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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As two of country music's most storied icons, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn have both lived well-documented lives, each artist the subject of a wide variety of books, films and even songs. However, a ...

Patsy Cline – one of the greatest voices in country music – grew up in Winchester, Virginia, where the school district recently discovered a handwritten essay she wrote in the eighth grade. It’s the ...