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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Patsy Cline

American Country Legend

(Sun Label Group LLC)


Per the Country Hall of Fame site, Patsy was killed in the same tragic 1963 plane crash that took pilot Randy Hughes, as well as her fellow Opry stars Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas. She was without equal as a stylist, whether emoting sonorously in torch balladry or snapping her fringed cowgirl skirt with wink and beaming grin. Produced by Owen Bradley, "Lovesick Blues" is but one cut featuring Hank Garland, Floyd Cramer, Grady Martin, and Buddy Harman rattling Nashville studio tiles.

It's both testament to Miss Patsy's lofty status and cursed injustice that in 2026, elevator speakers blare her immortal soundings in voiceless, annoying muzak manifestations.

Recommended: "Walkin' After Midnight," "Too Many Secrets," "Stop the World (I Want to Get Off)," "A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye," "I'm Blue Again," "Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round," "I Cried All the Way to the Altar," "Lovesick Blues," "Cry Not for Me"

Videos: "Too Many Secrets"   "A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye"   "I'm Blue Again"   "Lovesick Blues"


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