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Loretta Lynn: I Remember Patsy (MCA MCA-2265 $6.98, tape MCA T-2265 $7.98)

John Morthland, Country Music, August 1977

LORETTA LYNN'S abiding fondness for the late Patsy Cline has never been a secret. It was Patsy, then country music's reigning lady who took Loretta in when other female country singers snubbed her, most likely because they feared the competition. Patsy thus became Loretta's personal friend as well as her musical idol.

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