Patsy Cline

Born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932, was an American country music singer, who enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at the age of 30 in a 1963 plane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, revered and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century. Her life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies, documentaries, articles and stage plays. In 2001, she was voted by artists and members of the Country Music industry as 1 of 40 Greatest Women of Country Music of all time and in 1999 she was voted 11 of The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll of all time by members and artists of the rock industry.