Patsy Cline Timeline
by G.E. Hewitt & Ron McBride
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Here is a timeline of performance dates and noteworthy events in the life and times of Patsy Cline. This list is not exhaustive. Dates with hyperlinks will open a new tab to display relevant articles.
1948
Wally Fowler of the Grand Ole Opry convinced 16 year old Patsy to travel to Nashville for an appearance on Roy Acuff’s WSM-AM Dinner Bell radio program.
1949
July 31: Winchester, Virginia (Patsy and mother went to see Wally Fowler at the Palace Theater (From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
October 19-20: Winchester, Virginia (Performed in amateur show at John Handley High School and sang “A Tree in the Meadow” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
1950
February 2: Winchester, Virginia (Performed in the finals of an amateur show – sang a Jo Stafford song (From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
October 3: Winchester, Virginia (Performed at the 3rd annual Amateur Minstrel Show, sponsored by a local softball league - sang “After You’re Gone” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
October 11: Winchester, Virginia (Performed in the Kiwanis Club’s musical revue “Ridin’ High” to raise funds for underprivileged children – sang “St. Louis Blues” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
1951
February 8 & 9: performances in Winchester, Virginia
February 21: announcement in the Warren County Sentinel: “Virginia Hensley our vocalist will appear every Saturday night and she has got the umph" (Hired by Jack Fretwell to perform at the John Marshall Inn in Front Royal, VA (job lasted about 6 months) – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
May 17: performance in Winchester, Virginia
Summer: became a regular entertainer at George & Katherine Frye’s Rainbow Inn in Ridgeway, WV with Sonny Frye & Playboys (From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
August: near Front Royal, Virginia (Sang from the back of a truck at the annual meeting of the Ham Radio Clubs of Virginia – was paid $5 (From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
1952
April 3: performance in Winchester, Virginia
September 27: Brunswick, Maryland (Brunswick Moose Hall. Debut with Bill Peer & His Melody Boys)
October 10: Brunswick, Maryland (met first husband Gerald Cline at the Brunswick Moose Lodge)
November: Winchester, Virginia (performed after a meeting of the South End Fire Company at the Fire Hall)
November 3: Hagerstown, Maryland (Performed with Bill Peer and his orchestra – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
1953
March 6: marriage license announcement for Gerald Cline and Virginia Hensley in Frederick, Maryland
March 7: Frederick, Maryland (married Gerald Cline in United Church of Christ)
July 20: Frederick, Maryland (Family Drive-In)
October 16: Charles Town, West Virginia - performed at the first Jefferson County Fair and posed for a group photo (Courtesy of Spirit of Jefferson)
Late 1953: Washington, D.C. (demo recordings at True Tone Studio with Jimmy Dean's Texas Wildcats – Margaret Jones book)
1954
Early 1954: Washington, D.C. (demo recordings at True Tone Studio with Jimmy Dean's Texas Wildcats – Margaret Jones book)
March 6: announced Patsy wound be singing every Sunday afternoon at Stricks roadhouse in Prince George’s country (From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
June 22: Middletown, Maryland (Performed at Firemen’s Carnival with Bill Peer and his orchestra – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
June 28: Woodsboro, Maryland (Woodsboro Volunteer Firemen’s Carnival w/ Bill Peer)
August 7: Warrenton, Virginia (National Country Music Championships, sponsored by Connie B. Gay. Patsy sang "Faded Love" and won $100 for Best Female Vocalist and was awarded a weekday job at WMAL studio in Washington D.C. performing jingles as well as making appearances on Gay's Town & Country Time at WARL – Nassour book)
September: Washington, D.C. (first appearance for Town and Country Time at WARL studios)
September 30: Washington, D.C. (signed contract with 4 Star Records. Witnessed by Bill Peer)
October 2: Nashville, Tennessee (sat onstage at the Grand Ole Opry as a guest of Ernest Tubb and watched Elvis perform. Later, Patsy sings two songs on Midnight Jamboree)
November: recorded demos at Decca's Pythian Temple in New York City
November 20: Brunswick, Maryland (rehearsed with Bill Peer and his band)
December 4: Fredericksburg, Virginia (demo session at WFVA-AM. Patsy and Bill Peer’s Melody Boys also played a dance that night – Nassour book)
December 11: Brunswick, Maryland (rehearsed with Bill Peer and his band)
December 31: Brunswick, Maryland (the Clines and Peers rang in the new year at the Brunswick Moose Lodge)
1955
January 5: Washington, D.C. (Performed at the Famous Club – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
April 29: Winchester, Virginia (first appearance in the town's Apple Blossom Festival)
April-May: Winchester, Virginia (Practiced for upcoming recording session at G & M Music Store - From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” by Douglas Gomery)
May: Frederick, Maryland (private session at WFMD studio with Bill Peer's Melody Boys)
June 1: Nashville, Tennessee (first 4 Star recording session)
June 26: Nashville, Tennessee (opened for Ernest Tubb at the Parthenon. The free concert drew 15,000 people)
July 1: Nashville, Tennessee (Ryman Auditorium – performed on Wally Fowler’s All-Night Gospel Sing. Performed “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” – Nassour book)
July 2: Nashville, Tennessee (introduced on the Opry by Ernest Tubb and performed during a segment sponsored by Ralston Purina. Went to Tootsie's after, and later that evening performed on Tubb's Midnight Jamboree)
July 3: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded acetates singing a capella – Nassour book)
July 3: Clarksville, Tennessee (performed at Dunbar Cave – Nassour book)
July 4: Memphis, Tennessee (performed at ballpark w/ Ernest Tubb and Faron Young – Nassour book)
July 9: Brunswick, Maryland (performed at Brunswick Moose Lodge – Nassour book)
July 20: according to Ellis Nassour, the Songs By Patsy Cline EP was released this day, as was Patsy's first single, "A Church, A Courtroom and Then Goodbye / Honky Tonk Merry Go Round"
October: began performing on Connie B. Gay's Town & Country Jamboree program
October 15: Martinsburg, West Virginia (performed at opening of Chevrolet dealership)
October 15: Brunswick, Maryland (final appearance with Bill Peer at Brunswick Moose Hall)
November 10-11: Nashville, Tennessee (National DJ Festival – Nassour book)
November 24: Front Royal, Virginia (performed at Union Hall with the Kountry Krackers)
December: Washington, D.C. (First appearance on Town & Country Jamboree – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon by Douglas Gomery)
December 23: Berryville, Virginia (performed at the American Legion Building with the Kountry Krackers)
December 24: Winchester, Virginia (performed at the Armory with the Kountry Krackers)
December 30: Berryville, Virginia (performed at the American Legion Building with the Kountry Krackers)
1956
January 1956 issue of Cowboy Songs magazine, #26
January 2: arrived in Nashville for second recording session
January 5: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
January 7: Nashville, Tennessee (appeared on a national telecast of the Grand Ole Opry; filmed one month prior)
January 13: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
January 16: in letter to fan club president, reported she had performed at the Plantation Club w/Tony Bennett, Ray Price, Audrey Williams & Eddy Arnold – she sang 2 songs and the audience demanded a 3rd – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon by Douglas Gomery)
January 20: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
January 27: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
January: Springfield, Missouri (Ozark Jubilee TV appearance)
February 3: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
February 4: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “Turn the Cards Slowly” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
February 10: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
February 17: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
February 19: Warrenton, Virginia (Rockwood Hall w/Kountry Krackers @ 9 PM)
February 24: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
February 25: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “Come On In” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
March 1: Quantico, Virginia (Headlined a show at Quantico Marine Base, backed by the Texas Wildcats w/Jimmy Dean on accordion – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
March 2: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
March 3: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “High Ballin’ Daddy” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
March 9: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
March 10: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “If You Want Some Loving” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
March 15: ads in the Washington D.C. Evening Star regarding a forthcoming article in The Sunday Star
March 16: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
March 17: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Time appearance)
March 18: article in the Washington D.C. Sunday Star
March 19: Winchester, Virginia (at mother’s house)
March 21: personal appearance in Elkton, Virginia
March 23: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
March 24: Hagerstown, Maryland Morning Herald
