Australian singles chart:
I Fall to Pieces entered the Kent charts on 22 July 1961 and peaked at #13. The single ranked #89 on the Top 100 of 1961.
Album:
The song is on the 1961 album Showcase by Patsy Cline and The Jordanaires.
Songwriters:
Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard
Producer:
Owen Bradley
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
Songfacts:
Written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard, this was arguably the first pure country single to cross over to the pop charts. It also established Patsy Cline’s sophisticated weepy style.
According to Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs, “Cline was reluctant to record this ballad, which had been turned down by Brenda Lee, until producer Owen Bradley coaxed her into it. The sound was stone country but wrapped in elaborate pop, with Cline crying inside, like a nerve rubbed raw by heartbreak.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/patsy-cline/i-fall-to-pieces
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