Crazy Dreams

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"Crazy Dreams"
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Single by Patsy Cline
B-side "There He Goes"
ReleasedAugust 1, 1960 (1960-08-01)
RecordedJanuary 1960
Studio Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Label Decca
Songwriter(s)
  • Charles Beam
  • Charles L. Jiles
  • W.S. Stevenson
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline singles chronology
"Lovesick Blues"
(1960)
"Crazy Dreams"
(1960)
"I Fall to Pieces"
(1961)

"Crazy Dreams" is a song first recorded by American country singer Patsy Cline. It was composed by Charles Beam, Charles L. Jiles and W.S. Stevenson. It was released as a single in 1960 and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was the last single released on Cline's contract with Four Star Records, which terminated in 1960.

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Background

Patsy Cline had originally signed a recording contract with Four Star Records in 1955. Despite a series of singles, only one song proved to be successful: "Walkin' After Midnight" (1957). The follow-up releases mixed various musical styles and failed to gain a widespread audience. [2] The results disappointed Cline and arranged for her manager (Randy Hughes) to find better material for her to record at her studio sessions. [3] The results fared better with Cline, beginning at her January 1960 session when she cut the track "Crazy Dreams". The song was composed by Charles Beam, Charles L. Jiles and W.S. Stevenson (pseudonym for Four Star executive Bill McCall). Biographer Ellis Nassour described "Crazy Dreams" as a "country shuffle". The track was recorded at Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and was produced by Owen Bradley. [4]

Release and reception

"Crazy Dreams" was issued as a single on August 1, 1960 on Decca Records (which Four Star licensed its music to). [5] [6] It was Cline's final single issued in her contract with Four Star and she would eventually record full-time with the Decca label. [7] Cline promoted the track on the radio program, Country Style U.S.A., in September 1960. [8] The song has since received positive reception from writers and critics. Thom Jurek of AllMusic named it an "album pick" when reviewing Cline's 1991 box set titled The Patsy Cline Collection. [9] In a separate AllMusic review, Jurek called the song "criminally-ignored". [10] Ellis Nassour of the biography Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline called the song "wonderful" and credited its backing musicians for its quality. [4]

Track listing

7" vinyl single [6]

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References

Footnotes

  1. ""Crazy Dreams": Patsy Cline: Song information". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. Unterberger, Richie. "Patsy Cline: Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. Nassour 1993, pp. 115–118.
  4. 1 2 Nassour 1993, pp. 119.
  5. Nassour 1993, pp. 52–57.
  6. 1 2 Cline, Patsy (August 1, 1960). ""Crazy Dreams"/"There He Goes" (7" vinyl single)". Decca Records . 9-31128.
  7. Nassour 1993, pp. 120.
  8. Nassour 1993, pp. 121–122.
  9. Jurek, Thom. "The Patsy Cline Collection: Patsy Cline: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  10. Coe, David Allan. "David Allan Coe Presents Patsy Cline: Patsy Cline: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 July 2021.

Books

  • Nassour, Ellis (1993). Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   0-312-08870-1.