She was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia. Cline's mother was only 16 years old at the time of her birth.

At age 13, Cline was hospitalized with a throat infection and rheumatic fever. Speaking of the incident in 1957 she said, "The fever affected my throat and when I recovered I had this booming voice like Kate Smith's."

Originally Cline wasn't fond of "Walkin' After Midnight", calling it just a "little old pop song," but her label insisted that she record it. Fortunately, she agreed because the single sold over one million copies and is often included on authoritative lists of the all-time greatest songs in country music.

In order to help support the family after her father's desertion, Cline dropped out of high school at age 16 and took a job as a soda jerk and waitress at a diner across the street from her old high school.

Partly due to the genre-blending nature of the song, "Crazy" has been covered by dozens of artists in several genres over the years (Nelson's own version appears on his 1962 debut album), but it remains inextricably linked with Patsy, whose version was a No. 2 country hit in 1962.

Patsy recorded only three studio albums during her brief career: Patsy Cline (1957), Showcase (1961), and Sentimentally Yours (1962).

In an interview with Loretta Lynn on her 1977 album I Remember Patsy, Bradley recollected that, for Patsy, if she could not yodel or growl on a record, she wanted no part of it.

According to Texas Monthly, Jessica Lange gives a joyous, cut-loose performance, restoring "the thrilling hellcat growl" to the legend of Patsy Cline.

"You think you love Sue
But when I get through with you
You won't ever look at Sue again"

In addition to Patsy, the show included country stars Jimmy Dean, Roy Clark, George Hamilton IV and Billy Grammer.