A Portrait of Patsy Cline
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| Studio album by Patsy Cline | ||||
| Released | June 15, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | February 28, 1962 – February 7, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Country, traditional pop | |||
| Length | 31:30 | |||
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Decca (1963) MCA (1973, 1988) |
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| Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
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A Portrait of Patsy Cline is a 1964 compilation album containing lesser-known recordings by American country music singer Patsy Cline. It was released on June 15, 1964 on Decca Records, and would later be reissued twice by Decca's successor, MCA Records.
A Portrait contained Patsy Cline's less-familiar recordings, including country and pop standards. The album's highlights includes her cover versions of "Faded Love" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky".A Portrait of Patsy Cline would be one of a string of posthumous released Decca and later MCA records would release. It was released a little over a year after Cline was killed in a plane crash. The album spawned three singles that were released to country radio between 1963-64: "Faded Love," (which was a Top ten hit), "When You Need a Laugh" and "Your Kinda Love".
In 1973, the album was reissued by MCA Records (Decca's successor), then digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 1988. It was also released in the UK by Brunswick Records in 1964, as well as Australia and New Zealand by Festival Records the same year. The album was one of two Patsy Cline albums released by Decca Records in 1964. The other was That's How a Heartache Begins, released shortly after.
Because the album is a compilation, songs were recorded various times between February 28, 1962 and February 7, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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