Patsy Cline Discography

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  Country Great
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  Heartaches
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  Here`s Patsy
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  Patsy Cline
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  Patsy Cline Story
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  Portrait of Patsy Cline
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  Sentimentally Yours
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  Showcase
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  Today Tomorrow & Forever

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Songs By

Tiny Colbert :: Don Reid :: Don Hecht :: Chuck Seals :: Charlotte White :: Bobby Lile :: Alan Block :: Al Hoffman :: Barbara Vaughan :: Durwood Haddock :: Frank Simon :: W.S. Stevenson :: Hal Willis :: Jerry Le Fors :: John Klenner :: John Wills :: Mae Boren Axton :: Tex Satterwhite :: Sammy Masters :: Stan Gardner

Influenced By

Kitty Wells :: Kay Starr :: Jo Stafford

Followers

Jane Voss :: LeAnn Rimes :: Brandi Carlile :: Mandy Barnett :: Christene LeDoux :: Christopher Denny :: Loretta Lynn :: Kd Lang :: Dani Linnetz :: Lone Justice :: Connie Smith :: Gavin Coyle :: Lou Ann Barton :: The Mavericks :: The Souvenirs :: Tammy Cochran :: Shelby Lynne :: Screaming Sirens :: Linda Ronstadt :: Crystal Gayle

Similar Artists

Bob Wills :: Paul McCartney :: Patti Scialfa :: Timi Yuro :: Melba Montgomery :: Paul Simon :: Marion Worth :: George Jones :: Connie Smith :: Norma Jean :: Jean Shepard :: Brenda Lee :: Claude King :: Floyd Cramer :: Wanda Jackson :: Dottie West :: Patti Page :: Skeeter Davis :: Patty Smyth :: Reamonn :: Saosin :: Walter Brennan :: Paul Stanley :: Patty Griffin :: Patti Smith :: Dale Hawkins :: Loretta Lynn :: Jim Reeves :: Jan Howard :: Paul Oakenfold

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Patsy Cline (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at age 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century[citation needed]. The story of her life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies, documentaries, articles and stage plays. Cline was best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive bold contralto voice [2], which, along with her role as a mover and shaker in the country music industry, has been cited and praised as an inspiration by many vocalists of various music genres. Posthumously, millions of her albums have been sold over the past 45 years and she has been given numerous awards, which has given her an iconic status similar to that of music legends Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. Only ten years after her death, she became the first female solo artist inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2001, she was voted by artists and members of the Country Music industry as #1 on CMT`s television special of the 40 Greatest Women of Country Music of all time, and in 1999 she was voted #11 on VH1`s special The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll of all time by members and artists of the rock industry. According to her 1973 Country Music Hall of Fame plaque, "Her heritage of timeless recordings is testimony to her artistic capacity." Among those hits are "Walkin` After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", "She`s Got You", "Crazy", and "Sweet Dreams".

On March 3, 1963, Patsy, though ill with the flu, gave a stellar final performance at a benefit show at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, for the family of a disc jockey, Cactus Jack Call, who had recently died in an automobile accident. Also performing on the show were George Jones, George Riddle and The Jones Boys, Billy Walker, Dottie West, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, and George McCormick and the Clinch Mountain Clan. Cline wore a white chiffon gown and closed the show with her performance to a thunderous ovation. Her last song was the last one she recorded during her last sessions the previous month, "I`ll Sail My Ship Alone." Dottie West, wary of Cline flying, pleaded with her to ride back in the car with her and her husband, Bill. Cline, anxious to get home to her children, refused West`s offer, saying, "Don`t worry about me, Hoss. When it`s my time to go, it`s my time." She called her mother from the airport and then boarded a Piper Comanche bound for Nashville, flown by her manager Randy Hughes, along with Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. After stopping to refuel in Dyersburg, Tennessee, the plane took off at 6:07 pm. According to revelations by the airfield manager in the Nassour biography, he suggested that they stay the night after advising of high winds and inclement weather on the flight path, but Hughes responded, "I`ve already come this far. We`ll be there before you know it." However, they never made it to Nashville. The plane flew into severe weather and crashed at 6:20 p.m., according to Patsy`s wristwatch, in a forest just outside of Camden, Tennessee, only 90 miles from the destination. There were no survivors. Patsy Cline was 30 years old.