I feel that Patsy's voice is hauntingly beautiful. It goes thru your ears and mind, and then settles in your soul.

Please don't call yourself stupid. You're clearly not stupid. Not having the right word to describe what you mean is something everyone experiences. Patsy Cline is one of my all-time favorite singers. Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt, and a few others are right there with her, there's something very poignant about the way they sing.

Glad you are doing more of Patsy's songs. She had so many great hits such as "She's Got You", "Walkin' After Midnight", "So Wrong", "Leavin' On Your Mind", "I Fall To Pieces" "San Antonio Rose", "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "Half As Much", "He Called Me Baby", "Faded Love" etc.

I am here for all the Patsy Cline!! I used to sing “Walking After Midnight” to my son when he was a baby; played her in my car. My son became a big fan, too. Her voice is just beautiful and from all I have read, she had a big beautiful personality too.

What just happened is an extremely gifted Lady sang a song to YOU! And you responded the same way MILLIONS of people before you responded. You swooned! She made you feel like she was singing this to you and it made you feel special, cared for, and needed! This is how special this lady was. She evoked emotions from everyone that listened to this vocal masterpiece! Amazing that someone singing a song brings these feelings out of us. I’m glad you took the time to listen to this very special lady and her perfect voice! Proof that we don’t need to degrade each other with foul mouthed lyrics. This song transcends race, gender, and most of all, TIME!

"During the first evening's sessions, Cline was joined in the studio by producer Owen Bradley, background vocalists the Jordanaires, guitarists including Grady Martin and Cline's manager, Randy Hughes, piano player Floyd Cramer, and, among the others, a total of 10 violinists."

The "Sweet Dreams" movie is very good but an even better portrayal of Patsy can be seen in the Oscar-winning film "Coal Miner's Daughter", which is primarily about the life of Loretta Lynn, but Patsy Cline is a very big part of the story and Beverly D'Angelo does an awesome job of bringing her to life. Beverly even does her own great singing, as does Sissy Spacek in the role of Loretta.

Those voices were unmodified by technology. What you hear is pure talent.

That music was performed excellence because there was NO AUTOTUNE, no over production, no computer influence. It was talent. Talented musicians, talented singers. Great SONGWRITING! It was about love, the good and the bad but always love!

I love walking after midnight..she has grit, growl and power you haven't heard yet. She was awesome💙💙💙

That is one of my favorite songs. So beautiful!! She was a treasure and how blessed we are to have her music. I laughed because I started swaying and you did too LOL. Great reaction

Patsy and the women didn't get up on the stage and be phony like a lot of the female singers today. They just got up there and sang from the heart and soul. No screaming and yelling. Pure voice. The same is true for the men singers. They each had their own style . Very recognizably.

Baby it's just talent, no autotune. We need to get back to pure music.

My 89 year old father was a big fan of Patsy (& her best friend, Loretta Lynn). I was lucky to have grown up hearing their music. Patsy's voice has this uncanny ability to make you cease whatever you were doing to pay attention & listen. Her smooth & silky yet power deep tones instantly calms you & just grabs a hold of your soul. My favorites are Crazy, I fall to pieces, Walkin' after midnight, She's got you, Your cheatin' heart, & Tennessee Waltz. I hope you will continue down this rabbit hole to discover more of her iconic & legendary songs. Be sure to watch "Sweet Dreams" starring Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline. She was an Academy Award Oscar nominee for her role. There is also the 1980 movie about Loretta Lynn called "Coal Miner's Daughter" starring Sissy Spacek, who did win an Oscar for her performance.

She was such a treasure... we lost her Way Too Soon!

I saw the movie Sweet Dreams in the 80s and became completely obsessed with her listened to all her music. There is no one like her and her voice is straight from heaven. Love your reaction! ❤

There are certain singers no matter what they are singing, have a certain emotive quality in their voice, that translates and moves people. Pasty is definitely one of them. Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer are a few other female singers, that posses that same quality. If you want to hear some great country singing by Pasty, try Seven Lonely Days, Lovesick Blues, I Fall To Pieces or Your Cheatin' Heart.

