On this day (March 5) in 1963, country singers Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and pilot Randy Hughes died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. They were returning to Nashville from a ...

Most observers generally agree Cline’s plane shouldn’t have taken off in the weather conditions the inexperienced pilot, her manager, Randy Hughes, faced that day. Despite intermittent fog, wind, and ...

BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s been just over 60 years since a plane carrying Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and the pilot, Randy Hughes, crashed in Benton County. It was a dark day ...

There are plenty of ways to tell the story of Patsy Cline. Priort to snagging icon status in the music world, the country vocalist was a working-class woman before she could drive a car. While her ...

Patsy Cline, renowned for her unique, rich, and warm vocal tone, was a dominant figure in the country music scene during the 1950s. She is also celebrated as one of the most influential vocalists of ...

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 ...

“I just sing like I hurt inside. If you can’t do it with feeling, then don’t,” Cline once said of her passion for performing — and she sadly hurt a lot throughout her too-short career. The ...

On December 22, 1921, a country star dubbed "Eleven Yards of Personality," who was aboard Patsy Cline's fatal flight, was born.