Her determination in the face of adversity is remembered just as much as the songs she left behind.

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 ...

Patsy Cline is one of the most ubiquitous names in the female country music artist canon, but it wasn’t the one she was born with. And while her decision to adopt a new stage name wasn’t exactly ...

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 ...