It comes from a deep place for anyone who feels things so deeply and the deepest love and pain and it’s about crying at a commercial or crying seeing a funeral for someone you don’t know but cry because you can imagine the pain or remember the pain!! Not a easy thing to deal with

I’ve always tried to find the words to describe her voice and it’s just so pure and clean. Back then, when I was growing up it was all the artist, not tech. I enjoy watching you hear her for the first time.🤍

These legends had voices smooth as butter ❤

Purity is a good word. No tricks, just talent and genuine emotion.

It's the clarity in the tone, the voices were true without being over produced. Just clear as a bell. Listen to any of her slow songs and you feel it in your soil, Crazy is one of her absolute best.

Im always amazed by the fact that they all had to be there and do it together.

This was called the "Nashville sound" which was a move away from honky tonky country to a more sophisticated style, orchestral backing and lots of strings, Patsy's later recordings had the Jordanaires singing backup, who also sang backup for Elvis, Brenda Lee, and Eddy Arnold among others, and of course, that piano playing by Floyd Cramer is instantly recognizable.

Awesome reaction....you need more subscribers! I love how you research and care and "get it"....all this music of all genres that make up the fabric of our memories, childhood and life. I love seeing how you younger people really appreciate the music of the '40's - '70's and there is hope that it will be kept alive...it really was special. The words you used are perfect and you are NOT stupid :). P.S....did you hear Patsy on the commercial during the Bills game where they are helping the baby horse get back to his mother? :)

Jessica Lange plays Patsy in the film Sweet Dreams...shes great in it❤!

Thank you sir for being so respectful of Patsy. She was amazing and had a tragically short life as you said. If you’ve never heard Jim Croce, he and his band also died in a plane crash and he was also only 30. Start with “Operator” and please react! He was an AMAZING songwriter.

Great biopic of Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" is a much see. The violins and other instrumental back up are usually called in for "session" work. They come in and record the background tracks. Once a musician is known as a good "Sight reader" of music which is the main characteristic for "session" gigs, then you get hired a lot. Love session work because it's a quick in and out, usually union pay and fun.

Patsy is very much classic Country. Country changed a lot in the 70s and 80s

Pure Raw Talent.. so clear so powerful.. so much emotion.. simply gorgeous

They had emotion, soul, in their songs. Auto Tune cuts that out.

Regarding the issue of her not liking the violins, check out Rose of San Antone like I posted a link to below and what you are hearing in that country mix is fiddle. But what was happening in this song didn't really sound like fiddle, it sounded like violins, and the arrangement was super syrupy and pop for the time. I personally love it and for most of us there's no way to hear it any different way because that's the way we've heard it from our earliest memories.

You are not stupid. Patsy's voice is iconic. You get that feeling. That's all that matters.

Patsy was raised in my home town of Winchester VA. When the producers of her bio "Sweet Dreams" came to check out our town they said it was too clean and decided to film in a town about 20 miles north into West Virginia. A lot of the local people in Winchester did, however, get walk on parts. One of my friends had a lot of antique advertising material that was used in the film also. We were never supposed to mention her name in front of my mother-in-law for some reason. That might have also been an interesting story lol,, never did find out why

I agree, Patsy's music was being transformed to cross over the lines of country music into more of a pop sound. The strings add a special vibe to the recording. But yes, definitely pop. She had such a unique quality to her voice that could come across as a beautifully haunting sound. So sad to lose her early in her career like so many great talents of the past.

Pureness may be the word you're looking for to describe her voice.

Part of Patsy Cline's story is told in the movie *Coal Miner's Daughter* about the life of her friend and protege, Country legend Loretta Lynn.

