The 29th anniversary of Patsy Montana‘s death comes this month, May 3, and her contributions to the country western genre are still important today. With the 1935 song “I Want to Be A Cowboy’s ...

I have been thinking of Patsy Montana lately. She died 20 years ago last week, but her reputation as a pioneering female country music performer continues unabated. Originally named Ruby Blevins, ...

?Patsy Montana, who was born Ruby Rebecca Blevins on Oct. 30, 1908, became the first female million-seller in the history of country music. The Blevins family came from the Ozarks, homesteaded in Mena ...

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Patsy Montana, 81, whose yodeling-cowgirl songs made her a pioneer in country music, died Friday at her home in San Jacinto, Calif., Associated Press reported. Ms. Montana had her biggest hit, I Want ...