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 ...

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, ...