Patsy: Life and Times of Patsy Cline - Hardcover

Jones, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060166967 ISBN 13: 9780060166960

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

A portrait of country-music legend Patsy Cline traces the singer's life and career, from her Shenandoah Valley childhood, through her grueling rise to success in the music world and tumultuous private life, to her tragic death. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

About this title

Synopsis

This biography is of the country-music legend Patsy Cline. She was the first female superstar of country music and is still one of the most popular country artists in recording history. Her career produced such classics as "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight", and her reputation has only grown since her death at age 30 in 1963. She profoundly influenced a generation of country artists, including Wynona Judd, Reba McEntire and k.d. lang, and her work continues to be regarded as groundbreaking. Patsy Cline was a compelling woman, with a capacity for terrible heartache and pain, and a wilfulness and independence that was truly ahead of its time. Her story, which moves from her Shenandoah Valley childhood through gruelling years of one-night stands to international celebrity, is not only the story of a remarkable woman and her triumphs and pitfalls, but a history of the roots of country music and how it has grown.

About the Author

Margaret Jones's profiles and stories on the arts, law, medicine, and publishing-have appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, Yoga Journal, New Mexico Magazine, the L.A. Reader, Publishers Weekly, the Journal of Country Music, Ojai Weekly, and Santa Barbara News-Press. She is a contributor to The encyclopaedia of Country Music (Oxford University Press), and has written for PBS' Great Performances series. She is a yogi, editor, and organic farmer.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060166967
• ISBN 13: 9780060166960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352