American Songwriter

This Week in 1960, One of Country Music’s Most Legendary Women Signed to a Record Label Created Just for Her

During this week in 1960, a coal miner's daughter from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, signed to a record label created just for ...
American Songwriter

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

Circumstances around one of the last songs Patsy Cline ever recorded, "Sweet Dreams", seem even more ominous in the context ...

Always Patsy Cline opens at Lagniappe Theatre Company

Musical celebrates legendary country singer with 27 greatest hits.

This Day in History: Patsy Cline song hits #1 on Billboard

January 30, 1961. Patsy Cline’s iconic song, I Fall to Pieces, becomes Billboard’s #1 Country and Western single of the year and a crossover pop hit. Cline’s last concert was in 1963 in Kansas City, ...