Live at the Cimarron Ballroom
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Live At the Cimarron Ballroom is a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 released by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 to promote a concert by legendary Country singer Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...

 performing live in 1961.

The album was recorded at a concert held at the Cimarron Ballroom at West 4th Street and South Denver Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

 on July 29, 1961. The album features Cline singing live to her some of her biggest hits, including her number #1 hit she at the time, "I Fall to Pieces
I Fall to Pieces
"I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts...

". It also includes Cline singing a couple of songs she previously recorded, like "Lovesick Blues
Lovesick Blues
"Lovesick Blues" is a show tune written by composer Cliff Friend and co-lyricist & producer Irving Mills. It has become a pop standard and an even more popular country song since it helped make Hank Williams famous in the 1940s. Published through Tin Pan Alley in 1922, the song was first recorded...

", "There He Goes", and her 1957 hit "Walkin' After Midnight
Walkin' After Midnight
"Walkin' After Midnight" is a song by written by Alan Block and Donn Hecht and originally recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr; however, it was rejected by her record label. The song was left unused until Hecht rediscovered the...

". This album also features some songs Patsy Cline never recorded, like "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", and her version of the Connie Francis
Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...

 hit "Stupid Cupid". It also includes Cline talking to her audience about the car accident she was involved in about a month before. She seems to be in free spirit and in high hopes while talking to her audiences.

Track listing

  1. "Come On In" (1:38)
  2. "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
    A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)
    "A Poor Man's Roses " is a popular song, popularized by Patti Page and also by Patsy Cline in 1957 and again in 1981. The song was written by Bob Hilliard and Milton De Lugg ....

    " (3:08)
  3. "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" (2:00)
  4. Dialog (Patsy with dialog) (0:32)
  5. "I Fall to Pieces
    I Fall to Pieces
    "I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts...

    " (3:18)
  6. "Lovesick Blues
    Lovesick Blues
    "Lovesick Blues" is a show tune written by composer Cliff Friend and co-lyricist & producer Irving Mills. It has become a pop standard and an even more popular country song since it helped make Hank Williams famous in the 1940s. Published through Tin Pan Alley in 1922, the song was first recorded...

    " (1:56)
  7. Dialog (Patsy withy Dialog)
  8. "Shake, Rattle & Roll" (2:22)
  9. "There He Goes" (3:00)
  10. "San Antonio Rose" (2:28) [Brief Intermission Following Patsy Singing]
  11. Patsy Talks to Audience About Car Accident (1:57)
  12. "Stupid Cupid" (2:25)
  13. "I Fall to Pieces
    I Fall to Pieces
    "I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts...

    " (3:16)
  14. "If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child)" (1:51)
  15. "Walkin' After Midnight
    Walkin' After Midnight
    "Walkin' After Midnight" is a song by written by Alan Block and Donn Hecht and originally recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr; however, it was rejected by her record label. The song was left unused until Hecht rediscovered the...

    " (2:31)
  16. "Foolin' Around" (3:36)
  17. "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" (4:13)
  18. Patsy & Announcer Ending Show (4:13)

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 32
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