Editing Patsy Cline (section)

===Voice and style===
Cline possessed a [[contralto]] voice. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' writer Richard Corliss called her voice "bold".<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last1=Corliss |first1=Richard |title=Music: Inclined to be Just Like Patsy |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985010,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629002043/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985010,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> Her voice has also been praised for its display of emotion. Kurt Wolff called it one of the most "emotionally expressive voices in modern country music".{{sfn|Wolff, Kurt|2000|p=302}} Tony Gabrielle of the ''[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]'' wrote that Cline had "a voice of tremendous emotional power."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gabrielle |first1=Tony |title=Next Best Thing to Patsy Cline |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20001124-2000-11-24-0011240129-story.html |website=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] |date=November 24, 2000 |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> Cline was at times taken by her own emotion. Husband Charlie Dick recounted that Cline's producer [[Owen Bradley]] told him to leave a recording session because she was very emotional and he didn't want to disturb the mood. Cline was once quoted in describing the emotion she felt, saying, "Oh Lord, I sing just like I hurt inside."<ref name="Time"/>

During her early career, Cline recorded in styles such as [[gospel music|gospel]], [[rockabilly]], and [[honky-tonk]].{{sfn|Wolff, Kurt|2000|pp=302–303}}{{sfn|Oermann, Robert K.|Bufwack, Mary A.|2003|p=216}} These styles she cut for [[Four Star Records]] have been considered below the quality of her later work for [[Decca Records]].{{sfn|Wolff, Kurt|2000|pp=302–303}} Steve Leggett of ''[[Allmusic]]'' commented, <blockquote>Her recordings prior to 1960, though, were something else again, and with the exception of 1956's "Walkin' After Midnight" and perhaps one or two other songs, she seemed reined in and stifled as a singer, even though she was working with the same producer, Owen Bradley, who was to produce her 1960s successes. Oh the difference a song makes, because in the end the material she recorded between 1955 and 1960 – all of which is collected on these two discs – was simply too weak for Cline to turn into anything resembling gold, even with her obvious vocal skills.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leggett |first1=Steve |title=''50 Golden Greats: The Complete Early Recordings'': Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/50-golden-greats-the-complete-early-years-mw0000506737 |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref></blockquote>

Cline's style has been largely associated with the [[Nashville Sound]], a subgenre of country music that linked traditional lyrics with orchestrated pop music styles.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Byworth |editor1-first=Tony |date= 2006|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music |location= London|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing |pages=7, 115–117, 169 |isbn=978-1-84451-406-9}}</ref> This new sound helped many of her singles to cross over onto the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and gain a larger audience that did not always listen to country music.{{sfn|Hofstra, Warren R.|2013|p=161}} Her producer, Owen Bradley, built this sound onto her Decca recordings, sensing a potential in her voice that went beyond traditional country music. At first, she resisted the pop-sounding style, but was ultimately convinced to record in this new style.{{sfn|Wolff, Kurt|2000|pp=302–303}} Stephen M. Desuner of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' explained that Cline has been an identifiable factor with the Nashville Sound: "She essentially rewrote their songs simply by singing them, elevating their words and wringing every one of their rhymes for maximum dramatic potential."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deusner |first1=Stephen M. |title=Patsy Cline: ''Sentimentally Yours'': Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/patsy-cline-sentimentally-yours/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> Mark Deming of ''[[Allmusic]]'' commented, "Cline and Bradley didn't invent "countrypolitan," but precious few artists managed to meld the sophistication of pop and the emotional honesty of country as brilliantly as this music accomplishes with seemingly effortless grace, and these songs still sound fresh and brilliantly crafted decades after the fact."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=''Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits'': Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/patsy-clines-greatest-hits-mw0002556625 |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref>