SWEET
DREAMS
PATSY
CLINE
SONGWRITERS:
DON GIBSON; G.A. SARAF; JOHN DAVID; LENOX; PAUL KENNERLEY & STEWART
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE PATSY CLINE STORY
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY BALLAD
YEAR: 1963
Patsy Cline(born Virginia Patterson Hensley;
September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. She is considered
one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the
first country music artists to successfully cross over into pop music. Cline
had several major hits during her eight-year recording career, including two
number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart.
Cline's first professional performances began
at the local WINC radio station
when she was fifteen. In the early 1950s, Cline began appearing in a local band led by
performer Bill Peer. Various local appearances led to
featured performances on Connie B. Gay's Town
and Country television broadcasts. It also led to the signing of her first
recording contract with the Four Star label in 1954. She had minor success with her earliest Four Star
singles including "A Church, a
Courtroom, Then Goodbye"(1955) and
"I've Loved and Lost Again"(1956). In 1957 however, Cline made her
first national television appearance on Arthur
Godfrey's Talent Scouts. After performing "Walkin' After Midnight", the single
would become her first major hit on both the country and pop charts.
Cline's
further singles with Four Star Records were unsuccessful, although she
continued performing and recording. After marrying in 1957 and
giving birth in 1958, she moved to Nashville,
Tennessee, to further her career. Working with new
manager Randy Hughes, Cline would become a member of the Grand Ole Opry and then move to Decca Records in 1960. Under the direction of producer Owen Bradley, her
musical sound shifted and she achieved consistent success. The 1961 single
"I Fall to Pieces"
would become her first to top the Billboard country chart. As the song became a hit, Cline
was severely injured in an automobile accident, which caused her to spend a
month in the hospital. After recovering, her next single release "Crazy" would also become a major hit.
"Sweet Dreams" or "Sweet
Dreams (of You)" is a country ballad, which was written by Don Gibson. Gibson
originally recorded the song in 1955; his version hit the top ten of Billboard's
country chart, but was
eclipsed by the success of a competing version by Faron Young. In 1960, after Gibson had
established himself as a country music superstar, he released a new version as a single. This version also
charted in the top ten on the country chart and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, where
it peaked at number ninety-three. The song has become a country standard, with
other notable versions by Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris.
In early 1963, Patsy Cline was recording songs for her next album, Faded Love, which was set
for release in late March, 1963. She recorded "Sweet Dreams" for the
album on February 5. However, on March 5, Cline died in a plane crash on the
way home from a benefit in Kansas City,
Missouri for the family
of Cactus Jack Call, a disc jockey who was killed in an automobile accident so, therefore, the album
was never released. The songs were later compiled for the release Patsy Cline the Last Sessions in 1988.
Sweet dreams of you
Every night I go
through
Why cant I forget you
and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams
About you
You dont love me its
plain
I should know I'll never wear your ring
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
Sweet dreams of you
Things I know can't come true
Why cant I forget the past
Start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.
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