Posted on 09/07/2005 10:00:37 PM PDT by lunarbicep
PATSY CLINE, (Virginia Patterson Hensley), was born in the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932. The family home was in nearby Gore. Legend has it that she was entertaining her neighbors as early as age 3! Her natural talent and spirit took her to the top of the country charts in 1962, and her style and popularity has never waned. Patsy's big break came when she won an Arthur Godfrey Talent program in 1957 with the hit Walkin' After Midnight. From there she pursued a recording career appearing at the mecca of country music - the Grand Ole Opry in 1958, and received national awards in 1961 and 1962. Country music lost a magical entertainer when her career was ended in an airplane crash in Tennessee, in 1963. In 1973 Patsy was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and her reputation is on record as one of the major female vocalists of all time.
Would she be Crazy?
Back when it was still really country.
My Great Grand Father would have been 147. (Sept.8th., 1858)
Her voice was beautiful. She had a remarkable gift. She was also very pretty but from looking through some of the photos they used for her publicity, you'd never know it.
Here are some photos I was able to find which show her natural beauty.
King Richard the LionHeart would be 848
My dad was her insurance agent when she and Charlie lived here in Fayetteville, NC. He has said that she would come to the door looking just like any other housewife. That would have been in the mid-50s and she hadn't become as popular yet as she was to become. She autographed a number of things for daddy.
I can't stand most county "music", but I love Patsy Cline (I even own some!)...her voice was unmatchable, and so was her talent.
Well one thing's certain, she'd be as ignored by the modern entertainment industry as Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn.
"Crazy" may not even be as big today.
He'd be a very sick man. And next year he'd be elligle for retirement under the Kerry plan to save Social Security.
There will never be another Patsy Cline. She was one of those people who comes along but once in a lifetime. Happy Birthday, Patsy!
I love Patsy Cline!
She has the most beautiful voice.
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