March 30: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM)
April 6: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM)
April 11: Winchester, Virginia (Involved in car accident)
April 13: Berryville, Virginia (National Guard Armory. Met Charlie Dick – Nassour book)
April 14: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree @ 10:30 PM)
April 20: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM)
April 21: Springfield, Missouri (Ozark Jubilee)
April 22: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
April 22: cover of TV Week Magazine
April 26: Winchester, Virginia (Apple Blossom Festival/Fireman's Parade)
April 27: Winchester, Virginia (Apple Blossom Festival ends)
April 27: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
May 4: Warrenton, Virginia (Fireman’s Parade – Nassour book)
May 4: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
May 5: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree @ 10:30 PM)
May 11: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
May 13: Winchester, Virginia (Airport Speedway)
May 18: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
May 25: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
May 26: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “Nobody But You” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
June 1: Charles Town, Maryland (American Legion – Town & Country Jamboree Cast @ 9 PM)
June 2: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “Honky Tonk Merry Go Round” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
June 8: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
June 10: Harrisonburg, Virginia (Rainbow Park)
June 16: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry appearance)
June 17: Nashville, Tennessee - recorded Country Hoedown #40 & #45 with Faron Young (Douglas Gomery)
June 21: Elkton, Virginia (Elkton Theatre with “The Gang from Town & Country Time")
June 22: Danville, Virginia (Old Dominion Barn Dance @ Danville Fairgrounds w/ Reno & Smiley)
July 1: Boonsboro, Maryland (Performed at the carnival – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
July 3/7: Damascus, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival; show postponed to July 7 due to weather)
July 4: Winchester, Virginia (Airport Speedway with Jimmy Dean and His Texas Wildcats, Dale Turner, Mary Click & Alec Houston from Town & Country Time)
July 6: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
July 13: Mount Airy, Maryland (Firemen’s Park @ 9 PM w/ Ham ‘n Scram and Buzz Busby)
July 14: performed "I've Loved and Lost Again" at the Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry
July 20: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
July 22: Winchester, Virginia (Airport Speedway with Jimmy Dean and His Texas Wildcats, Mary Click, Tiny Jenkins, Dale Turner & Alec Houston)
July 23: Hancock, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival)
July 24: Mt. Airy, Maryland (Firemen’s Park)
July 27: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
August 3: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
August: Warrenton, Virginia (National Country Music Championships. Probably Aug 4th or 11th)
August 17: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
August 18: ad for appearance on Town & Country Jamboree
August 24: Fredericksburg, Virginia (Belvedere Ballroom)
August 25: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree)
August 30: Berryville, Virginia (Clarke County Fall Festival w/Jimmy Dean & the Texas Wildcats)
August 31: Berryville, Virginia (Fall Festival Parade in the afternoon and then performed at the American Legion w/the Kountry Krackers that night)
September 8: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “Some of These Days” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
September 15: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree)
September 22: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “I Love You Honey”, “A Long, Long Ride” & “We've Gone Too Far” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
September 28: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building @ 9:30 PM w/The Kountry Krackers)
September 29: ad for appearance on Town & Country Jamboree
October 6: ad for appearance on Town & Country Jamboree
October 12-13: Compton, California (Town Hall Party – Nassour book. Patsy sang “I’ve Loved And Lost Again”)
October 15: Los Angeles, California (met with Bill McCall & Don Hecht to discuss recording “Walkin’ After Midnight” – Nassour book)
October 19: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building w/Kountry Krackers @ 9:30 PM
October 20: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry)
October 27: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “That Crazy Mambo Thing” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
October 31: Hagerstown, Maryland (Public Square followed by a dance at the Fairgrounds)
November 2: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building @ 9:30 PM w/The Kountry Krackers)
November 5-6: Nashville, Tennessee (at the Andrew Jackson Hotel for interviews)
November 8: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
November 9: Richmond, Virginia (Bainbridge Junior High School @ 8 PM)
November 16: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building @ 9:30 PM w/The Kountry Krackers)
November 23: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building @ 9:30 PM w/The Kountry Krackers)
November 30: Fredericksburg, Virginia (Poplar Tavern)
December: Country & Western Jamboree Magazine issue
December 7: Fredericksburg, Virginia (Poplar Tavern)
December 8: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree. Arthur Godfrey was watching – Nassour book)
December 9: Winchester, Virginia (Front Royal Club – Nassour book)
December 9: Washington, D.C. Evening Star article
December 14: Berryville, Virginia (American Legion Building @ 9:30 PM w/The Kountry Krackers)
December 21: Washington, D.C. (Performed at the Casino Royal nightclub w/Jimmy Dean & George Hamilton IV at 8 PM, 10:30 PM & 12:15 AM)
December 22: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
December 29: Washington, D.C. (Town & Country Jamboree – Sang “I Don’t Wanta”, “Nobody But You” & “Pepper Hot Baby” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
December 30: Washington, D.C. (TeleVue cover)
December 31: Lorton, Virginia – with the Blue Rhythm Boys (Sonny Hawthorne, leader) at Lorton Volunteer Fire Co., New Year’s Eve.
1957
January 4: Berryville, Virginia (Nassour book)
January 18: New York, New York (landed at LaGuardia Airport – Nassour book)
January 21: New York, New York (Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts. Sang “Walkin’ After Midnight” and won the contest). The show aired at 20:30 ET and Patsy also sang "Your Cheatin' Heart"
January 23: Winchester article about January 21 Godfrey appearance
January 28: New York, New York (Arthur Godfrey & Friends. Sang “Walkin’ After Midnight” & “A Poor Man’s Roses” – Nassour book)
January 30: Washington D.C. Evening Star - Decca rush releasing copies of "Walkin' After Midnight"
February 2: Billboard ad
February 3: Washington D.C. Sunday Star article about Patsy
February 3: Big Spring, Texas Daily Herald
February 6: article about Patsy's absence from Town & Country Jamboree
February 8: left for Springfield, Missouri by air
February 9: Springfield, Missouri (Country Music Jubilee TV show)
February 10: article about Patsy's absence from Town & Country Jamboree
February 13-14: Nashville, Tennessee (Filmed Opry TV show)
February 16: Nashville, Tennessee (performed "Walkin' After Midnight" at the Prince Albert Opry covered by NBC nationwide – Nassour book)
February 22-23: Los Angeles, California (filmed appearance on Town Hall, as reported by Hilda in newspaper article)
February 24: booked for a guest spot on what appears to have been a Perry Como radio special
March 1: performed at Fire Company dance in Gore, Virginia
March 2: Moline, Illinois w/ Johnny Cash
March 9: Springfield, Missouri (Red Foley Show articles)
March 16: Compton, California (filmed Tex Ritter's Ranch Party)
March 19: Los Angeles, California (Bob Crosby Show)
March 23: Compton, California (pre-filmed episodes of Town Hall Party broadcast)
March 24: Des Moines, Iowa at KRNT Theater w/ Grandpa Jones & Webb Pierce
March 28: Gerald Cline granted Patsy a divorce
March 31: departed for shows in Pensacola, Florida; Swainsboro, Macon, Augusta (Georgia) & Charleston, South Carolina; Nassour book reports a later departure (April 7th)
April 4: Winchester, Virginia Evening Star article
April 4: ad for Macon, Georgia show
April 14: Indianapolis, Indiana (Murat Theater @ 3 PM & 8 PM w/Ferlin Husky & Faron Young)
April 18: Miami, Florida (Dade County Auditorium @ 7 PM & 9 PM w/Ferlin Husky, Faron Young & Cathy Copas)
April 19: Tampa, Florida (Homer Hesterly Armory @ 8 PM w/Ferlin Husky & Faron Young)
April 23-26: New York, New York (Arthur Godfrey shows & recording sessions)
April 23: article regarding appearance on Godfrey show
April 28: Akron, Ohio (Armory w/ Webb Pierce, Marvin Rainwater, Reno & Smiley and Benny Martin)
May 1957: review of Decca 30221 in Rustic Rhythm Magazine
May 3: Winchester, Virginia (Apple Blossom Festival)
May 4: Dubuque, Iowa (visits 14 year-old fan Shirley Nelson in hospital when emergency surgery forces her to miss Cline’s show w/ Webb Pierce)
May 5: personal appearance in Dubuque, Iowa
May 10: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Carnegie Music Hall w/ Faron Young & Ferlin Husky)
May 15: Washington, D.C. (recording jingles – Nassour book)
May 18: performed "Walkin' After Midnight" at WSM studios for "Top of the Morning" TV program. The appearance was kinescoped.
