On this day (March 5) in 1963, country singers Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and pilot Randy Hughes died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. They were returning to Nashville from a ...

In many ways, Patsy Cline was country music’s original female firebrand. Before crossover hits were a foregone conclusion, she dominated both the country and pop charts with songs like “Walking After ...

Just three months after the tragic death of country music starPatsy Cline, her record label took an important step in preserving and celebrating her remarkable career. On June 10, 1963, Decca Records ...

Click here for the original audio. A Patsy Cline album released earlier this year, called "Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963)," includes live tracks that have never been public until now.

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 29, 2025. Click here for that audio. Singer Patsy Cline helped create the Nashville sound, a crossover between country and pop, in the 1950s and ...