PATSY CLINE IN 1959 MEMORY

Do you remember Patsy Cline's 1959 show in Coopersburg?
May 21, 2009
Do you remember Patsy Cline's 1959 show in Coopersburg?May 31 will mark 50 years since a talented rising young country singer played a show at the former Playland Park in Coopersburg.Patsy Cline, then 26 and less than two years after her breakthrough appearance singing ''Walking After Midnight'' on CBS-TV's ''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts'' and just before signing with Decca Records, played the amusement/swimming park on May 31, 1959, according to a promotional poster in the collection of part-time musician Joe Lazorik of Coopersburg.Cline later released ''Crazy'' and ''I Fall to Pieces'' before being killed in a 1963 plane crash in Tennessee at 30. She had several posthumous hits, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973.
If you were at the concert, or have memories of Playland Park, we'd like to hear from you for a story on the anniversary of the show. E-mail John J. Moser at john.moser@mcall.com or call 610-820-6722.