May 22-23: Nashville, Tennessee (finished the recording sessions for self-titled debut LP album)
May 24: Hagerstown, Maryland Morning Herald
May 24: Winchester, Virginia (at home – Nassour book)
May 25: Amarillo, Texas (City Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Brenda Lee, Jimmy Newman, George Jones, Everly Brothers, Mel Tillis & Judy Lynn)
May 29: Salt Lake City, Utah (Fairgrounds Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 5/25 show)
May 30: Pocatello, Idaho (same lineup as 5/25 Salt Lake City show)
May 31: Butte, Montana (Civic Center @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 5/25 show)
June 1: Spokane, Washington (Spokane Coliseum @ 8 PM w/same lineup as 5/25 show)
June 2: Seattle, Washington (Civic Auditorium @ 3 & 8 PM w/ same lineup as 5/25 show)
June 5: Winchester, Virginia (sang two songs at George Washington Hotel for leading salesmen of the Potomac-Edison system)
June 9-10: Norfolk, Virginia (w/ Webb Pierce, the Duke of Paducah, George Morgan & Anita Carter)
June 11: Bridgewater, New Jersey (Club 208 appearance)
June 15: College Park, Maryland (Sponsored by the Branchville, MD Fire Co. @ 9 PM)
June 22: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Ozark Jubilee on-location feed; performed "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Try Again")
June 25: Winchester, Virginia (Performed at a dinner meeting of the Lions Club at the War Memorial, accompanied by the Esquires)
June 28: Winchester, Virginia (w/Kountry Krackers at the Armory @ 9:30 PM)
July 4: Maryville, Tennessee (National Hillbilly Homecoming w/ Jim Reeves, Tommy Leonetti, Johnny Maddox, Del Wood & The Hayseeds)
July 12: Sarasota, Florida Journal
July 13: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Civic Auditorium @ 8 & 10 PM w/ Hank Thompson, Ray Price, Ferlin Husky, Johnny Cash & Faron Young)
July 15: Salt Lake City, Utah (Fairgrounds Coliseum @ 7 & 9:30 PM w/ same lineup as 7/13 Albuquerque show)
July 20: Cash Box Magazine clipping
July 23: Hancock, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival)
July 26: Big Beat Alan Freed Show (lip synced “Walkin’ After Midnight” – From “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon" by Douglas Gomery)
July 31: letter addressed to Treva Miller, Patsy's fan club president
August 1957: named "Star Of The Month" by Rustic Rhythm magazine
August 4: Winchester, Virginia appearance
August 5: a self-titled debut LP album, Patsy Cline, is released by Decca
August 9: left for Springfield, Missouri for appearance on Country Music Jubilee television show
August 10: Springfield, Missouri (Country Music Jubilee w/ Sonny James)
August 14: article about Patsy's recording of "A Stranger In My Arms"
August 24: Springfield, Missouri (Country Music Jubilee w/ Sonny James)
August 26-31: Winchester, Virginia (housewarming from Aug 29-31, per letter to Treva Miller)
September: article from Folk & Country Songs Magazine
September 7: Smethport, Pennsylvania (McKean County Fair)
September 8: Brunswick, Maryland (Patsy's 25th birthday celebration at the Brunswick Moose Lodge)
September 15: Winchester, Virginia (married Charlie Dick at mother’s house). After the wedding, the reception was at Mountain Side Inn at North Mountain, Virginia
October 5: Bangor, Maine (New Bangor Auditorium @ 8:15 PM w/ Bobby Helms)
October 10: Castile, New York (J. R. Ranch @ 8 PM w/ Bobby Helms, Jimmy Newman, Porter Wagoner & Red Hayes)
October 18: Niles, Ohio (McKinley Theatre @ 7 PM & 9:30 PM w/ Porter Wagoner)
October 21: left Fayetteville, North Carolina for New York
October 22-25: New York, New York (Arthur Godfrey shows)
October 26: Gore, Virginia (Mountainside Inn)
November 2: Richmond, Virginia (Old Dominion Barn Dance)
November 15-16: Nashville, Tennessee (arrived in town 11/13 for the National DJ Festival)
November 17: departed on a 10-day tour in the Southwest
November 19: El Paso, Texas (Liberty Hall @ 7 & 9 PM w/ Webb Pierce, Hank Locklin, Warner Mack, Gordon Terry & Mel Tillis)
November 22: Tucson, Arizona (Tucson Gardens @ 7 & 9:30 PM w/ same lineup as 11/19 El Paso show)
November 23: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Civic Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 11/22 Tucson show)
November 24: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Municipal Auditorium @ 3:30 PM & 8 PM w/Jerry Lee Lewis, Mel Tillis, Warner Mack, Hank Locklin & Gordon Terry)
December: article from C&W Jamboree magazine
December 4: Louisville, Kentucky (The Armory @ 8 PM w/ Marty Robbins, Bobby Helms, Jimmy Newman, Lee Emerson & The Glazer Brothers)
December 7: Springfield, Missouri (Country Music Jubilee; performed "Then You'll Know", "Making Believe" and "I Really Don't Want To Know")
December 13: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
December 14: Nashville, Tennessee (Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry)
December 15: Salt Lake City Tribune article
December 16: Chicago, Illinois (Howard Miller TV show)
December 24: Winchester, Virginia (Armory @ 9 PM w/the Kountry Krackers)
December 31: Purceville, Virginia (Purceville Roller Rink w/the Kountry Krackers)
1958
1958: Country & Western Music Stars Magazine issue
January 6-17: New York, New York (Arthur Godfrey shows)
January 18: Front Royal, Virginia (Sid Veasey’s Gentleman Club)
February: Trail Magazine issue
February 13: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
February 15: Patsy to entertain troops in Hawaii (Winchester Evening Star article)
February 15: Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Barn Dance at the Lyric Theatre @ 8 PM, broadcast on WNOX radio)
February 19-22: Minneapolis, Minnesota (appeared at the Flame Club for 4 nights)
February 24: left for Los Angeles as a "guest" of the Four Star Publishing Company
February 26: Frederick, Maryland News
February 27-March 8: Honolulu, Hawaii (including March 2nd at the Kaiser Dome & March 3rd at the Schofield Post Bowl)
March 5-8: Frederick, Maryland (Cline was to perform during one of the 4 days the show ran, but canceled due to a booking in Hawaii)
March 13: Chicago, Illinois (Civic Opera House)
March 22: Compton, California (Ranch Party Show @ 6:30 PM)
March 30: appeared on pre-recorded Philip Morris music show on CBS coast-to-coast radio show at 9:15 PM EST
Spring: Country & Western Music Jamboree Magazine issue
Spring: photos from the Spring 1958 issue of Hillbilly & Cowboy Hit Parade
April 19: Chattanooga, Tennessee (Memorial Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ George Morgan, Warner Mack & Little Jimmy Dickens)
April 26: Springfield, Missouri (Country Music Jubilee w/ Porter Wagoner)
April 27: Kansas City, Kansas (Memorial Hall @ 2, 5 & 8 PM w/ Jimmy Newman, Roy Orbison, Justin Tubb, Bob Wills & Carl Perkins)