Ok hear He called me Baby! Fabulous vocals

She was a country girl by way of life and loved Country music…thus it was what she was performing in her shows which included Country-sounding bands as her backup. Even her first recording sessions were done in Country style. Her voice however, was versatile and had more of a Pop sound. Owen Bradley recognized that and started to use more non-Country instrumentation. He said something to the effect like “you have a voice that was made to sing love songs.” (Like Sinatra type music with lush instrumentation) That was successful and thus made her crossover to non-Country success. Her recording sessions throughout her career has her singing Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Pop (traditional Pop). All her live shows used simple Country bands to back her up. There were no orchestras or string sessions backing her on the road. She was also a Grand Ole Opry member which was and still is a live Country music stage and radio show. Perhaps had she lived longer she could have developed the budget to have big time big band/orchestra backing if she even wanted that or was forced to. She always thought of herself as just a down home country gal.

It was an honor and a privilege to know a man by the name of Slim Thomas who was the lead guitarist in most of Patsy Clines recordings. He was something with that guitar and could make it sing and make it cry.

The word you're looking for is TALENT!!

Beautiful voice!❤

One of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard is "Only you" by the Platters.

Loved walking after midnight and I fall to pieces! So many

You are not stupid sir, you know what you like and you give very good reviews and explain yourself with pure class. Keep it up.

Listen to Leeann Rimes singing “Blue” - she was only 14 and never knew Patsy but the voice is so similar

February 5, 1963: Sweet Dreams (of You) Written by Don Gibson Produced by Owen Bradley Session Personnel: Byron Bach (Cello); Brenton Banks (Violin); George Binkley III (Violin); Harold Bradley (6-String Electric Bass); Cecil Brower (Viola); Howard Carpenter (Violin); Floyd Cramer (Piano); Ray Edenton (Rhythm Guitar); Solie Fott (Violin); Murrey "Buddy" Harman (Drums); Randy Hughes (Acoustic Guitar); Lillian Hunt (Violin); The Jordanaires (Vocals); Martin Kathan (Violin); Grady Martin (Electric Guitar); Bob Moore (Acoustic Bass); Bill Pursell (Vibraphone); Verne Richardson (Violin); Wilda Tinsley (Violin); Gary Williams (Violin)

RIP Don Gibson was another great singer song writer from that era Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") past away in 2003. Peace out.

My favorite of hers is Walking After Midnight.

I know that "sound" that you are talking about. I love that sound too. The last song that I can think of that was made that had it was Vince Gill, "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind". It is a beautiful song.

Most recordings back then were done with house bands. Waylon Jennings fought for artistic control and to be able to use his band in his recordings. It helped pave the way for other artist.

That word your looking for is evokes a mood and or feeling

"Sweet Dreams" was a Number 1 song posthumously for Patsy, and later in the Mid 70's a number 1 song again for Emmylou Harris. Could you please react to a Lari White song? Maybe start with her duet that she wrote with Travis Tritt "Helping Me Get Over You". Also her live performance of "Lead Me Not". There is a video on KZfaq of that. It will blow you away. Lari's voice was phenomenal, and he actually taught allot of people how to sing because she was a voice coach. "If I'm Not Already Crazy" is just an incredible song. "Now I Know" is a power ballad that will knock your socks off. One of her best songs is "You Can't Go Home Again", so moving. I'm trying with not much success to get my gal's names out there. Lari White, Holly Dunn, Kelly Willis. Holly and Lari both died of cancer just two years apart at the ages of 58 and 52 respectively in 2016 and 2018. I really hope to see them discovered by the younger generation. Kelly Willis is still waith us. You should react to a video like "I Don't Want To Love You" or The Heart That Love Forgot". It would be a first as I can't find where either song has had a reaction video yet. Kelly had an amazing duet she wrote with Kevin Welch called "That' ll Be Me" that I have been waiting for someone to get too.

I discovered music about a year or 2 before Patsy's career really took off so I grew up hearing her on the rock radio stations in Seattle. In my mind she more or less created the "cross over" aspect of country music into pop. Anything Patsy recorded hit pop and country charts.

Sweet Dreams is my favorite Patsy Cline song . And yes you really should check out the movie based on Patsy's life Sweet Dreams. Excellent cast btw

SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU REACTING TO PASTY, SHE WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST, AND YES, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE MOVIE, SWEET DREAMS, IT'S THE LIFE OF PASTY.....ENJOY!!!!

Listen to I Fall to Pieces. Patsy conveys so much pain and emotion in her voice.

