Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline (September 08, 1932—March 05, 1963) was an American country and pop vocalist born in Winchester, Virginia. She performed early regional radio broadcasts under the mentorship of bandleader Bill Peer before gaining national visibility by winning Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts in 1957 with her breakthrough performance of "Walkin' After Midnight". She joined the Grand Ole Opry roster as a regular cast member in January 1960 and regularly collaborated with producer Owen Bradley to pioneer the crossover Nashville sound. Posthumously, she was elected as the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973, and she received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
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- No. 5 Oct.—Dec. 1995