April 27: Los Angeles, California (a prerecorded appearance of Tex Ritter's Ranch Party is broadcast)
April 28: appearance in Topeka, Kansas
April 29: Sioux City, Iowa (Municipal Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 4/27 show)
April 30: Omaha, Nebraska (Paramount Theatre @ 6:30 & 9 PM w/ same lineup as 4/27 show)
May 1: Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Auditorium @ 8:15 PM w/ same lineup as 4/27 show)
May 2-3: Wichita, Kansas (The Forum @ w/ Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Newman & Justin Tubb)
May 4: Des Moines, Iowa (KRNT Theater @ 3 & 8 PM w/ Wilburn Brothers, Justin Tubb & Jimmy Newman)
May 14-30: Minneapolis, Minnesota (two week stint at the Flame Club)
May 17: Red Foley’s NBC radio show (from 5/24/58 issue of Cash Box magazine; was likely prerecorded)
June 1: Grove, Pennsylvania (Sunset Park – photocopy of ad)
June 1: Marietta, Georgia Daily Journal mentions Patsy
Late Spring: Gaithersburg, Maryland (Agricultural Exposition – Nassour book)
June 26: Winchester, Virginia (stayed with mother, after arriving from Fayetteville, North Carolina)
June 27: Charles Town, West Virginia (baby shower at the home of Mrs. Adkins)
June 28: Gore, Virginia (Mountainside Inn)
July 14: Elkton, Virginia (appeared in parade to celebrate 50th anniversary of Elkton)
August 15-18: Prince Georges County, Maryland (near Washington D.C.) Performed at The Dixie Pig nightclub – From Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon” (letter to fanclub president)
August 25: daughter Julie born; left hospital Aug 31
August 29: Winchester Evening Star article "Patsy Cline and Baby"
September 12: Hayward, California The Daily Review
September 20: Front Royal, Virginia (benefit for the Front Royal baseball club)
September 21: Boston Sunday Advertiser article about the "short life" of stars
October 1: Elkton, VA performance
Mid October: began performing regularly on Don Owens’ show at WTTG-TV in Washington D.C. (from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon")
October 31: Norfolk, Virginia (performed with Jimmy Dean’s Texas Wildcats – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon")
December 21: Rockville, Maryland (performed at the Villa movie theater and earned $25 for a matinee and evening show)
1959
January 8-9: Nashville, Tennessee (first recording sessions in stereo)
January 9: Nashville, Tennessee (performed on Friday Night Frolics Opry)
January 10: Nashville, Tennessee (performed at the Grand Ole Opry)
February 25: Salisbury, Maryland (Starlite Room @ 9 PM)
February 28: San Antonio, Texas (Hi-Ho @ 4 & 8 PM)
March 2: Ranch Party @ 9 PM w/ Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely & Hank Penny; a rebroadcast of 3/22/58 episode
March 21: Gaithersburg, Maryland (Agricultural Center)
Late March: Nashville, Tennessee (two Opry appearances – Nassour book)
April 1: Woodstown, New Jersey (Grand Theatre & 7 PM & 9 PM)
April 4: New York, New York (prerecorded Dick Clark Show broadcast)
April 4: Springfield, Missouri (Jubilee U.S.A.)
April 11: Springfield, Missouri (Jubilee U.S.A)
April 12: Winona, Minnesota (Red Men’s Wigwam @ 8 PM)
April 18: Jubilee U.S.A episode is broadcast
April 19: Rising Sun, Maryland (performed at New River Ranch – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
April 25: Raleigh, North Carolina (Carolina Country Show from the Cary Theater radio show @ 7:30 PM)
May 9: Cash Box magazine reports "Cry Not For Me" getting airplay in North Carolina, probably due to the April appearance in Raleigh. (The song peaked at #43 Country one week prior, in the May 2nd issue of the magazine.)
May 10: Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Himmelreich’s Grove @ 6 PM)
May 31: Coopersburg, Pennsylvania (Playland Park)
June 8: Patsy appears on The Jimmy Dean Show from CBS New York
June 13: ad for Reinholds, Pennsylvania
June 14: performed in an outdoor venue at New River Ranch in Rising Sun, Maryland
June 20: Ranch Party rebroadcast of a 3/16/57 episode
June 27: Thurmont, Maryland (Casablanca @ 9 PM)
July: Chesapeake, Virginia (Fernwood Farms appearance & private session)
July 1: New Market, Maryland (performed at the District Volunteer Fire Company Carnival – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
July 3: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session)
July 4: Nashville, Tennessee (performed at the Grand Ole Opry)
July 11: Hagerstown, Maryland (Fairplay Firemen’s Carnival)
July 13: flew from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles – Nassour book
July 18: Ranch Party rebroadcast
July 18: Sellersville, Pennsylvania (Sellersville Fire Dept. Carnival)
July 21: Reese, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival)
July 22: Sheboygan, Michigan Press
July 24: Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania (Firemen’s Carnival)
July 29: Boonsboro, Maryland (Shafer Memorial Park Firemen’s Carnival)
August 4: Clear Spring, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival)
August 10: Hagerstown, Maryland (Widmyer Memorial Park)
August 11: Manchester, Maryland
August 26: Kingsdale, Pennsylvania (Firemen’s Carnival)
August 28: Lyons, Pennsylvania (Firemen’s Fiesta)
August 29: Avon, Pennsylvania (at the Avon Playground)
September 24: a 3/16/57 episode of Ranch Party is rebroadcast
September 26: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry)
October 2-3: Shreveport, Louisiana (Barksdale AFB Fall Festival)
October 3: Shreveport, Louisiana (appeared on Louisiana Hayride that evening)
October 10: Fort Worth, Texas (Cowtown Hoedown; from 10/17/59 issue of Cash Box magazine)
November 7: Springfield, Missouri - appeared on Jubilee U.S.A. with Minnie Pearl
November 20: Columbus, Georgia (Comer Auditorium w/ Faron Young, Roy Drusky & Floyd Robinson)
November 21: Augusta, Georgia (Bell Auditorium @ 8:30 PM w/ Faron Young, Roy Drusky & Carl Belew)
November 22: Charleston, South Carolina (County Hall @ 3 PM & 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Carl Belew, Roy Drusky & Floyd Robinson)
November 23: ad for Columbia, South Carolina
December 9: Nashville, Tennessee - filmed two episodes of Community Jamboree with Ferlin Husky and Carl Smith
December 12: Springfield, Missouri - appeared on Jubilee U.S.A. with Ferlin Husky
December 13: Hammond, Indiana (Civic Center @ 2:30 PM & 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Ferlin Husky, Roy Drusky & Carl Belew)
December 21: Nashville, Tennessee (Elks Show for The Tennessee Vocational Training School w/ Porter Wagoner & Roy Drusky – Nassour book)
1960
January 2: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the 9:30 PM Stephens segment ("If I Could See The World" & "Walkin' After Midnight") and the 11:45 PM Wall-Rite segment ("Oh Lonesome Me"). From Byron Fay’s Archives/Blog
