Patsy Cline had in all probability by no means heard of a little-known songwriter referred to as Willie Hugh Nelson in 1961, however she would quickly be thanking him for one of many songs of her life. On October 23, 1961, “Crazy” made its debut on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Cline and producer Owen Bradley had been on the lookout for the monitor that will be her follow-up to her first nation chart-topper “I Fall To Pieces.” Bradley rearranged “Crazy” as a ballad in her type, Cline recorded her interpretation simply two months after a automotive crash that just about killed her, and one of the well-known of all nation songs was born.
It was Cline’s recording of “Crazy” that made the title of Willie Nelson, and together with his popularity established, his personal model would seem the next yr on the album …And Then I Wrote. That additionally featured with different gems similar to “Hello Walls” and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”
A rustic to pop crossover
“Crazy” debuted on the US pop chart at a assured No.65, second solely among the many week’s new entries to Gary US Bonds’ new launch, “School Is In.” Cline’s single took simply three weeks to make the Prime 20 and 5 to hit the Prime 10, peaking at No.9. The tune additionally raced to No.2 on the nation chart, however needed to wait nearly 30 years extra to grow to be a chart document within the UK, when a reissue took it to No.14 early in 1991.
Early in 2021, “Crazy” was honored with it first-ever official video, directed by Natalie O’Moore and filmed at Dee’s Nation Cocktail Lounge outdoors Nashville. The clip was a collaboration between the Patsy Cline Property, UMe, and UMG Nashville.
“Crazy” went on to be coated endlessly, by artists starting from Kenny Rogers to Shirley Bassey, and likewise grew to become a trademark tune for the younger LeAnn Rimes. One of many newer variations of it’s by Neil Younger, on his 2014 album A Letter Dwelling. French vocal stylist (and former First Girl) Carla Bruni covers it, with Nelson, on her 2017 album French Contact. However the artist that may all the time personal “Crazy” is Patsy Cline.
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