Cline’s life and career almost ended before she recorded Showcase. In June 1961, she and her brother were in a serious car accident. She had brought her mom, sister, and brother to Nashville to show ...

Cline is proof that chart success cannot measure the true quality of an artist’s work. She released 24 singles between 1955 and 1963. Two of those topped the country chart. Four more tracks broke the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Always...Patsy Cline" is based on the real-life friendship betweenAlways...Patsy Cline" is based on the real-life friendship between Patsy Cline and Louise Seger, a ...

The current production at Drury Lane Theatre is Always…Patsy Cline. This is based on a true story, was originally conceived by Ted Swindley and licensed by the Estate of Patsy Cline. It contains 27 of ...

Singer Patsy Cline helped create the Nashville sound, a crossover between country and pop, in the 1950s and 1960s. But in 1963, she died in a plane crash at just 30 years old. Still, her legacy lives ...