A 1961 crossover hit by Patsy Cline, written by Willie Nelson, remains one of the most celebrated country songs ever recorded ...

This would have been a very different song.

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 ...

Country music is full of women with powerful voices. Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, and many more have golden vocal cords. However, none of them would likely have reached the level of ...

We've all heard the old saying "adversity breeds success," a quotation from a famous philosopher many years ago. But in the case of songwriters, it should have been added that "adversity plus talent – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

One in a series of stories about the career and life of Willie Nelson. A predilection for writing lyrics and drinking helped Nelson find his people there. The late songwriter Hank Cochran, a ...

Before Willie Nelson moved to Austin, braided his hair, and created a country music counter-culture, he was a clean-cut songwriter cutting his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. While Willie, then known ...

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 ...