Perhaps most famous for her performance of "Crazy" (written by a young Willie Nelson), Patsy's voice and mid-century country stylings are still very much in vogue and end up in more movies, TV shows and commercials than you want to think about. She's very much a part of the American soundtrack.
She retains a following among Austinites in no small part thanks to the nigh-nightly tribute to Patsy that's done at Austin's own Esther's Follies, a sort of comedy/ variety show that's had the Patsy Cline bit going since it debuted. Maybe. I don't know. Patsy's music seems to fit lazy, hot evenings pretty well, so maybe she's still this popular across the south.
Cline was part of a great era of American Country before "popular" Country music became watered down pop-rock in the 80's and settled there in the 90's when the big money rolled in. She was a performed at the Grand Ole Opry and a major talent. Had she not died in a plane crash in 1963, there's really no telling where she would have ended up. I suspect she would have continued performing for a long, long time.
Happy Birthday, Patsy.
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