Song of the Day: Walkin’ After Midnight, words and music by Alan Block and Ben Hecht, was a huge pop and country hit in 1957 for Patsy Cline. The first solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Cline was born on this date in 1932. She died tragically in a plane crash in 1963 at the age of 30, but her musical influence has reverberated through the decades. Check out this classic crossover hit [YouTube link].

Patsy Cline