| 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 | |||
| Label | Decca (1963) MCA (1988) |
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| Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
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| Patsy Cline chronology | ||||
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| Singles from A Portrait of Patsy Cline | ||||
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A Portrait of Patsy Cline is a 1964 compilation containing lesser-known recordings by American country music singer, Patsy Cline. The album was released June 15, 1964 on Decca Records, and would later be reissued twice by Decca's successor, MCA Records.
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A Portrait contained Patsy Cline's less-familiar recordings, including Country music standards and Pop music standards. The album's highlights includes her cover versions of "Faded Love" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." [1] A Portrait of Patsy Cline would be one of a string of posthumous released Decca and later MCA records would release. The album was released a little over a year after Cline was killed in a plane crash. The album spawned four singles that were released to country radio between 1963 and 1964, "Faded Love," (which was a Top 10 hit), "When You Need a Laugh", and "Your Kinda Love."
In 1973, the album was reissued under MCA records (Decca's successor) and reissued and digitally remastered on a CD format by MCA again in 1988. The album was also released in the United Kingdom by Brunswick Records in 1964, as well as Australia and New Zealand by Festival Records the same year.[2] The album was one of two Patsy Cline albums released by Decca Records in 1964. The other was That's How a Heartache Begins shortly after.
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Because this album is a compilation, songs were recorded various times between February 28, 1962 and February 7, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1964 | Country Albums | N/A |
| Pop Albums | N/A |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1963 | "Faded Love" | Country Singles | 7 |
| Pop Singles | 96 | ||
| "When You Need a Laugh" | Country Singles | 47 | |
| 1964 | "Your Kinda Love" | Country Singles | N/A |
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