Patsy Cline

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Elected 1973

PATSY CLINE

September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963

BORN VIRGINIA PATTERSON HENSLEY IN VIRGINIA, PATSY WILL LIVE IN COUNTRY MUSIC ANNALS AS ONE OF ITS OUTSTANDING VOCALISTS.  TRAGICALLY, HER CAREER WAS CUT SHORT IN ITS PRIME WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH, HER HERITAGE OF RECORDINGS IS TESTIMONY TO HER ARTISTIC CAPACITY…BIGGEST HIT, “I FALL TO PIECES,” HAS BECOME A STANDARD. CATAPAULTED TO FAME BY AN ARTHUR GODFREY TALENT SCOUTS APPEARANCE IN 1957.  JOINED GRAND OLE OPRY 1960…REALIZATION OF A LIFELONG AMBITION.

COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION

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Bryan Arnold

@nanowhiskers