Patsy Cline Archives

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05.11.26

Patsy Cline Before She Was Patsy: Why She Changed Her Birth Name Ahead of Stardom

By Melanie Davis

Behind The Song

05.05.26

Patsy Cline and Her Producer Often Butted Heads, but They Both Knew This 1962 Track Was a No. 1 Hit Immediately

By Melanie Davis

On This Day

04.20.26

On This Day in 1962, Patsy Cline Released the EP That Included Her Final No. 1 Single

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

04.09.26

On the Charts in 1976, Emmylou Harris Scored Her First No. 1 Country Album With a Record That Featured Classic Covers of Patsy Cline and Buck Owens

By Matt Friedlander

Behind The Song

03.20.26

Patsy Cline Almost Passed on This Song That Made Willie Nelson Believe He Was a Real Songwriter

By Gayle Thompson

Behind The Song

03.10.26

Don Gibson and Faron Young Competed Over This Massive Hit, Which Became Patsy Cline’s Final Top 5 Single

By Gayle Thompson

On This Day

03.05.26

On This Day in 1963, One of the Most Influential Women in Country Music’s Life Was Cut Short by a Tragic Plane Crash

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

03.03.26

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Made Her Final Public Appearance, Saving a Benefit Show for a Beloved Radio Personality

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

02.28.26

Patsy Cline Made Her Final TV Appearance on This Day in 1963—Five Days Before the Tragic Plane Crash That Ended Her Life

By Erinn Callahan

On This Day

02.11.26

On This Day in 1957, Patsy Cline Released What Would Become Her First Hit, a Signature Track She Initially Disliked That Was Later Covered by Garth Brooks

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

02.05.26

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Recorded the Crossover Hit She Called “The First and Last”—One Month Before Her Untimely Death

By Melanie Davis

On This Day

02.04.26

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Unknowingly Began Her Final Recording Sessions, Cutting Covers of Multiple Timeless Pop and Country Standards

By Clayton Edwards

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline Before She Was Patsy: Why She Changed Her Birth Name Ahead of Stardom

Patsy Cline and Her Producer Often Butted Heads, but They Both Knew This 1962 Track Was a No. 1 Hit Immediately

On This Day in 1962, Patsy Cline Released the EP That Included Her Final No. 1 Single

On the Charts in 1976, Emmylou Harris Scored Her First No. 1 Country Album With a Record That Featured Classic Covers of Patsy Cline and Buck Owens

Patsy Cline Almost Passed on This Song That Made Willie Nelson Believe He Was a Real Songwriter

Don Gibson and Faron Young Competed Over This Massive Hit, Which Became Patsy Cline’s Final Top 5 Single

On This Day in 1963, One of the Most Influential Women in Country Music’s Life Was Cut Short by a Tragic Plane Crash

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Made Her Final Public Appearance, Saving a Benefit Show for a Beloved Radio Personality

Patsy Cline Made Her Final TV Appearance on This Day in 1963—Five Days Before the Tragic Plane Crash That Ended Her Life

On This Day in 1957, Patsy Cline Released What Would Become Her First Hit, a Signature Track She Initially Disliked That Was Later Covered by Garth Brooks

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Recorded the Crossover Hit She Called “The First and Last”—One Month Before Her Untimely Death

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Unknowingly Began Her Final Recording Sessions, Cutting Covers of Multiple Timeless Pop and Country Standards

Remember When Joan Baez Had a Five-Week No. 1 Hit With a Cover Song?

This Surprising Revelation About Dolly Parton and Carl Dean’s Relationship Spoke Volumes About Them Both

3 Classic Rock Songs From the 1970s You Hear All the Time at the Gym

Paul McCartney Once Took on a Bond Theme With the Help of This Familiar Collaborator in 1973