Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (Original Stereo)
"I Fall To Pieces" was the first song that the songwriting team of Hank Cochran and Harlan
Howard composed together. They brought the song to record producer Owen Bradley in Nashville
who first offerred it to Brenda Lee who turned it down ("too country for me"), and then Roy
Drusky (it's not a man's song"), and then Patsy Cline. Patsy recorded it in November of 1960
with vocal backing by the Jordanaires, but the song didn't immediately gain country radio
station acceptance when it was released in January of 1961. A pop station in Columbus, Ohio
began playing it, and the song first captured some crossover appeal before the country
audience discovered it. By the late spring of the year, both pop and country audiences had
"found" the recording, but Patsy was involved in a car accident in June of 1961 which kept her from promoting the song. Still "I Fall to Pieces" reached #12 on the pop charts by July of that year, and the song's success garnered her an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.
The Life and Work of Hank Cochran (1/2) ~ Song By: George Strait
The Life and Work of Hank Cochran (2/2) ~ Songs By: Jeannie Seely & Patsy Cline
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