January 9: Nashville, Tennessee (joined cast of the Grand Ole Opry)
January 23: Ranch Party; probably a rebroadcast of 3/22/58 episode, since the listing features the same guest lineup
January 27: Nashville, Tennessee (final 4 Star recording session)
January 30: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry: "If I Could See The World" and "Oh, Lonesome Me")
March 7: "Lovesick Blues / How Can I Face Tomorrow" single is released
March 19: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cimarron Ballroom w/ Leon McAuliffe)
March 20: Kansas City, Kansas (Memorial Hall @ 2, 5 & 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Roy Drusky, Leon McAuliffe, Carl Belew & Stringbean)
March 21: Topeka, Kansas (Municipal Auditorium @ 8:15 PM w/ same lineup as 3/20 show)
March 22: Sioux City, Iowa (City Municipal Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 3/20 show)
March 23: ad for Scottsbluff, Nebraska (Terry's Arena with 3/20 lineup)
March 24: Omaha, Nebraska (Paramount Theatre @ 6:30 & 9 PM w/ same lineup as 3/20 show)
March 25: Enid, Oklahoma (Convention Hall @ 8 PM, followed by a dance w/same lineup as 3/20 show)
March 27: Des Moines, Iowa (KRNT Theater @ 3PM & 8 PM w/ same lineup as 3/20 show)
April: records acetate to promote upcoming Grand Ole Opry package show on local radio
April 2: Nashville, Tennessee (Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry)
April 19: Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Jaycee Field w/ Faron Young, Jimmy Newman, Lew Childre & Rex Rinehart)
April 21: Joplin, Missouri (Paramount Theatre @ 7 & 9:30 PM w/ Faron Young, Jimmy Newman, Lew Childre & Rex Rinehart)
April 22: Great Bend, Kansas (City Auditorium @ 7 PM w/ Faron Young & Rex Rinehart; private show for the Eagles Lodges of Kansas)
April 29: El Paso, Texas (Liberty Hall @ 7 & 9 PM w/ same lineup as 4/19 Broken Bow show). Statement of expenses and receipts courtesy of Emmit Brooks
April 29: Friday Night Frolics Grand Ole Opry aired. Patsy recorded "Lovesick Blues" and “How Can I Face Tomorrow” for this broadcast
April 30: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Fairgrounds Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Homer & Jethro, Carl Belew, George Jones, Elton Britt & Jimmy Newman)
May 1: Abilene, Texas (Douglas Gomery)
May 3: Fort Collins, Colorado (Jr. High School Auditorium @ 7 PM & 9:30 PM w/same lineup as April 19 show)
May 7: Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC Terrace Ballroom @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 4/29 El Paso show)
May 9: Pocatello, Idaho (High School Auditorium @ 6:30 & 9 PM w/ same lineup as 5/7 show)
May 10: Butte, Montana (Civic Center @ 8 PM w/Jimmy Newman, Faron Young & Lew Childre)
May 11: Spokane, Washington (Coliseum @ 7:30 PM w/ same lineup as 5/9 show)
May 21: performed "How Can I Face Tomorrow" and "Loose Talk" at the Opry
May 29: Chattanooga, Tennessee (Lake Winnepesaukah @ 2 PM, 5 PM & 9 PM w/Bill Anderson)
June 4: Springfield, Missouri (final Jubilee U.S.A. appearance w/ Cowboy Copas)
June 7: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded for Country Style, U.S.A.)
June 11: Nashville, Tennessee (Opry – Nassour book)
July 27: Los Angeles, California - taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital, almost miscarried (Douglas Gomery)
August 1: "Crazy Dreams / There He Goes" single is released
August 4: Greenville, Tennessee (Greenville Sun Election Party w/ Porter Wagoner @ 8 PM)
August 6: Merrill, Oregon (Community Hall @ 9 PM)
August 12: Nashville, Tennessee (a live Friday Night Frolics Opry broadcast)
August 13: Springfield, Illinois (Illinois State Fair w/ Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Acuff & his Smoky Mtn. Boys, Ray Price, Don Gibson, Carl Butler, June Webb & The Stony Mtn. Cloggers)
August 14: Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania (Fireman’s Park)
August 27: Nashville, Tennessee (sang "There He Goes" and "How Can I Face Tomorrow" on the 7:30-8 pm Pet Milk segment of the Opry, and "Walking After Midnight" on the 10-10:15 Wil-Bilt Homes segment. Both spots were hosted by Porter Wagoner)
September 3: Nashville, Tennessee (Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry)
September 6: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded for Country Style, U.S.A.)
September 10: Nashville, Tennessee (Prince Albert NBC Opry – Nassour book)
September 15: Priceville, Alabama (Priceville High School @ 7 PM & 9 PM)
September 30: recording contract with 4 Star Records expired
October: USO tour of Hawaii - performed at Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe, 2 nights in Honolulu & Kaisers Dome (Nassour book)
October 11: Nashville, Tennessee (filmed appearance for a TV broadcast of Country Style, U.S.A. w/ Faron Young)
October 14: Friday Night Frolics Grand Ole Opry aired. Patsy recorded "There He Goes" and "Crazy Dreams" for this broadcast
October 15: Madisonville, Kentucky (High School @ 8 PM w/Flatt & Scruggs)
October 22: Dixon, Illinois at Dixon Armory
November 5: Nashville, Tennessee (performed on the 9-9:30 Jefferson Island Salt segment of the Opry and sang "Walking After Midnight")
November 16: Nashville, Tennessee (first Decca recording session)
November 19: Nashville, Tennessee (performed on the Grand Ole Opry then departed for a performance in Louisville – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon")
November 21: Augusta, Georgia (Bell Auditorium @ 8:30 PM w/ Faron Young, Roy Drusky & Carl Belew)
November 25: Nashville, Tennessee (performed on Friday Night Frolics and net $48. Don Gibson was host, and Patsy sang "Nobody But You" and "Come On In")
December 11: Montgomery, Alabama (State Coliseum @ 2:30 PM w/ Ferlin Husky, Cowboy Copas, Hank Locklin, Roger Miller, Bill Anderson & Roy Drusky)
December 24: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the 7:30 PM Pet Milk segment (sang "Loose Talk") and 10:45 PM De Con segment (sang "Crazy Dreams")
December 31: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 7:30-8 Pet Milk segment of the Opry and sang "Nobody But You" and "Loose Talk". On the 10:15-10:30 Frosty Morn segment, sang "Walking After Midnight"
1961
January 14: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "Crazy Dreams".
January 21: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "Lovin' In Vain".
January 22: son Allen Dick is born
February 10: Nashville, Tennessee (Opry Startime telecast, hosted by Archie Campbell w/ guests: Patsy Cline, Ferlin Husky & The Glaser Brothers)
February 11: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "Lovin' In Vain".
