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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by Hank Cochran, also I Fall to Pieces, She’s Got You and A Little Bitty Tear (Burl Ives)
Part of The Patsy Cline Story, also Back in Baby’s Arms, Leavin’ on Your Mind and So Wrong
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Hank Cochran wrote 57 songs on fono
Hank Cochran’s most frequent co-writer is Willie Nelson (8 songs together)
Credits
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- Written by
- Hank Cochran
- Part of
- The Patsy Cline Story
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Hank Cochran
- Part of
- The Patsy Cline Story
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Hank Cochran
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Patsy Cline Story
Same writer: Hank Cochran
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Patsy Cline Story
Same writer: Hank Cochran
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Can’t He Be You was written by Hank Cochran
Why Can’t He Be You was written by Hank Cochran
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2MusicBrainz Why Can’t He Be You is part of the release The Patsy Cline Story
Why Can’t He Be You is part of the release The Patsy Cline Story
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3MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Why Can’t He Be You
Decca Records is the label of the song Why Can’t He Be You
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4MusicBrainz Why Can’t He Be You was released on 1963-06-10
Why Can’t He Be You was released on 1963-06-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026