Patsy"September 08, 1932 – March 05, 1963
MARCH 5, 1963 "Three familiar voices are suddenly silent today. The most popular female country singer in recording history, Patsy Cline has achieved icon status since her tragic early death at age thirty in 1963. Cline is invariably invoked as a standard for female vocalists, and she has inspired scores of singers including K D Lang, Loretta Lynn, Linda Ronstadt, Trisha Yearwood, and Wynonna Judd. Patsy Cline's last concert was held in Kansas City at a benefit for the family of a local disc jockey, on March 3, 1963. And just before she went to this concert, a conversation took place at the Ryman Auditorium (where The Grand Ole Opry was held), between Patsy and Ray Walker, a member of the Jordanaires. Patsy was just leaving, and Ray said: "Patsy, honey", and she turned around, "be careful, baby, we sure love you...". And she was just starting to go down the stairs at the back entrance of the Ryman, and she turned her head over her shoulder and said: "Honey, I've been into two bad ones... The third one will either be a charm, or it'll kill me"... Those were the last words she said in the Ryman Auditorium... Listen to LeAnn Rimes sing **Blue**
Crazy I knew Worry Crazy Crazy
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The darkest day in country music history...
Patsy Cline,
Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins
and Randy Hughes were killed in a plane
crash near Camden, Tennessee
And over an ugly hole on a Tennessee hillside,
the heavens softly weep."
Paul Harvey
Her brief career produced the #1 jukebox hit of all time, “Crazy” (written by Willie Nelson) and her unique, crying style and vocal impeccability have established her reputation as the quintessential torch singer.
[Country Music Hall Of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee]
Her manager, Randy Hughes, flew his yellow Piper Comanche over for the gig on the 3rd. The day after, March 4, they were supposed to fly home, but the weather was so bad, so they had to wait until the next day. The weather wasn't much better then, so they sat at the airport, waiting for it to clear. Randy Hughes kept checking the weather forecasts. When they had waited a few hours, Patsy's friend Dottie West asked Patsy if she wanted to go back with her in the car, and Patsy seriously thought about doing that, but just before they were going, Randy came and said that he thought it was alright to fly, because the weather had cleared in the Kansas City area... And Patsy decided to fly... The plane and its passengers, Randy Hughes, Patsy, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, were last seen at the airfield in Dyersburg, Tennessee, 90 miles from home. "Why don't you stay the night?", the airport manager asked Randy Hughes. "I've already come this far", Hughes replied. "We'll be there before you know it".
The plane took off at 6:07 pm...
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Trivia:
Had Patsy lived to get back to Nashville, the next song she was to record was entitled simply "Blue". After her death, no artist would go near the song. It's rumored several female artists including Patsy's good friend Loretta Lynn were offered the chance, no one took Patsy's record company on the offer. The song went unrecorded for over thirty years, until a young LeAnn Rimes was offered the chance to sing the song. To honor Patsy, LeAnn tried to sing the song in Patsy Cline's style. "Blue" would go on to be LeAnn's first #1 single.
"Blue", was released when LeAnn was only 13 years old, and by age 24 she had sold over 37 million albums.
Crazy
Written by Willie Nelson [1961]
"It suited Patsy Cline's personality so well, and her lifestyle."
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feeling so blue
You'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday
You'd leave me for somebody new 
Why do I let myself worry
Wond'rin'
What in the world did I do
For thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin'
And crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy
For lovin' you
For thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin'
And crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy
For lovin' you
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