12 Greatest Hits

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12 Greatest Hits
12 Greatest Hits cover
Compilation album by Patsy Cline
Released 1967, Re-released in 2003
Recorded 1961-1963
Genre Country/Pop music
Label Decca Records (Now MCA Records)
Producer Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline chronology
Stop the World and Let Me Off
(1966)		 12 Greatest Hits
(1967)		 Miss Country Music
(1968)

12 Greatest Hits or simply Greatest Hits is a compilation album produced by Owen Bradley to promote an album of Patsy Cline's biggest hits. The album became one of the most successful Country albums ever produced when it remained on the Country charts for over thirty years and last seen on the Country charts on May 21, 2005. The album is even in the Guinness World Book of Records for being the longest Country album on the Country Music charts by a female artist. The album features all of Cline's biggest hits, including a remake of "Walkin' After Midnight" and other big hits like "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces". The album was also certified by RIAA as Diamond, meaning that the album had reached a sales of ten million copies.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Walkin' After Midnight" - (Don Hecht/Alan Block) 2:00
  2. "Sweet Dreams" - (Don Gibson) 2:31
  3. "Crazy" - (Willie Nelson) 2:41
  4. "I Fall to Pieces" - (Hank Cochran/Harlan Howard) 2:47
  5. "So Wrong" - (Carl Perkins) 3:00
  6. "Strange" - (Mel Tillis/Fred Burch) 2:10
  7. "Back In Baby's Arms" - (Bob Montgomery) 2:00
  8. "She's Got You" - (Hank Cochran) 3:01
  9. "Faded Love" - (John Wills/Bob Wills) 3:43
  10. "Why Can't He Be You?" - (Hank Cochran) 3:21
  11. "You're Stronger Than Me" - (Hank Cochran/Jimmy Key) 2:51
  12. "Leavin' On Your Mind" - (Wayne Walker) 2:34