It's called TALENT.

Check out LeAnn Rimes she's close to her voice. Loretta Lynn was a close friend of Patsy's she took Loretta under her wing point her in the right direction.

She’s so classy! That voice!!!

I am a huge Patsy fan. I love the kind of wobble in her voice when she sings. It reminds me of Kelly Clarkson.

Patsy Cline had a once in a lifetime voice

your descriptions are just fine; we agree.

"Regal" might be the word you're looking for. It stands above all others.

MMB, you are not stupid. You are opening yourself up to the music/singers that had real honest to goodness voices that could actually sing. Singers that you have never listen too. Listen to the Drifters, Ben E King, the Platters, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton-just to name a few of many from the 40s, 50s and 60s.

Patsy was a mentor to Loretta Lynn and helped Loretta get her career up and going. There is a movie about their friendship called Patsy and Loretta. It shows the struggles of the both of them...Check it out.

When you are searching for a descriptive word for older vocals, you said 40's, 50's, and 60's, I would say anything pre 90's, the word you are searching for is talent. Talented vocalists, musicians, engineers, and producers. If you didn't have talent back then, you just dreamed about a career in music, you didn't get to have one because of advancements in tech. Even with tech, vocals were the last to be altered. Guitarists had petal boards with effects and modified amps, keyboardist had the Fender Rhoads. The only thing vocalists really had was reverb, but even Phil Spector predated reverb by having vocalists sing as loud as they could straight at the exposed brick wall in his studio.....it was aptly called "Phil Spector's wall of sound". You couldn't be a singer if you couldn't sing pre 90's, and most of those singers had near, or perfect pitch. Talent couldn't be faked. Those were the golden days of music.

I get what you're saying about being a visual learner. You'll love the film Sweet Dreams about Patsy. P.S. You're not stupid. :)

Here are some of Patsy Cline 's lesser known hits. Why Can't He Be You, When You Need A Laugh, South of The Border, The Wayward Wind. All are amazing. ALSO YOU ARE NOT STUPID!! Please don't let others influence how you see yourself.

From 1960 to 1963, Patsy Cline recorded for the Decca Records label, which was basically a mainstream Pop music label. In the 21st Century, Decca Records is now a Classical music label (although they did release a one-shot CD by Annie Lennox of traditional European Christmas carols, entitled “A Christmas Cornucopia”) . From 1957 to 1960, Patsy Cline recorded songs for the Four-Star Records label. Most of her songs were a mixture of Country music, Rockabilly, and Pop tunes. She had a hit song during this time period, entitled “Walking After Midnight”, but otherwise was modestly successful at best due to limited distribution ability by the record label. Those Four-Star Records recordings have been digitally remastered, and are available in various CD compilations of her songs. They are a better reflection of the kind of music she wanted to sing and record as a music artist.

They make you feel mellow

Dont sale yourself short Your reactions are right on the money!!

My family and I (age 8), saw her backstage at a concert in Jacksonville Fl in 1960. I honestly don't remember seeing her, but my mom had a handkerchief and had her kiss it, she did, but did NOT sign it so it only means something to Me, I still have it. Another reactor on YT said this was not country music. Yes it was although it crossed over to pop music. She was amazing.

Thanks so much! I just love you!💜

Owen Bradley nudged Patsy in the direction of the ballads with lush arrangements. To hear the honky-tonk stuff go back to her Four Star recordings prior to signing with Decca. In fact there are two versions of Walkin After Midnight. The 1957 version is more country and the 1961 version has Bradley's fingerprints all over it.

The movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" is what you need to watch. It's somewhere between melancholy & nostalgic and all the way wonderful, also you are not stupid I grasp for words I want all the time. TY for another awesome reaction!

You gotta hear her sing JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE .

The music is real - no autotune crud. It's authentic. Now you have to listen to Walkin after midnight by Patsy.

My heavenly Mother's favourite artist it takes me back to my early years in the kitchen with mum music playing in the background i would have been 15 in 1961 when "Crazy" came out "Sweet Dreams" I think came out in 1963 thank you for bringing back great memories for me love you mum. Peace out.

