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The novel is set in Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865, during the Reconstruction era, immediately after the end of the American Civil War. 12-year-old Patsy is a now-former slave living on the Davis plantation, who records the changes she is experiencing in a diary, given to her by Annie and Charles, her former enslaver's niece and nephew.
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Music executive Bill McCall believed the song could be a follow-up hit to "Walkin' After Midnight" and had Cline cut the song on December 13, 1957. Biographer Ellis Nassour commented that Cline may have cut the song because she was about to deliver her first-born child. [ 3 ]
Patsey is believed to have been born around 1817. In 1830, when she was 13, she was sold to Edwin Epps in Louisiana. [1] According to Northup, Edwin Epps had "repulsive and coarse" manners and did not have a sense "of kindness or of justice." When drunk, he would lash out at enslaved people with a whip, enjoying the sound of their screams. [2]
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On The Carol Burnett Show (Season 10, Episode 15, aired January 15, 1977), audience member Terry McCann sang the song with Carol Burnett during the show's questions and answers segment. [10] Kira (Olivia Newton-John) sings the song in the 1980 film Xanadu, as a vocal on a record presented as a Glenn Miller band performance.
"Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" was released as a single on August 12, 1957 via Decca Records. It was backed by the B-side, "A Stranger in My Arms." [4] It was Cline's fourth single release with the Decca label, which Four Star leased. [5]