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Patsy Cline on a publicity portrait for Decca Records, 1960.
Patsy Cline on a publicity portrait for Decca Records, 1960.Wikimedia Commons
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by Bill DeVille

April 22, 2023

We make a stop in 1961 this time. The world was crazy for Patsy Cline. Ray Charles and Roy Orbison had the year's biggest hits. Elvis Presley was making movies and music. Fats Domino dominated the charts. In the baseball world, Roger Maris had 61 homers to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, and it was the inaugural season for the Minnesota Twins. Time Machine, a look back on a year in music, pop culture, and the world, Saturday mornings at seven on The Current.

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