorded under her real name of Virginia Hensley \u2014 the feisty country girl finally hit the top. After the success of “I Fall to Pieces,” “Crazy” and “She\u2019s Got You,” Cline was in the middle of a streak of hits when she released “Leavin\u2019 on Your Mind.” The single soared to the Top 10 in February of 1963, less than one month before her untimely death in a plane crash.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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5<\/span><\/p>\n\n“I Fall to Pieces”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018Patsy Cline Showcase\u2019 (1951)<\/small><\/header>\n\nIn 1960, Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard composed “I Fall to Pieces.” The tune was already rejected by Brenda Lee and Roy Drusky when they brought it in to Pasty Cline\u2019s producer, Owen Bradley. Bradley persuaded Cline, who also didn\u2019t care for the song, to cut it. Radio stations were also slow to add the record, but with the help of promotions man Pat Nelson, the song became a hit station by station. With “Walkin\u2019 After Midnight” only peaking at No. 2, “I Fall to Pieces” has the distinction of becoming Pasty Cline\u2019s first No .1 record on the Billboard<\/em> Country Singles chart.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n\n“She\u2019s Got You”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018Sentimentally Yours\u2019 (1962)<\/small><\/header>\n\nUnlike many of the other stories behind the hits Patsy Cline recorded, it seems that everyone loved “She\u2019s Got You” right from the start. Penned by Hank Cochran, Patsy Cline and company needed no convincing to cut this smooth, sensitive story song. After the recording session, Cline took some much needed time off from a busy year that saw the birth of her child, a near-fatal car crash, the success of playing Carnegie Hall and scoring her first No. 1 hit with “I Fall to Pieces.” Released in 1962, “She\u2019s Got You” became Cline\u2019s second No. 1 hit.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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3<\/span><\/p>\n\n“Walkin\u2019 After Midnight”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018Pasty Cline\u2019 (1957)<\/small><\/header>\n\nPatsy Cline had been recording for small record labels since 1954 with very little success. Then, in 1957, her career shot to a national level thanks to an appearance on CBS\u2019 Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts<\/em>. After Cline froze the applause meters, Godfrey stated, \u201cThere is surely stardust on you.\u201d In the wake of her successful performance of “Walkin\u2019 After Midnight,” the record was immediately released and the song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard<\/em> Country Singles chart. Although Cline shunned the song at first, saying it was \u201cnothin\u2019 but a little ol\u2019 pop song,\u201d the tune is a must on our list of the Top 10 Patsy Cline songs.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n
2<\/span><\/p>\n\n“Crazy”<\/h2>\n
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From \u2018Pasty Cline Showcase\u2019 (1961)<\/p>\n<\/header>\n\nAt 27, Willie Nelson<\/a> landed his first No. 1 record as a songwriter on Faron Young\u2019s “Hello Walls.” At the time, he was one of the hottest songwriters in Nashville. When Patsy Cline heard Billy Walker singing another Nelson song, “Funny How Time Slips Away,” she asked for permission to record the song. However, Walker wouldn\u2019t part with it and offered her another Nelson composition titled “Crazy.” With Floyd Cramer at the piano, Grady Martin guitar and Jordanaires behind her, Cline recorded what would become a treasure in the Great American Songbook.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n\n“Sweet Dreams”<\/h2>\n
From \u2018The Patsy Cline Story\u2019 (1963)<\/small><\/header>\n\nOriginally recorded by Faron Young in 1956, Pasty Cline and producer Owen Bradley took a different twist on this Don Gibson composition. The recording was a perfect fit for Cline\u2019s soothing voice, gently soaring above lush orchestration and the angelic sounds of the Jordanaires. Ironically, the song was recorded exactly one month before her death in 1963. The single peaked at No. 5 two months after her death. “Sweet Dreams” helped immortalize the Country Music Hall of Famer as the title of the film about her life, starring Jessica Lange.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n