Released during a period of mourning, the collection helped ensure that her voice and the timeless songs she recorded would ...

Cline’s life and career almost ended before she recorded Showcase. In June 1961, she and her brother were in a serious car accident. She had brought her mom, sister, and brother to Nashville to show ...

On this day (January 30) in 1961, Patsy Cline released “I Fall to Pieces.” The song would go on to become one of the iconic singer’s biggest hits and her signature song. Originally, though, Cline didn ...

A 1961 country hit that helped redefine the genre has been ranked among the greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone, cementing its place as one of the most enduring recordings in music history.

Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces” is the grandmother of generations of moments that honor the affecting power of female voices singing country music. Released 60 years ago, on Jan. 30, 1961, the song ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “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 ...

Country western music icon Patsy Cline was born just one year after the birth of my own mom Peggy. Patsy was born Sept. 8, 1932, and mom Peggy, Aug. 17, 1931. Tragically, Patsy died at age 30 in March ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn only knew each other a short time before Cline’s death at the age of 30, but the friendship formed between two trailblazers of country music is ...