Patsy Cline "I Fall to Pieces" due to her hospital stay, Cline sought another recording to re-establish herself. When introduced to "Crazy", a song written by Willie Nelson, Cline expressed dislike because of the narrative on Nelson's demo recording. On Thursday, August 17, 1961, with Cline on crutches, the session was the rare time that Cline couldn't complete a recording in one take. Working in a Quonset hut (where the original Bradley's Barn Studio was located before moving to Opryland), she tried to follow Nelson's idiosyncratic narrative style. Cline claimed this was too difficult. Her ribs, injured in the crash, were making
Patsy Cline the top female vocalist in the field. By the time Cline broke through as a consistent hit-maker, Wells, known as The Queen of Country Music, was still country's biggest female star. Cline tied with her in 1961-62, for the "Billboard Magazine" Award for Favorite Female Country & Western Artist for two years in a row as well as the "Music Reporter" Star of The Year Award for 1962. Three of Cline's songs became posthumous Top 10 Country hits: "Sweet Dreams," "Leavin' on Your Mind" and "Faded Love." Instead of the last sessions being programmed into an album of their own