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Patsy Cline's Lost Christmas Song Surges in Popularity

1888 PressRelease - Legendary country singer Patsy Cline asked songwriters Lawton Jiles and Buster Beam to write her a Christmas song in 1960. They penned the tune "Christmas Without You" but Patsy never had the opportunity to record it the way it was originally intended. Fifty years after her death, the tune is now available for the world to hear, thanks to chart-topping Indie recording artist Luanne Hunt.

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Patsy Cline's Lost Christmas Song Surges in Popularity

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  1. Patsy Cline's Lost Christmas Song Surges in Popularity 50 Years After Singer's Death 1888PressRelease - Legendary country singer Patsy Cline asked songwriters Lawton Jiles and Buster Beam to write her a Christmas song in 1960. They penned the tune "Christmas Without You" but Patsy never had the opportunity to record it the way it was originally intended. Fifty years after her death, the tune is now available for the world to hear, thanks to chart-topping Indie recording artist Luanne Hunt. Three years before Patsy Cline died in plane crash on March 5, 1963, the beloved country songbird was at the peak of her career and longing to record a Christmas song to give to her fans, according to longtime country music songwriter Lawton Jiles. Cline, whose hits include "Crazy," and "I Fall to Pieces," commissioned Jiles and his partner Buster Beam to write that song. Sadly, she did not have the opportunity to record it the way it was originally intended. But now, 50 years after Cline's passing, the Jiles/Beam-penned song, "Christmas Without You," is being embraced around the world thanks to chart-topping Star Creek Entertainment recording artist Luanne Hunt. Hunt's rendition of "Christmas Without You" has racked up an impressive amount of views on Youtube since she released a video for the tune in November 2012. It also has received an overwhelming response from Cline's fans, as well as listeners on popular Internet radios stations like The Sounds of Christmas. In December, 2011, the melancholy tune went to No. 1 on the European Country Music Association chart in France, Denmark and Austria. It also was the second most played song in Europe during that same month.

  2. "I'll never forget the day I recorded Patsy's lost Christmas song," said Hunt. "I was standing there at the studio mic hoping that she (Patsy) was smiling down on me. I know her version would have been phenomenal, but I hope her fans will accept my recording and see it mostly as a tribute to one of the greatest country artists there ever was or ever will be." "Christmas Without You" is included on Hunt's critically-acclaimed EP, "How Christmas Feels To Me." It is available for download on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and www.luannehunt.com. http://www.ljgamboneagency.com

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