The transformation unfolds before veteran vocalist Ginny Pugh Spillman ever sings a note. She can feel it. “It happens every time as soon as I put on that little black wig,” Pugh Spillman said. The ...
This week in 1961, Patsy Cline hobbled on stage at the Grand Ole Opry so she could assure country music fans she was going to be alright and she’d be back singing again soon. On June 14, 1961, Cline ...
On this day (October 16) in 1961, Patsy Cline released “Crazy.” It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the country chart and No. 9 on the Hot 100, bringing her a major crossover hit. Despite missing the top ...
There used to be a joke in old-school country music: How many girl singers does it take to sing Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”? The punchline was always an eye-rolling “All of them.” It spoke to the ubiquity ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This column originally ran March 23, 2023. We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of ...
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Juke box musicals are stage theatrical presentations in which a majority of the compositions were written before the presentation was conceived, rather than being original music conceived for that ...
Mankato musician artist Hannah Cesario always had a few Patsy Cline standards in her repertoire. But by March 7, she’s going to have a whole lot more. Cesario will portray the legendary country singer ...
Patsy Cline made it past the cursed musicians’ age of twenty-seven, but not by much. She was killed in a plane crash at the age of thirty, leaving thousands of fans to mourn her memory and music. She ...
Wynonna, Kristin Chenoweth, Reyna Roberts and more performed Cline's hits. The music world came together Monday night to honor the legacy of country icon Patsy Cline. "Walkin' After Midnight: The ...