Maps of Music

Showcase (1961)

Where the lyrics of Showcase take you, and where it was really made.

The cover was swapped after Cline's death: the first cover used three photos from a 1957 promotional shoot.

Key places

Where the Showcase sessions were recorded (1961)

Recording site Nashville — Recording for Showcase began on November 16, 1960 at Bradley Film and Recording Studios in Nashville, over five sessions ending August 25, 1961. The point uses city-level coordinates, not the exact building location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Showcase: second studio album by American country singer Patsy Cline, recorded with The Jordanaires
• Released November 27, 1961
• Her second studio album and first since Patsy Cline in 1957
• Released by Decca Records
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Two singles, 'I Fall to Pieces' and 'Crazy', became hits on both the Billboard country and pop charts

Background

• Recording came after Cline's near-fatal car accident in 1961
• 'Crazy' was recorded after her month-long hospitalization following that June crash
• Many tracks are covers of songs already hits for other artists
• Covers include Gogi Grant's 'The Wayward Wind', Bonnie Lou's 'Seven Lonely Days', Cole Porter's 'True Love' and Bob Wills' 'San Antonio Rose'
• Remakes of Cline's own 1957 hits 'Walkin' After Midnight' and 'A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)' are included

Recording

• Recording began November 16, 1960 at Bradley Film and Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Five sessions, ending August 25, 1961
• Showcase was the first set of sessions after her near-death in the 1961 car crash
• The Jordanaires also recorded on Cline's 1962 album on Decca
• Owen Bradley helped smooth her sound and develop her own style of the Nashville sound

Cover

• The original cover showed three photos from a 1957 promotional shoot, according to the album's liner notes by Jay Orr and Ron Roy
• After her death, the cover changed to the more familiar shot of Cline in a white blouse and red capri pants

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932.
• Began performing in 1948 at local radio station WINC at age 15.
• Took the stage name Patsy Cline, using her middle name Patterson.

Career

• Signed a recording contract with 4 Star Records in 1954; early singles were not hits.
• Breakthrough came in 1957 with "Walkin' After Midnight" after a national TV appearance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.
• Moved to Nashville in 1958 and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in January 1960.
• Moved to Decca Records in 1960, working under producer Owen Bradley, and had two number-one country hits, including "I Fall to Pieces" (1961) and "She's Got You".
• "Crazy" (1961) became her biggest pop hit; she was among the first country artists to cross over successfully into pop.
• Died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, on March 5, 1963, at age 30.

Legacy

• Became the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973.
• Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
• Her childhood home in Winchester was restored and opened as a museum in 2011.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Two singles became hits on both the Billboard country and pop charts
• 'I Fall to Pieces' became Cline's first number one hit on the Billboard country chart and reached the Top 15 on the pop Top 100 in 1961
• 'Crazy' peaked in the top five on the Billboard country chart and in the Top 10 on the pop Top 100
• In 1961 the album was released in the United Kingdom by Brunswick Records and in New Zealand by Festival Records

Reappraisal

• Re-released on Decca in 1963 after her death
• Reached the Billboard 200 for the first time, at number 73
• Reissued in 1973 by MCA Records, which had taken over Decca that year
• Digitally remastered and re-released on CD, LP and cassette in 1988, with the same cover as the 1963 re-release

Records

• Billboard 200: number 73 on the 1963 re-release
• 'I Fall to Pieces': first Billboard country number one for Cline
• 'Crazy': top five on the Billboard country chart, Top 10 on the pop Top 100

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The 1963 Decca re-release changed the title to 'Patsy Cline Showcase with the Jordanaires'
• The Italian track list gives 'Crazy' a recording date of 21 August 1961 at Bradley Film and Recording Studio
• The LP label reads 'LONG PLAY 33 1/3'
• Most of the album is made up of songs that other artists had already made into hits
• Owen Bradley is described as a legendary country producer who shaped Cline's Nashville sound

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · it.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact