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Other vocals

posted 15 years ago by jon5000_66
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I've seen this movie many times over the years, and listened to Patsy Cline's recordings over and over. I just swear that's not really her singing Blue Christmas, or Bill Bailey. It's especially strange because in the case of Bill Bailey she did record it. I know that the earlier "performance" numbers in the movie were of later, smoother vocal recordings of hers, with new accompaniments produced by Owen Bradley.

But these two songs in the movie - the vocals sound like a talented imitator rather than the real thing. It's just a minor distraction.

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[–] Ellie_81 15 years ago

I agree with you. I recently brought the film and as soon as I heard blue christmas and bill bailey, it didn't sound like Patsy Cline.

[–] crazydude7301970 15 years ago

True these were not patsy cline's vocals used however they were performed by Jamey Ryan,who Charlie Dick had married few years after Patsy had died!

[–] charliebradley 15 years ago

You're right. That's not Patsy singing Blue Christmas or Bill Bailey in the movie. It's actually a lesser known singer from Nashville named Jamey Ryan who ironically later married Charlie in real life (1965 I think?) By the time Sweet Dreams was released in 1985, Jamey and Charlie had divorced but were still great friends and she did these two songs for the movie and that's her voice we hear singing Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms in the hotel scene with the band when Patsy finds out she's pregnant with Julie.

[–] Ellie_81 14 years ago

How strange that the woman providing the vocals, actually married Charlie Dick.

[–] mmmaspirin 11 years ago

Why didnt they use Patsys versions of those songs? Its so obvious it isnt her singing. What disrespect.

[–] SilverCreedWolf 9 years ago

Patsy never recorded any Yuletide material. Christmas albums are seen as a financial gamble in the music industry. Record companies usually hold off recording any holiday material until an artist becomes popular. Patsy was JUST hitting that point at the time of her death. The way things were going for her, a Christmas album would likely have been recorded in 1964. If only...

As to Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home), Patsy never made a studio recording of this song until her last sessions just shortly before her passing. At that point, her vocal stylings had become far more refined than any of her previous material to date, and Owen Bradley had some sort of pseudo-jazz/pop arrangement behind Patsy, and she fit her vocals to suit that. It would have sounded out of place for the era portrayed in the film, a time when Patsy was a belter and a growler.

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