In early 1963, Patsy Cline was recording songs for her next album, Faded Love, which was set for release in late March, 1963.
[6] However, on March 5, Cline died in a plane crash upon returning home from a benefit in Kansas City, Missouri for the family of Cactus Jack Call, a disc jockey who was killed in an automobile accident; therefore, the album was never released.
Instead, Decca Records issued a double album, entitled The Patsy Cline Story, in the summer of 1963.
[citation needed] This song was followed by another which was planned for release on Cline's upcoming album: "Faded Love", which became a No.7 hit.
It was said that Cline did not like the use of the violins that producer Owen Bradley was bringing into the song because she feared she was becoming too "pop" for her country audience.
"Sweet Dreams" gave her her first solo top 20 hit, peaking at No.19 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
In 1980, "Sweet Dreams" was part of the soundtrack for the Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner's Daughter and was sung by Beverly D'Angelo, who portrayed Patsy Cline.