Fifty-three years ago, on Sunday, March 3, 1963, Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas shouldn't have been crying. Things were, after all, going well. Copas, who burst onto the country scene with four consecutive top ...

On Mar. 5, 1963, the plane carrying country stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins crashed in Tennessee, killing everyone on board. Unfortunately, the crash was reportedly due to the ...

'Grand Ole Opry' stars had just performed in Kansas City Taking Randy Hughes' plane was faster than driving Patsy Cline romanticized, other stars neglected through the years Editor's note: The crash ...

On March 5th, 1963, a plane carrying one of country music’s most famous voices, Patsy Cline, crashed in the woods near Camden, Tennessee, killing all onboard: Cline, Grand Ole Opry members Cowboy ...

In many ways, Patsy Cline was country music’s original female firebrand. Before crossover hits were a foregone conclusion, she dominated both the country and pop charts with songs like “Walking After ...

The crash happened here in the early spring—March 5, 1963. But I can only picture this place in winter, as that is the only time I’ve ever laid eyes on it, in late December, on my way to visit my ...

The story of country music icon Patsy Cline‘s short career is filled with tragedy. When she flew to Kansas to participate in a memorial concert, her plane never made it back home to Nashville. She and ...

(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.

Throughout the course of music history, we’ve lost countless bright and talented musicians to fatal plane crashes. Buddy Holly’s demise was later dubbed the “Day the Music Died” by Don McLean. Otis ...

Editor's note: The crash that killed Patsy Cline happened March 5, 1963. This story recounting the tragedy and its impact in Nashville was originally published on the 53rd anniversary of her death.