The third one will either be a charm or it'll kill me. And I was the first to ever go into Nashville, singin’ it like the women lived it. According to the 1993 documentary Remembering Patsy, Patsy wrote to a friend of her success, 'It's wonderful-but what do I do for '63? It's getting so even Cline can't follow Cline!' A week before the plane crash that killed her, she told singer Ray Walker, 'Honey, I've had two bad ones. The Official Site of Loretta Lynn The Most Awarded Lady In Country Music History To make it in this business, you either have to be first, great or different.

But to their two daughters, its also flesh and blood: Cline and. More hits followed-including 'Crazy' (written by Willie Nelson), 'Sweet Dreams,' and 'She's Got You'-but decades-spanning stardom was not to be.įriends June Carter Cash and Loretta Lynn have said Patsy had an eerie sense of her own impending death. By now, the friendship between legends Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn has become an essential part of country music lore. The accomplishment solidified Patsy's place among her successful male peers and made her a household name. Son Randy came along three years later.Īlso in 1961, with the help of a new manager, Randy Hughes, she released 'I Fall to Pieces.' Incredibly, her second hit also achieved crossover status, not only topping country charts but reaching No. The couple moved to Nashville following the birth of their daughter, Julie, in 1958. Cline was almost back home in Nashville when the little. She married Charlie Dick shortly after, at the age of 25. We lost Loretta Lynn recently and many people dont know what great friends she was with Patsy Cline. A year later, her first marriage eroded allegedly because of her then-husband's vision for her: that is, as a housewife, not a country star. Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette with special guest, Patsy Cline Popular Covers by Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette with special guest, Patsy.

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