Meet me at the big screen in the Large Meeting Room tomorrow (Saturday February 13) at 2:00 PM for a Valentine. We will be featuring the heartbreak girl of country music, Patsy Cline, in a film anthology of performances from throughout her short career. And, in honor of the sweetness of the day, we will have refreshments. The name of the film is Sweet Dreams Still.
As one of the greatest female country music singers of all time, Patsy Cline has become a legend, perhaps owing in part to her early death. Patsy was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester Virginia on September 8, 1932. As a young child, Patsy was interested in dancing like her idol, Shirley Temple and in singing like Judy Garland. Later she learned to play piano by ear and began singing. She sang with perfect pitch.
She began her recording career in the mid 1950s. Her first recording contract with Four Star records limited her repertoire to songs by Four Star composers which boxed her in to a rockabilly style that did not suit her powerful voice. She had few hits and little success until after 1960 with her recording of “I Fall to Pieces”.
Patsy’s career remained hot despite her injuries in a severe auto accident in 1961, which was the second of two she experienced during her life. After her recovery from the severe injuries she sustained, she followed up with hit recordings of “Crazy” , written by a young Willie Nelson, and “She’s Got You” , both released in 1961.
Still in her prime and near to the top of country music fame, Patsy’s life was cut down when she died in a small-plane crash at the age of 30. In 2002 she was named by the country music industry as one of the 40 greatest women in country music and in 1999, she was voted number 11 on the VH1 list of the 100 greatest women in rock and roll.
As one of the greatest female country music singers of all time, Patsy Cline has become a legend, perhaps owing in part to her early death. Patsy was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester Virginia on September 8, 1932. As a young child, Patsy was interested in dancing like her idol, Shirley Temple and in singing like Judy Garland. Later she learned to play piano by ear and began singing. She sang with perfect pitch.
She began her recording career in the mid 1950s. Her first recording contract with Four Star records limited her repertoire to songs by Four Star composers which boxed her in to a rockabilly style that did not suit her powerful voice. She had few hits and little success until after 1960 with her recording of “I Fall to Pieces”.
Patsy’s career remained hot despite her injuries in a severe auto accident in 1961, which was the second of two she experienced during her life. After her recovery from the severe injuries she sustained, she followed up with hit recordings of “Crazy” , written by a young Willie Nelson, and “She’s Got You” , both released in 1961.
Still in her prime and near to the top of country music fame, Patsy’s life was cut down when she died in a small-plane crash at the age of 30. In 2002 she was named by the country music industry as one of the 40 greatest women in country music and in 1999, she was voted number 11 on the VH1 list of the 100 greatest women in rock and roll.
lick on this link for a YouTube video of Patsy Cline singing "Crazy".
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Patsy Cline certainly was a great country music singer. There is an exhibit about her in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
She certainly was. Many folks here in Niles,IL agree as well, because they loved the Patsy Cline anthology film we showed at the library on the day before Valentine's Day. Thanks for the info about the Country music Hall of fame, Donna. I would love to see that exhibit.
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