Patsy Cline

I choose the songs “Walkin’ After Midnight” by Patsy Cline (1957), “Darkest Valley” by Group 1 Crew (2012), and “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been” by Relient K (2004). I choose these three pieces because they are all something that I listen to regularly and they demonstrate a variety of styles in music. Patsy Cline was an iconic female country singer that won awards at the Deejay Convention, won Billboard’s “Most Promising Country & Western Female Artist,” and Music Vendor’s “Greatest Achievement in Records” all just for “Walking After Midnight” (Jones, 1994, p. 159). “Walkin’ After Midnight” music was written by Alan Block and the lyrics were written by Don Hecht ("Walkin' After Midnight." Second Hand Songs - A Cover Songs Database.). It was…

Do you like music? How about country music? Patsy Cline was a country singer whom loved the stage and loved to perform. Patsy Cline was a talented and gifted singer who had a bad start, but went into a good career to a tragic death, but she still has music that people listen to and enjoy. 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…

Crazy Have you ever heard a song and got one feeling, but when you hear the same song and lyrics jut done by another artist; it just gives you a completely different feeling? The song, Crazy by Patsy Cline originally did this song in 1961. Then it was redone by a group called Kidneythieves in 2008 is just one example. Crazy by Patsy Cline is a much softer melody. When she sings, you feel sorry for her. You can really hear the sorrow in her voice. If you have been in that situation you can…

“Isaac’s Storm”, by Erik Larson, is a non-fiction historical narrative about the 1900 Galveston, Texas hurricane, “the most lethal hurricane this country has ever known. So far.” (www.washingtonpost.com) 1 In the book, Larson tells the story of Isaac Cline, the chief weather observer assigned to the Galveston, Texas weather station from 1891 to 1901. Mr. Larson, is a former “staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, and later a contributing writer for Time Magazine [who] has written articles…

lure curious “New Yorkers.” This decision starts with the lineup, which squarely hits the center of current popular country music. .(" Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica”,) Country music is getting more famous and famous . Many reasons why is that in many recent years country show are getting sold out show after show. Other reasons is that studies show that “New York” is the largest country market in the united states. Lastly they get popular by targeting fans from the region than luring…

the women put aside their differences and band together, chasing their individual dreams as a team. Two of the sisters, Annie and Marie-Adele present an especially interesting dynamic. Both sisters want to leave the reserve, but their motives differ exponentially. Annie is in search of the spotlight while Marie-Adele wants to runaway and hide, Annie wants to purchase physical objects with her prize money where Marie-Adele simply wants an escape for her and her family and Annie is driven by…

Elvis Presley took this fascination and made it popular far beyond the traditional boundaries of country music. In so doing, he underscored the black/white musical mix of modern country, as well as being the central figure in the creation of “rockabilly” as a country style early in his career Elvis Presley’s fusion of black and white music was a pop phase of interactions between black and white musicians in the American south. Although it can be argued that major influences on modern country…

Country music has changed through the years. Country music today is much different than the country music you would have heard even just 15 years ago. There are a verity of different forms of country now which is all still put under one category but I would say that you could split it up into at least two. Today’s Country music is very much on the mainstream and popish where 20 years ago it had a specific sound; you would hear it and so oh that’s country. It is actually sometimes quite…

liked them even more so more and more music lovers listened to her. The one song the music lovers liked the most was, “Traveling Man”. Dolly also sang, “Bubbling Over” it was Dolly’s 12th solo studio album, released in the late 1973. Its producer was Bob Ferguson. Although, as well as Dolly’s early albums for RCA Records, Porter Wagoner also had an uncredited hand in the production. (Speak louder) NOW THE TOP-TWENTY SINGLE FINALLY, that I was talking about earlier “Traveling Man” another…

throughout the poem. Despite being so slender and few, the researchers continuously try to tickle the follicles – essentially a reference to her mother’s spirits. Then Hynes personifies the hair when she says that “roots of hair can be made to weep but not laugh” (59). This leads to the realization of the true condition of her mother and the difficulty in finding happiness in all this suffering. Hynes also uses the fire reference for a final time with a reference to a song of comfort, her mother…