Sunday, June 29, 2014

June 29th To expand on the Patsy Cline Post

As mentioned yesterday, I became aware that the great country singer Patsy Cline was from Winchester, VA, where we were yesterday.  

At the visitors center, there was a big display of some artifacts, and lots of photos and such:



I didn't make it to her burial site, but will plan a stop there one day, along with a revisit to the many sites about her in town-  there's lots of history in Winchester, it turns out.

Here's a bit more about the home place:


Patsy Cline: Country Music Singer
Inscription. Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley), world-famous singer, lived in this house. She was born in Winchester Memorial Hospital on 8 Sept. 1932. On 21 Jan. 1957 she won Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts national television show’s competition singing “Walkin’ After Midnight.” In 1961 “I fall to Pieces” became a hit. Her iconic “Crazy” was released a year later. Her haunting voice took her to the top of the charts, and her style and popularity have never waned. She died in an airplane crash on 5 Mar. 1963 in Camden, Tennessee. In 1973, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Cline is interred at nearby Shenandoah Memorial Park.


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