Renowned steel guitarist player Walter Haynes died on Jan. 1, 2009, in Tyler, Texas, at age 80. He frequently played with Patsy Cline.

2025 marks 100 years of Nashville's iconic Grand Ole Opry. Country music's most beloved radio program is an unquestionable American pop cultural institution. To celebrate, the Opry is slowly revealing ...

As improbable as the news may seem, it's true: More than six decades after her much-too-soon death, new music by country legend Patsy Cline is being released! On Saturday, a limited-edition two-LP set ...

(AP) Forty years after Virginia-born country singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near the marshy banks of the Tennessee River, fans leave plastic flowers and written messages at the crash site.

The name Cline has been so important to country music. You'll immediately think Patsy Cline. However, there's another woman carrying that last name, no relation to Patsy. Her contribution to country ...

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 ...

More than six decades after her passing, Patsy Cline remains a guiding light in Americana. Though her dazzling career was tragically cut short, the unforgettable music she recorded between the early ...

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 ...