On this day (August 5) in 1957, Patsy Cline released her self-titled debut album. The album produced Cline’s first top-10 hit single and helped to launch her career. Cline’s career was tragically ...

On January 21, 1957, Patsy Cline made her national television debut on “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,” which aired Monday nights on CBS. The show featured agents and managers from across the country ...

“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 ...

Before Taylor, there was Patsy Cline. The Winchester, Virginia native was one of the first country stars to cross over into pop territory with her 1957 hit “Walkin’ After Midnight.” Sadly, her star ...

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 ...

Patsy Cline," a toe-tapping musical tribute, runs through Sunday at The Barn Theatre in Willmar. For those of us too young to know Patsy Cline's musical hits (1957-1963), this is an opportunity to ...

In the late ’50s, “Don Owens’s TV Jamboree” was a must-see every Saturday for country music fans across the Washington metro area. A promoter and DJ with a carnival-barker’s zeal, Owens was known to ...

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 ...

If you want to follow in the footsteps of country music star Patsy Cline, you can head down to Winchester, Va. It’s there that Virginia Patterson Hensley was born on Sept. 8, 1932, and raised in ...