On this day (January 30) in 1961, Patsy Cline released “I Fall to Pieces,” a song she initially didn’t want to record. Later in the year, it became her first No. 1 single. Moreover, it established ...

The late Joe Edwards, who wrote for the Associated Press, described March 5, 1963, as the “Darkest Day in Country Music.” Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and pilot Randy Hughes were killed ...