On this day (November 27) in 1961, Patsy Cline released her sophomore album Showcase. The release came four years after her self-titled debut record dropped in 1957. It was the only album Cline ...
“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 ...
Cline is proof that chart success cannot measure the true quality of an artist’s work. She released 24 singles between 1955 and 1963. Two of those topped the country chart. Four more tracks broke the ...
As Louise shares her recollections -- from the first time she heard Patsy's music, to her later years of friendship and shared letters with the star -- you hear Takahashi's uncanny ability to ...
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 ...
Country-western singer Patsy Cline was only 30 years old when she died in a plane crash in 1963, but many of the songs she sang remain popular today. “Always … Patsy Cline,” presented by Hillbarn ...
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 – ...
Patsy Cline has been gone for more than 60 years, but her music has most certainly lived on. Now, recordings of songs never before released will make their debut this spring. A country music ...