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Holly Gleason 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 punchline was always an eye-rolling “All of them.” It spoke to the ubiquity of Cline’s influence, as well as the tired renditions of Willie Nelson’s torch lament every “chick singer” clung to. Back in those pre-internet days, Cline’s ubiquity was word-of-mouth, but deeply felt.

Kellie Pickler is making an emotional return to the stage.

country music legend Loretta Lynn, auditioned for “American Idol” on Sunday’s episode of the ABC music competition show, surprising the judges. Judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan seemed to be in the dark about her impressive family tree — at first. “Growing up, I sang music my entire life,” Russell said.

Ellise Shafer As evidenced in its title, music plays a big part in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” In the prequel to the original trilogy, “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler portrays Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12 for the 10th annual Hunger Games, who hails from a musical and nomadic people called the Covey. The film features Zegler singing several songs, including franchise favorite “The Hanging Tree.” Much of the music is folk-inspired, and Zegler sang each track live during filming.

who died at 90 Tuesday — had a special bond with another female country legend: Patsy Cline.The two singers — who were born just five months apart in 1932  — forged a close friendship that was cut short by Cline’s untimely death in a 1963 plane crash. But in a short span of time, Lynn was profoundly inspired by the “Crazy” songbird both personally and professionally, even naming one of her twin daughters Patsy the year after Cline died.It all started after Lynn dedicated a radio performance of Cline’s song “I Fall to Pieces” to the stricken star when she was recovering from a near-fatal car accident in 1961.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Enterprises (UMe), the catalog division of Universal Music Group, has promoted Sujata Murthy to executive vice president of media & artist relations, effective immediately.In her role, Ms. Murthy will continue to be responsible for the label’s media department and oversee press strategy and campaigns, as well as work closely with artists, managers and estates across UMG’s roster.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 7, Episode 8, of “The Masked Singer,” “The Mask of Least Resistance – Round 3,” which aired April 27 on Fox.So I guess we’re just gonna pretend that last week didn’t happen and just move on. But Wednesday night’s unmasked celebrity was a bit controversial in her own way: Kirstie Alley, who has generated her own kind of notorious headlines in recent years, was unmasked on this week’s episode as Baby Mammoth — a part of “Team Cuddly.”For Baby Mammoth, one of the “Masked Singer” panelists got it right: Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg figured out it was Alley.

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Always…Patsy Cline, which has gone on to help launch the career of well-regarded country artist Mandy Barnett, among others.Another Southern-raised musical artist who has channeled her lifelong Cline interest and inspiration to shape the contours of her own career is Katie Deal.The Georgia native, crowned the 2016 Georgia Country Artist of the Year, has toured around the country performing her one-woman show Today, Tomorrow, and Forever: A Tribute to Patsy Cline, in addition to leading a slew of Cline tribute shows with her own band.Deal shares the impact Cline has had on her work in her new cabaret Crazy for Patsy Cline.Backed by a Nashville-based band, the show loosely tracks Cline’s career arc, beginning with her salad days in the early 1950s performing in clubs in and around her hometown of Winchester, Va.Naturally, it also offers a trip down Cline repertoire lane, from “Walking After Midnight,” to “I Fall To Pieces,” to the hit from which the show derives its name.Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. at the Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W.

Hargus “Pig” Robbins was a country music session pianist who played on hits including Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” and on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” album.Blind since childhood, Robbins learned to play piano while attending the Nashville School for the blind. He began playing for Nashville’s greatest musicians in the 1950s, his first big hit coming with George Jones’ (1931–2013) “White Lightning” in 1959.

Chris Willman Music WriterHargus “Pig” Robbins, a Country Music Hall of Fame member who played piano on thousands of Nashville sessions and was renowned to Bob Dylan fans for his work on “Blonde on Blonde,” has died at age 84.

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Billie Faiers breaks down in tears on Wednesday's final episode of The Family Diaries as husband Greg Shepherd surprises her with her favourite song at their 10th anniversary party. Earlier in the series, Greg, 36, had secretly taken himself and their two children - Nelly, seven, and Arthur, four - for singing lessons so they could perform Billie's, 31, favourite song Crazy by Patsy Cline.

Carrie Underwood hits the stage for a performance at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which aired on Wednesday (September 16).

Carrie Underwood rocked out at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards while paying tribute to female country music legends.The Oklahoma native, 37, honored Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Martina McBride and Reba McEntire from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, September 16.“These strong voices mean so much to me and all the other female artists who stand on their shoulders,” Underwood said before singing a complication of the women’s hits to

Carrie Underwood just wowed on the Grand Ole Opry House stage. During the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, the 37-year-old singer honored trailblazing female Opry members by performing a medley of songs by Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton.Wearing a tea-length, pink dress, Underwood began her time on stage by expressing how much each of the women mean to her.«Patsy and Loretta.

Martina McBride needs no introduction. — Although, Carrie Underwood will give the country legend, along with a slew of other trailblazers in the biz, a musical one when she opens tonight’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Carrie will perform a medley of hits from iconic country female singers, including, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and of course, the one and only, Martina McBride.

55th Academy of Country Music Awards will feature some incredible performers! CBS, Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced on Wednesday that musicians including Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood and Trisha Yearwood will take the stage for this year's show.Shelton and Stefani are set perform their single, «Happy Anywhere,» while Underwood will honor trailblazing female Opry members by performing a medley of songs by Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell,

There are few things more stereotypically “American” than country music. To the average person, if you think of the country music legends of the past 50 years, many will just imagine the likes of Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and Patsy Cline.

The influence of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Barbara Mandrell gets a fresh examination with a new program, Iconic Women of Country Music, that will debut June 1 on PBS stations, Billboard has learned.The production uses original interviews, archival footage and classic songs to explore how a small parade of females fought gender bias across several decades to create some of the genre’s most significant recordings, including Tammy Wynette’s “Stand by Your Man,” Kitty Wells’ “It

Loretta Lynn will never forget how she felt the first time she met Patsy Cline.

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Loretta Lynn is remembering her good friend Patsy Cline.

One is a coal miner’s daughter. The other was the daughter of a blacksmith. One was a newcomer to Nashville. The other was already a country-music star.

Even before Nashville issued safer-at-home guidelines and ordered the downtown bars closed, Loretta Lynn was on lockdown at her home 75 miles away in rural Hurricane Mills, Tenn. At age 87, she's in one of the demographic segments of the population considered most at risk from the coronavirus. And with a stro