CLINE, PATSY
(1932–1963)
CLINE, PATSY (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley, Winchester, Va., September 8, 1932–March 5, 1963) Cline is one of country's best-known vocalists, still celebrated almost forty years after her death. She was among the first country stars to make the crossover into mainstream pop, and undoubtedly she would have become a middle-of-the-road chanteuse if she had lived. Whether this would have been a step forward or backward for country music depends very much on your attitude toward the increasing…