February 25: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "Lovin' In Vain".
February 26: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded for Country Music Time)
March: photo on the cover of Country Song Roundup Magazine
March 3: Nashville, Tennessee (Opry Startime telecast, hosted by Archie Campbell w/ guests: Patsy Cline, The Willis Brothers & Porter Wagoner)
March 4: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry - performed "I Fall To Pieces" and "Lovin' In Vain")
March 11: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 9:30-10 Stephens segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 11:30-12 National Life segment, sang "Lovin' In Vain"
March 25: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 7:30-8 Pet Milk segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 10-10:30 National Life segment, sang "Lovin' In Vain"
April 1: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry. Met Dottie West – Nassour book)
April 8: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 7:30-8 Pet Milk segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 10-10:30 National Life segment, sang "Lovin' In Vain"
April 14: Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry aired. Patsy recorded "Lovin' In Vain" and "I Fall To Pieces" for this broadcast
April 21: Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Memorial Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Cowboy Copas, George Hamilton IV & Darrel McCall)
April 22: St. Joseph, Missouri (City Auditorium w/ Homer & Jethro, Carl Smith, Leon McAuliffe & The Carter Family)
April 23: Kansas City, Kansas (Memorial Building @ 2, 5 & 8 PM w/ same lineup as 4/22 show)
April 24: Topeka, Kansas (Municipal Auditorium @ 8:15 PM w/Homer & Jethro, Carl Smith & June Carter)
April 25: Sioux City, Iowa (Municipal Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 4/22 show)
April 26-27: Omaha, Nebraska (Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum @ 8:15 PM both nights w/ same lineup as 4/22 show)
April 28-29: Wichita, Kansas (Forum @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 4/22 show. 9th Annual Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Benefit Fund)
Early May: Houston, Texas (Esquire Ballroom; Nassour)
May 10: Nashville, Tennessee (WSM Studio C to record Friday Night Frolics Opry)
May 13: Nashville, Tennessee (Performed at the Grand Ole Opry – 8 pm Martha White segment: “I Fall To Pieces” and 10:15 National Life segment: “Lovin’ In Vain”)
May 20: Dallas, Texas (Big D Jamboree @ 8 PM)
May 27: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 9-9:30 Jefferson Island Salt segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 11-11:30 Coca Cola segment, sang "Lovin' In Vain"
May 30: Winchester, Virginia (Patsy Cline Day)
June 2: Nashville, Tennessee (Opry Startime telecast, hosted by Archie Campbell w/ guests: Patsy Cline, Roy Drusky & Stringbean)
June 3: Nashville, Tennessee (performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces", and the 10-10:15 Standard Oil segment with "Lovin' In Vain")
June 8: Winchester, Virginia (in town for sister Sylvia’s graduation – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
June 9: Winchester, Virginia (Winchester Drive-In Theatre – Nassour book)
June 13: drove from Winchester to Nashville with her children and Sylvia, Sam Jr. and Hilda (from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
June 14: Nashville, Tennessee (car accident)
June 17: booked for Charlotte, North Carolina (Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ Ferlin Husky, Roy Drusky & Claude Gray). Due to car accident, did not appear
June 24: booked for Adamstown, Maryland (Firemen’s Carnival @ Carnival Grounds). Due to car accident, did not appear
June 29: Montgomery, Alabama (Coliseum w/ Tex Ritter, Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Jack Scott, Faron Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Edwards & Charlie Rich). Due to car accident, did not appear
July 7: Friday Night Frolics Grand Ole Opry broadcast; probably May 10 recording)
July 17: Nashville, Tennessee (released from hospital)
July 22: Nashville, Tennessee (appeared at the Ryman Auditorium in a wheelchair to assure fans she’d return to performing soon)
July 29: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cimarron Ballroom). Partially recorded.
July 30: Enid, Oklahoma (Nassour book). Ad printed for July 28 likely wrong; Cimarron recording reveals Patsy's first tour date after recovery was Tulsa.
August 11: Neshoba, Mississippi (Neshoba County)
August 13: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded for Country Music Time)
August 14: I Fall To Pieces EP released
August 17-25: Nashville, Tennessee (Patsy Cline Showcase recording sessions)
August 19: performed on the 9-9:30 Jefferson Island Salt segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces" and "Lovin In Vain". On the 11-11:30 Coca Cola segment, sang "Nobody But You"
August 27: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Civic Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Ernest Tubb, Hank Locklin & Frankie Miller)
August 30: El Paso, Texas (Liberty Hall w/ Ernest Tubb, Frankie Miller & Hank Locklin)
September 2: Charlotte, North Carolina (The Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ Ray Price, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jean Shepard & Cousin Jody)
September 3: Austin, Texas (KOKE Capitol City Jamboree w/ Ferlin Husky, Hank Locklin & Leon Payne)
September 4: Corpus Christi, Texas (Memorial Coliseum w/ Hank Locklin, Ferlin Husky, Frankie Miller, Claude Gray & Leon Payne)
September 9: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 9-9:30 Jefferson Island Salt segment of the Opry and the 10:30-10:45 Rose Dog Food segment
Mid September: recorded Take Five show for USMC
September 15: overdub recording session for "Crazy".
September 16: performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 10:45-11 segment, sang "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"
September 21: ad for Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
September 24: Rochester, New York (Rochester Auditorium @ 3 PM & 8 PM w/ Webb Pierce and Lonzo & Oscar)
September 29: Lansing, Michigan (Civic Center @ 8 PM w/ Faron Young)
October 7: Orlando, Florida (Municipal Auditorium @ 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM w/ Faron Young, Bill Carlisle & The Carlisles & Darrell McCall)
October 14: Napa, California (Dream Bowl @ 9 PM w/Black Jack Wayne)
October 21: Pismo Beach, California (Rose Garden)
October 22: Los Angeles, California (The Palomino Club)
October 28: Tucson, Arizona (Tuscon Gardens @ 9 PM)
November 2-4: Nashville, Tennessee (Country Music Festival – Nassour book)
November 4: performed on the 8-8:30 Martha White segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 10:30-10:45 Jasper Engine & Transmission Co. segment, sang "Crazy"
November 7: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (lip synced "Crazy" on American Bandstand)
November 9: Greensboro, North Carolina The Record article
November 10: Friday Night Frolics Opry broadcast including "Crazy" and "I Fall To Pieces"
November 11: Dallas, Texas (Big D Jamboree)
November 12: headlined with Ray Price at a live Country Style USA show in Virginia Beach, Virginia
November 17: Moline, Illinois (Gomery states Nov. 19)
November 18: Ottumwa, Iowa (Coliseum @ 7 & 9 PM w/ Leroy Van Dyke & Billy Grammar)
November 19: Des Moines, Iowa (KRNT Theater @ 1:30 PM, 5 PM & 8:30 PM w/ Jimmy Dean, Leroy Van Dyke & Billy Grammar)
November 25: Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Memorial Coliseum w/ Ray Price, Cowboy Copas and The Willis Brothers. Called New York Magazine columnist Dorothy Kilgallen "the wicked witch of the east" after Kilgallen's comments about "hillbillies coming to town")
