LOVELESS, PATTY
(*1958)
LOVELESS, PATTY (b. P. Ramey, Pikeville, Ky., January 4, 1958) Loveless is a big-throated HONKY-TONK-styled new-country singer who became a major star in the late 1980s. She is a fine singer who recalls performers like PATSY MONTANA , ROSE MADDOX , and LORETTA LYNN (who, incidentally, is her cousin), to name just a few, while still having a contemporary edge. Born in rural Kentucky, the daughter of a coal miner, Loveless was introduced to country music through her older brother, Roger , who…