We often idealize the notion of a record deal, assuming such an agreement would beget the first of many hits for up-and-coming performers like Cline. But critics often consider her first few years at ...

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 ...

Renowned steel guitarist player Walter Haynes died on Jan. 1, 2009, in Tyler, Texas, at age 80. He frequently played with Patsy Cline.

As improbable as the news may seem, it's true: More than six decades after her much-too-soon death, new music by country legend Patsy Cline is being released! On Saturday, a limited-edition two-LP set ...

In the late ’50s, “Don Owens’s TV Jamboree” was a must-see every Saturday for country music fans across the Washington metro area. A promoter and DJ with a carnival-barker’s zeal, Owens was known to ...

In July 1961, Loretta Lynn walked on stage at the Midnight Jamboree in downtown Nashville and performed a tribute that would change her life — and country music history — from that moment forward.

As a young, aspiring “girl singer” arriving in Nashville in the early Sixties, Loretta Lynn found a mentor in established artist Patsy Cline. Like Cline, Lynn was signed to Decca Records, produced by ...

Loretta Lynn's new cover of Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces," and its accompany music video honor the country icon, a good friend to Lynn decades ago. Both now-icons became buddies about two years ...

Six decades after her tragic 1963 passing, Patsy Cline's influence, song styling and musical catalog have proven timeless in their legacy. This was the most significant takeaway from the April 22 ...

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