November 29-30: New York, New York (Carnegie Hall w/ Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves & Faron Young. Sang “I Fall To Pieces”, “Crazy”, "Walkin' After Midnight" and “Bill Bailey”. Departed from LaGuardia on the 30th at 03:30 hrs)
December 2: East Point, Georgia (recorded Dixie Jubilee for an audience of three hundred, likely midday)
December 2: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 9:30-10pm Stephens segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 11-11:30 Coca Cola segment, sang "Crazy"
December 16: performed on the 9:30-10 Stephens segment of the Opry and sang "Crazy". On the 11-11:30 Coca Cola segment, sang "I Fall To Pieces"
December 17: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded "She's Got You")
December 18: Nashville, Tennessee (diagnosed with a nervous breakdown; told to rest)
December 26: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 3 PM & 8:30 PM w/ Jimmy Dean, Billy Grammar & George Hamilton IV)
December 29: Regina, Saskatchewan (w/ Jimmy Dean Show)
December 30: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Auditorium @ 8:30 PM w/ Jimmy Dean Show)
1962
January 1: Billings, Montana (w/ Jimmy Dean Show – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
January 3-5: Rapid City, South Dakota (Dan’s Bar & Ballroom)
January 13: Nashville, Tennessee (at the Grand Ole Opry – performed "She's Got You". Jim Reeves was host)
January 14: Petersburg, Virginia Progress-Index
January 14: Hammond, Indiana (Civic Theater @ 2:30 PM & 8 PM w/ Jimmy Dean, Leroy Van Dyke & George Hamilton IV)
January 19: Friday Night Frolics Opry broadcast. Willis Brothers host, and Patsy sang "I Fall To Pieces" and "Crazy"
January 20: ad for Tulsa, Oklahoma w/ Johnny Cash
January 21: Kansas City, Kansas (Memorial Hall @ 2, 5 & 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, George Jones, Johnny Western & Gordon Terry)
January 22: Sioux City, Iowa (Municipal Building @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 23: Sioux Falls, South Dakota (The Coliseum @ 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 24: Lincoln, Nebraska (Pershing Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 25: Omaha, Nebraska (Civic Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 26: Joplin, Missouri (Memorial Building @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 27: Wichita, Kansas (Arcadia Theatre @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
January 28: Des Moines, Iowa (KRNT Theater as part of the Johnny Cash Roadshow)
January 29: Crazy EP is released
February: received a Decca royalty check for $22,000.00. Patsy and Charlie make a down payment on 815 Nella Drive in mid March or April 1962 and moved in by May
February 7: Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry TV broadcast
February 8: Bristol, Tennessee (Rebel’s Retreat Auditorium @ 7 PM & 9 PM w/ Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Marion Worth)
February 11: Des Moines, Iowa (w/ Johnny Cash’s roadshow)
February 12-15: Nashville, Tennessee (Sentimentally Yours recording sessions)
February 17: Nashville, Tennessee (Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry – Nassour book)
February 21: New York, New York (red/blue/gold photo shoot; first used for the "When I Get Thru With You" single)
February 22: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (lip synced "She's Got You" on American Bandstand and briefly interviewed by Dick Clark. They discuss the NY photo shoot.)
February 25: Louisville, Kentucky (Freedom Hall @ 2:30 PM & 6:30 PM w/ Faron Young & Wanda Jackson)
February 26: Nashville, Tennessee (at home; wrote letter to “Marie & Pat”)
February 28: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session; songwriters Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran and Justin Tubb all present. Patsy wore her white blouse and gold lame pants on this session. Several photos exist from the day)
March 1: American Bandstand rebroadcast
March 2: Dallas, Texas (Dallas Memorial Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Jimmy Dean, Red Foley, Ace Cannon, Speedy Haworth & Marsha Lynn)
March 3: recorded for USAF program Country Music Time
March 16: Greensboro, North Carolina (Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ Jim Reeves, Ernest Tubb, Reno & Smiley & Slim Martin)
March 17: Charlotte, North Carolina (Coliseum @ 8 PM w/ same lineup as 3/16 show)
March 18: Springfield, Illinois (“Shower of Stars” @ the Illinois State Armory @ 2:30 PM & 8 PM w/ Jimmy Dean)
March 22: Madison, Wisconsin (Orpheum Theater @ 6:30 & 9 PM w/ Johnny Cash, George Jones & The Champs)
March 23: Nashville, Tennessee (Friday Night Frolics Opry broadcast; last known surviving Opry transcription)
March 25: San Antonio, Texas (Municipal Auditorium @ 3 & 8 PM w/ Ferlin Husky, Jerry Lee Lewis and Claude Gray)
April 1: Davenport, IA (Masonic Temple @ 3 PM & 8 PM w/ Flatt & Scruggs, The Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn & Hylo Brown)
April 7: Burlington, Iowa (Municipal Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Marvin Rainwater, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Newman & Claude Gray)
April 8: Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Memorial Coliseum @ 2:30 & 8 PM w/ Marvin Rainwater, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Newman & Claude Gray)
April 13: Tucson, Arizona (Arizona Jamboree @ The Ramada)
April 14: Dallas, Texas (Big D Jamboree)
April 16: Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry TV broadcast
April 20: ad for Columbia, South Carolina
April 21: Greenville, South Carolina (Memorial Auditorium @ 8:30 PM w/ Claude Gray, Leroy Van Dyke, Reno & Smiley)
April 28: Bristol, Tennessee (Bristol International Speedway @ 8 PM w/ Faron Young, Skeeter Davis & Ray Price)
May 2: Louisville, Kentucky (played Kentucky Derby show w/ Jimmy Dean & Don Gibson)
May 7: Galt, Ontario, Canada (Arena Gardens @ 8:30 PM w/ Cowboy Copas, Roy Drusky & Bill Anderson)
May 11: ad for Kingston, Ontario, Canada
May 12: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed "Imagine That" twice on the Opry (8:30-9 PM & 10:45-11 PM segments)
May 13: Decatur, Illinois (Police Show in St. Teresa's high school gym @ 3 PM & 7 PM w/ Ferlin Husky)
May 18-19: Houston, Texas (fireman's show with Jimmy Dean et al)
May 24-26: Denver, Colorado (Four Seasons Club)
May 27: pop music review of “When I Get Through With You”
May 28: recorded Take Five show for USMC
June 15: Hollywood, California (Hollywood Bowl @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Don Gibson, Flatt & Scruggs, Lorne Greene, Gene Autry, Stuart Hamblin, Leroy Van Dyke, Carter Family, Sheb Wooley & Mac Wiseman)
June 16: Phoenix, Arizona (Montgomery Stadium @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash Show)
June 17: Tucson, Arizona (Corbett Field @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash Show)
June 18: Douglas, Arizona (w/ Johnny Cash Show – Nassour book)
June 19: Safford, Arizona (w/ Johnny Cash Show – Nassour book)
June 20: El Paso, Texas (w/ Johnny Cash Show – Nassour book)
June 21: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Civic Auditorium @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash Show)
June 28: Deland, Florida
June 30: Daytona Beach, Florida (Municipal Auditorium @ 7:30 PM w/ Sonny James, Stringbean, Dottie West, The Glaser Brothers, Webb Pierce & Autry Inman)
July 1-2: Panama City, Florida (The Sands)
July 8: returned home from tour (Ellis Nassour)
July 14: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cimarron Ballroom w/ Leon McAuliffe)
July 15: Stoughton, Wisconsin (Stoughton Fairgrounds @ 2 PM w/ Pee Wee King)
July 25: Richland, Pennsylvania (Richland Fire Company Carnival – Nassour book)
