Patsy Cline : Rolling Stone

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Live at the Opry

It's unfortunate that the movie Sweet Dreams failed to stir up the same mania for Patsy Cline that La Bamba did for Ritchie Valens (and Los Lobos), because Cline's wonderful legacy deserves every bit of trendy revivalism it can get. In the way that Aretha Franklin is Lady Soul, Cline is surely Lady...

1988 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Country singer Patsy Cline's career was in full swing, with pop Top 40 hits and national concert tours, when she was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. Her honeyed soprano has been emulated not only by country singers like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton but also by pop singers like Linda Ronstadt.

Cline took up the piano at age eight but didn't begin singing until her teens. In 1948 she won...

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