Putting the "pieces" together in pop music

Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of country music stars Patsy Cline, Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins, as well as Randy Hughes, who was Cline's manager, a musician in his own right, and pilot of the ill-fated plane. Although a veteran country performer, Cline's breakthrough hit was "I Fall to Pieces" (1961), which appeared at #2 on the Billboard year-end Hot 100 charts for the year 1961 and is the first song of the Billboard year-end Top 10 (1951-2015) to include the word pieces. Here I present a video of Cline's hit as well as the other nine songs from the collection (in chronological order) in which the word pieces occurs.

Tribute to Patsy Cline. Thank you for covering this great song Patricia.
enjoy. gilbert o'sullivans alone again in its original form. not that cruddy kareoke version with redubbed crap over the original. this is the real deal LIVE with flutes and all.
Wonderful version of a great classic, original version.
© 2006 WMG Bent (Video) For more about Matchbox Twenty check out: http://smarturl.it/matchbox20.north http://matchboxtwenty.com http://facebook.com/matchboxtwenty http://twitter.com/matchboxtwenty http://instagram.com/matchboxtwenty
Savage Garden's official music video for 'I Knew I Loved You'. Click to listen to Savage Garden on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SGSpot?IQid=SGILY As featured on Truly Madly Completely - The Best of Savage Garden.
Music video by Terror Squad performing Lean Back. (C) 2004 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kelly Clarkson's official music video for 'Behind These Hazel Eyes'. Click to listen to Kelly Clarkson on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/KClarkSpot?IQid=KClarkBTHE As featured on Greatest Hits - Chapter 1.
You had a bad day...
New single 'There She Goes' OUT NOW http://bit.ly/TaioCruzTSG Follow Taio Cruz: http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk http://www.facebook.com/taiocruz http://www.twitter.com/taiocruz Music video by Taio Cruz performing Break Your Heart. (C) 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Buy Sugar on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/M5V Catch Maroon 5 on tour all year long at www.maroon5.com Music video by Maroon 5 performing Sugar. (C) 2015 Interscope Records

And to end this on a high note, a song that includes the word pieces (in its title no less) that only made it to #20 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 (1975): the great Average White Band with "Pick Up the Pieces."

Average White Band Atlantic Records 40th anniversary 1988
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