Miss Patsy Cline was born on this day back in 1932 in Winchester, Virginia on the wrong side of the tracks. She dropped out of school at the age of 15 to help support her family (when her father left them); working as a waitress during the day and singing in clubs at night. By the time she died in a plane crash at the age of 30 she'd cemented her legacy as one of the great Country Western singers. Her haunting rich vocal style has been copied by singers in pretty much every genre of music from punk to trip-hop. Here's one of my favorite of her songs:
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