PATSY CLINE
Name: Patsy Cline
Birth name: Virginia Patterson Hensley
Also known as Ginny and Patsy
Born: 8 September 1932 Winchester, Virginia
Died: 5 March 1963
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 the
age of 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. 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 voice, 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 fan 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: "Walkin' After Midnight," "I Fall to Pieces," "She's Got You," "Crazy,"
and "Sweet Dreams."
Name: Patsy Cline
Birth name: Virginia Patterson Hensley
Also known as Ginny and Patsy
Born: 8 September 1932 Winchester, Virginia
Died: 5 March 1963
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 the
age of 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. 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 voice, 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 fan 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: "Walkin' After Midnight," "I Fall to Pieces," "She's Got You," "Crazy,"
and "Sweet Dreams."