You aren't stupid AT ALL. She just does this to people...leaves you speechless.

Many people tried to sing up to PATSY 😢 PATSY IS ONE OF A KIND

Please you are not stupid AT ALL!! It is a journey of the soul to fullness. And music is the gateway. peace to you and thank you.

Now, this one is more overtly country that "Crazy." Those violins convey a kind of desperation, then resignation, to my ear. We were just so deprived when she died so early...still so young! Oh wow, Meryl Streep would have been GREAT! "I Fall to Pieces" is probably my second fave, though, next to "Crazy." (Again, I remember her being thought of as country at the time! My mother couldn't stand country music and she didn't like Patsy, but I had no idea what she meant and I liked these songs.😂

She had a full orchestra

You are experiencing the. phenomenon known as being rendered speechless from awe. Welcome to the world of Patsy Cline fans. People have been trying to describe her voice and music for over 50 years. No one has yet done her justice.

Check out Perry Como's 1959 recording of Begin the Beguine. It will blow you away. One of the greatest songs ever written performed by one of the greatest singers of all time. He got his start as a singing barber and became world famous.

a time in history with music which is long gone. enchanting , Class ,haunting, and never to be reproduced.

The differences about the voices from the 1940s-1960s is that they all were actually able to sing without music. They vocally were truly talented, because they had to be. Their voices were much more powerful, and they had to be so much more precise in pronouncing the words as well as stressing emotions. You have to remember that in many instances, the places they performed at had little if any microphones or sound amplification systems (especially really good system). So, they had to make themselves heard and sound good at the same time. In this day and age, there might be 3-5 contemporary music artists in the world with the vocal skills necessary to do what the majority of the music artists from the 40s-60s used to do on a nightly basis. There was no autotune, sound correction, sound effects or lip synching. Frankly, we will never have music ever again, nor the large amounts of it, that displays so much talent, effort, care, writing quality and meaning that was once common in the 1940s-1960s.

If you have not already, check out one of her contemporaries and best friends, Loretta Lynn. Patsy was there when Loretta was getting started and took her under her wing.

The Jordanaires sang back up for Patsy as well as Elvis, George Jones & Jim Reeves. They were an amazing gospel group in their own right.

The violins at the beginning and end of this song gives me goosebumps! Background vocals were by the Jordanaires!

You are not stupid. She touches your soul.

Yes ,richness a perfect description.

You're not stupid. You're just experiencing a one-of-a-kind haunting voice like so many others through the years.

Very few of her songs are covered by other artists simply because of the vocals, no one can come close to her range and quality.

You may not be a wordmeister, but you are NOT stupid - anything but! Your instincts for music and much more makes perfect sense to me. You are very observant of not just good voices, but various instruments. I’m a late 50’s baby, and known for being good with words, but I can’t quite put my finger on it either. Yet, it was an amazing era for music. Praise God for imbuing us with such incredible talents in amazing diversity - as he does with all his creation. And I agree with you that she does not seem truly country. But, as I grew up it was popular for many big artists to cover the same song. Have you heard early Barbra Streisand? I enjoy your reactions. New subscriber here. 😊

THE RICHNESS OF IT IS DUE TO ANALOG VS. TODAYS DIGITAL SOUND. ANYONE THAT TAKES THE TIME TO LEARN THESE OLD SONGS IS FAR FROM STUPID. THERE ARE GREAT STORIES IN MUSIC HISTORY.

Like Motown, at this time country studios had their own house musicians and sessions players; especially orchestral players. The violinist you're praising was probably classically trained, extremely talented, and on many of the country records of that time. If you want to get into some great 40's retro try Post Modern Jukebox with Hailey Reinhart singing creep. The number of views it has says more than I can about it.

She is still known for this song and Crazy which Home Free covered and did a great job. If you like this song you will really like Home Free cover of Crazy

Other favorite voices: Art Garfunkel, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, David Clayton Thomas (Blood Sweat & Tears), and under-rated Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA, only underrated because everything about that group was great.