Timeline Patsy Cline: Crazy

From Winchester, Virginia to the Grand Ole Opry — Patsy Cline, whose voice crossed country into pop before she died at 30.

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Patsy Cline: Crazy 15

1932 Patsy Cline born in Winchester, Virginia Virginia Patterson Hensley Grows up poor in Winchester.
1948 Patsy Cline sings on WINC radio Winchester Her first radio appearances as a teenager.
1954 Patsy Cline joins the Town and Country Jamboree Connie B. Gay Regular on a Washington TV show.
1955 Patsy Cline signs with Four Star Records Restrictive contract A contract that limits what she can record.
1957 Patsy Cline wins Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Walkin' After Midnight A TV win that launches her first hit.
1960 Patsy Cline joins the Grand Ole Opry Member Becomes an Opry member.
1961 Patsy Cline badly injured in a car crash Nashville She survives a head-on crash and returns on crutches.
1961 Patsy Cline tops the country charts with I Fall to Pieces Owen Bradley Her first country number one.
1961 Patsy Cline records Crazy Written by Willie Nelson Her signature song.
1961 Patsy Cline releases Showcase Album With Crazy and I Fall to Pieces.
1961 Patsy Cline plays Carnegie Hall Opry show Part of a Grand Ole Opry show in New York.
1962 Patsy Cline releases She's Got You Number one Another country number one.
1963 Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash Camden, Tennessee Dies at 30 with Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins.
1973 Patsy Cline inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame First solo woman The first female solo artist inducted.
1985 Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams released Jessica Lange Jessica Lange plays Cline.