| A Portrait of Patsy Cline | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Patsy Cline |
| Cover: | Patsy Cline - A Portrait.jpg |
| Released: | June 15, 1964 |
| Recorded: | August 24, 1961–February 7, 1963 |
| Genre: | Country, traditional pop |
| Length: | 31:30 |
| Label: | Decca (1963) MCA (1973, 1988) |
| Producer: | Owen Bradley |
| Prev Title: | The Patsy Cline Story |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | That's How a Heartache Begins |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
A Portrait of Patsy Cline is a 1964 compilation album containing lesser-known recordings by American country music singer Patsy Cline. It was released on June 15, 1964, on Decca Records, and would later be reissued twice by Decca's successor, MCA Records.
A Portrait contained Patsy Cline's less-familiar recordings, including country and pop standards. The album's highlights includes her cover versions of "Faded Love" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky".[1] A Portrait of Patsy Cline would be one of a string of posthumous released Decca and later MCA records would release. It was released a little over a year after Cline was killed in a plane crash. The album spawned three singles that were released to country radio between 1963 and 1964: "Faded Love," (which was a Top ten hit), "When You Need a Laugh" and "Your Kinda Love".
In 1973, the album was reissued by MCA Records (Decca's successor), then digitally remastered and reissued on CD/LP/Cassette in 1988. It was also released in the UK by Brunswick Records in 1964, as well as Australia and New Zealand by Festival Records the same year.[2] The album was one of two Patsy Cline albums released by Decca Records in 1964. The other was That's How a Heartache Begins, released shortly after.
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | "Faded Love" | Country Singles | 7 |
| Pop Singles | 96 | ||
| "When You Need a Laugh" | Country Singles | 47 |