July 27: Ozark, Alabama (annual Lazy 'O' Ranch horse show @ 8 PM w/ Bobby Vee, Roy Orbison, The Profiles and others)
August 4: Berryville, Virginia (Watermelon Park in the afternoon – Nassour book)
August 4: Charles Town, West Virginia (attended Brunswick Moose Lodge that night, but did not perform – Nassour book)
August 6: New York, New York (publicity photos shot at Decca’s New York offices, West 57th Street – Nassour book)
August 7: Nashville, Tennessee (filmed Pet Milk TV broadcast)
August 11: Springfield, Illinois (Illinois State Fair w/ Tex Ritter, Jim Reeves, Ferlin Husky, Kitty Wells, Johnny & Jack and The Willis Brothers)
August 12: McCordsville, Indiana (Plantation Park @ 5 & 8 PM w/ Ferlin Husky)
August 14: Syracuse, New York (Franklin County Fair – from Douglas Gomery’s “Patsy Cline: The Making of an Icon”)
August 16: Jeannette, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County Fair @ 8 PM w/ Red Sovine)
August 22: Malone, New York (Malone Fair w/ Kitty Wells and Johnny & Jack)
August 25: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry; wore a strawberry blonde wig)
September 5: Nashville, Tennessee (recording session personnel log)
September 8: Minneapolis, Minnesota (Metropolitan Stadium @ 8 PM w/ Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Willie Nelson, Bobby Helms, Roy Drusky, Hank Cochran & June Carter)
September 9: Goodlettsville, Tennessee (30th birthday and housewarming party. Guests included Dottie West, Faron Young, Loretta Lynn & Harlan Howard)
September 9: pop review of new albums by bestselling artists, including Patsy Cline's “Sentimentally Yours”
September 10: backing tracks produced at Columbia Studios for Patsy's next recordings
September 12-13: Abilene, Texas (West Texas Fair @ 7 & 9:30 PM)
September 15: Dallas, Texas (Big D Jamboree)
September 16: Rapid City, South Dakota (Douglas Gomery)
September 17: Cheyenne, Wyoming (Douglas Gomery)
September 17: Fayetteville, Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Times
September 23: Des Moines, Iowa (KRNT Theater @ 3 PM & 8 PM w/ Hank Snow, Carl Belew, The Willis Brothers & Bobby Lord)
September 24: So Wrong / You're Stronger Than Me EP is released
September 25: Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry TV broadcast
October 13: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Massey Hall w/ Minnie Pearl, Leroy Van Dyke, Hank Locklin, George Hamilton IV, The Louvin Brothers, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and Rufe Davis; from the 10/13/62 issue of Cash Box magazine)
October 20: Charlotte, North Carolina (performed at the Charlotte Coliseum w/Carl Smith, Minnie Pearl, Bill Anderson and Reno & Smiley)
October 27: Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior High School @ 7 & 9:30 PM w/ Billy Walker, George Morgan & Bobby Helms)
October 28: Toledo, Ohio (performed at the Toledo Sports Arena)
November: cover of Country Song Roundup Magazine issue lists "When I Get Thru With You" and "Imagine That" as latest hits
November 2: UK review of latest single "Heartaches/Why Can't He Be You"
November 3: Windsor, Ontario, Canada (The Arena @ 8:15 PM w/ Ferlin Husky)
November 8: kinescope broadcast of Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Patsy wore a black wig and performed "Heartaches" in color. She would have been in San Francisco for the taping, sometime before the Country Music Festival (see below).
November 4-10: Nashville, Tennessee (Country Music Festival. Jimmy Dean & Patsy Cline crowned King & Queen of Country Music)
November 10: Nashville, Tennessee (Grand Ole Opry)
November 11: Massachusetts (stuck after heavy snowfall and took a bus into Boston on the 12th and flew into NYC. Took a flight out two hrs later to Nashville)
November 15: Nashville, Tennessee (overdub recording session at 19:00)
November 16: Little Rock, Arkansas (at 7:30 PM w/ Hawkshaw Hawkins & Cowboy Copas)
November 21: flew to Vegas with husband Charlie Dick and checked into the Ferguson Hotel
November 22: a review of Patsy's Vegas appearance
November 23-December 28: Las Vegas, Nevada (a 35 date engagement at the Merri-Mint Theater. Backing vocalists were Tompall Glaser Brothers. Paid $35,000 for the month. Patsy cries on stage Christmas Day, saying she should be home with family)
November 24: Patsy appears as a guest judge on a local Las Vegas talent show
December 10: Hollywood producer makes plans for a C&W film
December 28: Patsy departs Vegas and flies to Washington DC; arrives in Winchester at 16:30 (personal letter to Anne Armstrong). Charlie drives the Cadillac home from Vegas, and arrives in Winchester on December 31st.
1963
January 3: Goodlettsville, Tennessee (belated Christmas gathering)
January 12: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 8:30-9 Stephens segment of the Opry and sang "She's Got You". On the 10:30-10:45 Harvey's segment, sang "Leavin' On Your Mind"
January 15: Nashville, Tennessee (recorded for Country Music Time)
January 19: performed on the 8:30-9 Stephens segment of the Opry and sang "I Fall To Pieces". On the 10:30-10:45 Harvey's segment, sang "Leavin' On Your Mind"
January 25-26: Panama City, Florida (The Sands)
February 2: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cimarron Ballroom w/ Speedy West)
February 4-7: Nashville, Tennessee (Faded Love recording sessions)
February 9: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the 7:30-8 Sustaining segment of the Opry and sang "Blue Moon of Kentucky". On the 10-10:15 Strietmann segment, sang "Leavin' On Your Mind"
February 13: Nashville, Tennessee (Ralph Emery’s All-Night WSM radio show – Nassour book)
February 16: Trenton, New Jersey (performed at the White Horse Bowling Academy)
February 18: Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry TV show filmed; broadcast March 4
February 19: Nashville, Tennessee (appears on WSM Waking Crew – performed impromptu performance of “Bill Bailey”)
February 21: Patsy went to Loretta Lynn's home to help her hang up drapes
February 23: Nashville, Tennessee. Performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the 8:00 PM Martha White segment ("Leavin' On Your Mind") and the 10:30 PM Harvey's segment ("Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"). From Byron Fay's Archives/Blog
Late February: Massachusetts (Nassour book)
February 26: Nashville, Tennessee – filmed C&W Spectacular television special (Glenn Reeves as host)
February 27: Nashville, Tennessee (visited Trudy Stamper at WSM Radio; after the interview, Patsy sang “Bill Bailey” for a group of senior citizens touring WSM – Nassour book)
March 1: New Orleans, Louisiana; flew back to Nashville same day (Nassour book)
March 2: Birmingham, Alabama (3 shows w/ Tex Ritter, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis and Flatt & Scruggs). Flew from Nashville to Birmingham for the shows and returned to Nashville same day
March 3: Kansas City, Kansas (Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall @ 2:00, 5:15 & 8:15 PM w/ George Jones, Billy Walker, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Dottie West, George Riddle & The Jones Boys, and George McCormick & The Clinch Mountain Clan. Sang "Leavin' On Your Mind", “She’s Got You”, “Heartaches”, “Am I A Fool”, “Sweet Dreams”, “Faded Love”, “I Fall To Pieces”, “Crazy”, and the final song at the 8:15 show was “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone”)
March 5: lost in plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. (Next appearance was to be March 16 in Baltimore – Nassour book)
March 10: Winchester, Virginia (funeral service drew 25,000 onlookers).
March 22: Life Magazine article
March 30: Omaha, Nebraska World Herald
April: tribute essay written by Don Owens, published in the 1963 Opry Picture Book of Stars, courtesy of World Radio History
May: TV Radio Mirror
October: TV Radio Mirror