Editing Patsy Cline (section)

===Influences===
Cline was influenced by various music artists. Among her earliest influences were [[pop music|pop]] singers of the 1940s and 1950s. These included [[Kay Starr]],<ref name="Kay Starr">{{cite web |last1=Hurst |first1=Jack |title=A Real 'Patsy' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-12-01-9612010253-story.html |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=December 1996 |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]],<ref name="Country Music Hall of Fame"/> [[Patti Page]],<ref name="Patti Page">{{cite news |last1=Sylvester |first1=Bruce |title=Remembering Patti Page with a 2003 Interview |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/remembering-patti-page-with-a-2003-interview |newspaper=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> and [[Kate Smith]].<ref name="Kate Smith">{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Mike |title=Life of indomitable country-western singer Patsy Cline told on PBS |url=https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/entertainment/television/2017/03/08/life-indomitable-country-western-singer-patsy-cline-told-pbs/98796888/ |website=Lansing State Journal |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> Patti Page recollected that Cline's husband said to her, "I just wish Patsy could have met you because she just adored you and listened to you all the time and wanted to be like you."<ref name="Patti Page"/> Among her primary influences was Kay Starr, of whom Cline was a "fervent devotee" according to ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had a pop hit with 'Wheel of Fortune' dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kay-starr-ferociously-expressive-singer-who-had-pop-hit-with-wheel-of-fortune-dies-at-94/2016/11/03/e456531a-a21d-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> Jack Hurst of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' remarked that "Her rich, powerful voice, obviously influenced by that of pop's Kay Starr, has continued and perhaps even grown in popularity over the decades."<ref name="Kay Starr"/> Cline was also attracted to country music radio programs, notably the Grand Ole Opry. According to Mary Bufwack and Robert Oermann, Cline became "obsessed" with the program at a young age. Cline's mother Hilda Hensley commented on her daughter's admiration, "I know she never wanted anything so badly as to be a star on the Grand Ole Opry..."{{sfn|Oermann, Robert K.|Bufwack, Mary A.|2003|p=219}} Among performers from the program she admired was [[Patsy Montana]].<ref name="Kate Smith"/> Cline was also influenced by other types of performers including early [[rockabilly]] artist [[Charline Arthur]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Koster|first=Rick|title=Texas Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6URPV7oISsC&pg=PA32|year=2000|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9780312254254|page=32}}</ref>