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Patsy Cline: The Last Sessions, 12 Greatest Hits. Live at The Opry

Clinton Walker, New Woman, August 1989

PATSY CLINE is a country singer who's almost universally loved. Young and old, men, women, even people who don't usually like country music like Patsy. After Kitty Wells, Patsy was one of the first superstars of country. Under the aegis of producer Owen Bradley, she was also the first to "cross over"; to use a term that's commonplace now but to which Patsy helped give meaning.

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