Luke Bryan had to try to calm down his cheering fans long enough to allow him to introduce the talented LeAnn Rimes for a Patsy Cline tribute -- one that ended with a standing ovation from both fans and artists.
If you visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2012, you were one of 564,777 visitors, meaning it was a very popular place to be. In fact, it was the largest attendance total in the museum's history, which spans 45 years. Two reasons for the phenomenal attendance rate? Taylor Swift and Patsy Cline.
In a brief but stellar career, country music pioneer Patsy Cline not only scored a string of highly influential hits, but she also performed on some of the most important variety shows of the early age of television. A new collection titled 'Patsy Cline on the Air: Her Greatest TV Performances' brings together the legendary vocalist's most notable television appearances in one place.
In 1961, Willie Nelson -- then an accomplished songwriter -- penned the song 'Crazy' for country singer Billy Walker. When Walker turned the tune down, Patsy Cline picked it up and became famous for her rendition of the melancholy love song.
One of country music's most celebrated female vocalists would be 80 years old this month if she had not died in a plane crash in 1963. Patsy Cline's birthday is Sept. 8.
In August, the Patsy Cline: Crazy for Loving You exhibit opened up to celebrate Cline's legacy at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. 'Cr...
The legendary Patsy Cline is the subject of an upcoming exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Patsy Cline: Crazy for Loving You will open in the museum's East Gallery on Aug. 24, signing rent for a ten-month run.
Patsy Cline's 'Crazy' is the top song from a female artist on the Top 100 Country Songs list. It's difficult to argue this masterpiece's place on the list, or any list of the top songs ever recorded. The song was Cline's signature hit, but really it's one of country music's signature hits.
They might all sing with a country twang, but according to Rolling Stone, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline all qualify for the Women Who Rock list. The countdown celebrates "50 of the fiercest albums that female rock & rollers have given the world," and it includes Lady Gaga, Carole King, Lucinda Williams and -- of course -- Aretha Franklin, among others.
"Patsy Cline is an American music icon and perhaps the most accessible artist in country music history," says Country Music Hall of Fame and museum director Kyle Young (quote via GAC). “Though she recorded for only eight years and made her last record nearly 50 years ago, her body of work -- those classic torch songs and ballads of heartache -- have continued to resonate with music fans