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 ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Unknowingly Began Her Final Recording Sessions, Cutting Covers of Multiple Timeless Pop and Country Standards

Sixty-three years ago today, Patsy Cline stepped into Bradley Studio in Nashville to unknowingly start her final recording ...

Always Patsy Cline opens at Lagniappe Theatre Company

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Lagniappe Theatre Company opens “Always Patsy Cline” Thursday night, featuring 27 of the legendary country singer’s greatest hits wrapped into one story.
Entertainment Focus

Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ is an emotive musical melodrama with a superb turn from Kate Hudson

Jackman and Hudson are supported by a cast that includes Fisher Stevens and Jim Belushi, as the men who help turn Lighting ...

Blue Man Group and Gospel Meets Symphony among shows to see in Akron

Entertainment calendar includes Jay Pharoah, Mary Santora, Paradise Kitty, Satisfaction, Tesla and Montgomery Gentry.

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, ...