On this day (August 5) in 1957, Patsy Cline released her self-titled debut album. The album produced Cline’s first top-10 hit single and helped to launch her career. Cline’s career was tragically ...

On this day (August 5) in 1957, Patsy Cline released her self-titled debut album. The LP contained “Walkin’ After Midnight,” the first several crossover hits for the legendary singer. However, the ...

January 21, 1957 was a very big night in the life of 24-year-old, Virginia-born country singer Patsy Cline. That was the evening she was invited to perform on CBS’ highly rated variety series, Arthur ...

Acetate recordings of some of Patsy Cline’s earliest performances, including a song she never released, are making their way from a musician’s attic to the public. The recordings capture 26 ...

On March 7, 1953, Cline married her first husband, Gerald Cline. She signed a record contract the following year and recorded her first songs. Her husband reportedly hoped she would be a more ...

“I just sing like I hurt inside. If you can’t do it with feeling, then don’t,” Cline once said of her passion for performing — and she sadly hurt a lot throughout her too-short career. The ...

We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of songwriters, it should have been added that "adversity plus talent – ...

On March 5, 1963, country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennesee, about 90 miles west of Nashville. Around 6:20 p.m., their Piper Comanche ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – I had a radio show on KTFW "Country Legends 921FM" in downtown Fort Worth from March 2008 until September 2010. It was my first time to be a country jock, having been a DJ on ...

Country legends Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, along with the late Conway Twitty and Patsy Cline, are now a part of the Hickory Vintage Masterpiece series for Sony/ATV. The series culls material ...