Classic Country

Patsy Cline found success skirting the fine line of pop and country with a finesse that has yet to be surpassed.  Before she died in a plane crash in 1963 along with other country greats Cowboy Copas Hawkshaw Hawkins, she had pop and country fans screaming for more.  Despite her untimely death, her supreme legacy is the new direction she led country music.  Patsy’s sophisticated, smooth delivery took country music fans by storm, and laid the foundation for what would later be referred to as the "Nashville Sound."  Without a doubt, Pasty Cline is the most imitated female singer in history...and imitation is, after all, the highest form of flattery.
Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason) was born in Nashville on August 30, 1919.  Her first radio debut came on Nashville’s own WSIX, where she met her future husband, Johnny Wright, of the "Johnny & Jack" Opry duet.  Johnny was responsible for Kitty’s stage name, which was appropriately taken from the folk song "I’m A-Goin’ Marry Kitty Wells."  Well, he did, and Kitty’s career skyrocketed to success after her first hit in 1952.  Kitty’s honky-tonk vibrato made her the first major female country star, and dominated the country charts for well over a decade.  In 1965 Billboard magazine voted her The Top Female Performer in country music from 1952 to 1965.

Twenty Great Hits ~ Patsy Cline and Kitty Wells

Song List:

1. Walkin' After Midnight
2. It Wasn't God Who made Honky Tonk Angels
3. Life's Railway To Heaven
4. Makin' Believe
5. Lovesick Blues
6. Mommy For A Day
7. I Can't Forget You
8. This White Circle On My Finger
9. Today, Tomorrow and Forever
10. I Heard The JukeBox Playing
11. Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray
12. Heartbreak U.S.A.
13. Stop The World
14.Searchin'
15. Just Out Of Reach
16. Release Me
17. In Care Of The Blues
18. I Gave My Wedding Dress Away
19. Hungry For Love
20. I Don't Claim To Be An Angel

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