Patsy Cline became a very known country singer, but was always not so lucky at the start of her life. Cline was born September 8, 1932 in Winchester, Virginia (Source one). Her mother was sixteen when she married and Cline’s father was twenty-five years older than her mother. At age eight Cline taught herself how to play the piano and at sixteen Cline dropped out of school to work so she could help her family with money (source 1). She had worked in a number of places, including a poultry plant and a soda shop. In her free time she started singing and performing. Eventually with her blooming talent she started performing on local radio stations and entered numerous singing contest (source 1). Patsy Cline had a rough start to life but came to an amazing beginning . …show more content…
When she first started small never missed an opportunity to get on stage and perform. At sixteen when Cline dropped out of high school, she performed at least seven nights a week at various bars, and clubs (source 2). In 1953 Patsy got a record deal at Four Star Record Company. Through her deal at Four Star she could only record songs written by Four Star writers. Even though she wanted to record her own songs, but she wanted this record deal so she had next to no choice. In 1960 her Four Star deal expired and Patsy crossed paths with Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard. With him she became more and more successful. Soon Cline was performing at the Opry and was the star that everyone wanted to hear. The next thing you know she was performing at the Cringe Hall (Source 2). Patsy was a big country star, but had a very small