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Patsy Cline
Floyd Cramer
Willie Nelson
Nashville
Kansas City
Winchester
Virginia
Country Music Hall of FameIf you listen carefully to Patsy Cline's recording of "Crazy," you can hear the beautiful piano playing of another young musician, Floyd Cramer. He also became a major recording star. Listen to Patsy and Floyd perform Willie Nelson's song, "Crazy."
On March sixth, 1963, Patsy Cline was killed in the crash of a small airplane. She was only 30 years old. She was flying home to Nashville. She had taken part in a special concert in Kansas City to raise money for the family of a country music radio performer who recently had died.
Patsy Cline was buried near her home town of Winchester, Virginia. Thousands of people came to her funeral. Ten years after her death, she became the first woman performer elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. |
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