From: musicdish@gmail.com   
      
   In conjunction with what would've been the legendary singer Patsy Cline's 85th   
   birthday year, "Christmas Without You" (a.k.a. Patsy Cline's Lost Christmas   
   Song), was re-released by Star Creek Entertainment on November 27 on Luanne   
   Hunt's "1's" CD.   
      
   The tune, which was recorded by Hunt in 2008, recently landed on Dagens   
   Nyheter's (Sweden's largest daily newspaper) list of Top 25 Christmas Songs of   
   All-Time. It was included on the Independent Superstars Hall of Fame recording   
   artist's CD, "How    
   Christmas Feels to Me."   
      
   "Christmas Without You" was originally written for legendary country singer   
   Patsy Cline by Lawton Jiles and Charles (Buster) Beam in 1960. According to   
   Jiles, Patsy never had the opportunity to record it the way it was originally   
   intended and was    
   heartbroken she was unable to give her fans a signature Christmas song.   
      
   "I've always believed if Patsy would have recorded 'Christmas Without You' it   
   would have become a holiday standard," said Jiles, who also has written songs   
   for Hunt, Porter Wagoner and Janie Fricke. "It's the kind of Christmas song   
   you hear once and want    
   to sing along. It's very simple, but the simple songs are usually the ones   
   people love the most. I'm not surprised Luanne's version is doing so well."   
      
   Since its release, "Christmas Without You" has racked up a number of   
   impressive accolades, including topping the European Country Music Association   
   chart in France, Denmark and Austria in December of 2011. It also was the   
   second most played song in    
   Europe that month and has frequently made the Top 10 list on Sounds of   
   Christmas radio.   
      
   In 2015, the popular U.S. magazines, Autostraddle and Truckers News, named the   
   song among it's top holiday songs of the year.   
      
   "I got a rush when I first heard Luanne's recording of 'Christmas Without   
   You,'" said Jiles. "The song's been in my head for years and to hear it done   
   the way I always envisioned it is very exciting. It's a perfect blend of the   
   traditional and    
   contemporary."   
      
   "Christmas Without You" was produced by Eric Uglum (Alison Krauss, Ron Block,   
   Ralph Stanley, Cherryholmes and Nickel Creek). It features an impressive   
   twin-fiddle performance by folk/bluegrass fiddle sensation Christian Ward, who   
   has shared the stage    
   with Ricky Skaggs and has toured with Rounder Records artist Sierra Hull.   
      
   Also on the single are Austin Ward (upright bass), Roger Gillespie (drums),   
   Hal Ratliff (keyboards) and Uglum (guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals).   
      
   "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."   
      
   Hunt's "#1's" CD also includes, "Solace In The Wind," "Texas Tears," "Bluer   
   Than the Bluegrass," "Pine & The Dogwood," "I Want To Stand Where Jesus   
   Stood," "So It Goes" and "He Was There."   
      
   All of these songs have reached No. 1 on various Indie charts, including the   
   European Country Music Association chart, the Hotdisc chart and the Airplay   
   Express chart.   
      
   Download "# 1's" at www.luannehunt.com   
   Music: http://soundcloud.com/luanne-hunt/christmas-without-you   
      
   Source: http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=201268   
      
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