TRISHA JOINS OPRY
BY AP
* 03/16/99
The Toronto Sun
(c) Copyright 1999 The Toronto Sun
Singer Trisha Yearwood got a special gift after she was inducted as
the newest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Before a full house Saturday, Opry star Porter Wagoner introduced the
Georgia-born singer as "the best I've ever heard" in "any of the fields
of music."
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Yearwood, 34, sang her hit Wrong Side Of Memphis and then Sweet
Dreams, a signature song of the late Patsy Cline.
Then, Cline's widower, Charlie Dick, presented Yearwood with a
glass-encased silver necklace that belonged to Cline.
"I want to tear it out of there and put it on," said Yearwood, who
made her Opry debut in 1992. She's the 71st cast member of the venerable
* country music broadcast.
