Patsy Cline was one of the first women in country music to have a crossover hit. She was among the first to sing in Carnegie Hall. She was the very first to headline her own show in Las Vegas. And she was the one who knocked down the barriers that had held back women in country music for decades. Musically, she was a female Elvis, even to the point of using his background singers, the Jordanaires, on her recordings. Personally, she was a woman who had to deal with family problems, marital problems, business problems, all of which found their way into her letters to a friend who was just a teen when they began sharing their secrets. Patsy Cline was never more endearing than when she wrote about the birth of her daughter, Julie.