- Recorded Willie Nelson's song "Crazy". According to Nelson, it was one of the few songs Patsy did not get on the first take. After a break, he realized the problem was that she was attempting to sing it the way he had originally recorded it. After he told her to "make it her own", she got it the first time. According to Nelson in an interview with Terry Gross, it is on more jukeboxes and remains the #1 song on jukeboxes ever.
- Nearly killed on 6/14/1961 when she and her 21-year-old brother Sam Hensley were involved in a head-on car crash in Madison, TN. She was thrown through the car's windshield. Recovery from the accident took a month and her forehead was permanently scarred.
- Patsy's manager and pilot, Randy Hughes, was taught to fly by the same flight instructor who taught another popular country singing star, Jim Reeves, to fly. Jim met the same fate as Patsy, Randy, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas in July 1964, when his plane crashed in eerily similar circumstances during a severe thunderstorm.
- When she was 13 she was hospitalized with a throat infection and rheumatic fever. She said, "The fever affected my throat and when I recovered, I had this booming voice like Kate Smith.".
- Ten years after her death, she was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the first female singer chosen for the honor.
- Was close personal friends with Loretta Lynn and was portrayed by Beverly D'Angelo in the story of Lynn's life, Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). D'Angelo did all her own singing for the role.
- Wore many wigs after her car crash, which left many scars on her forehead.
- Ranked #1 of the 40 greatest women in country music.
- Posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6160 Hollywood Blvd. on 8/3/1999.
- Recorded 102 songs during her six-year career.
- Following her death, she was interred at Shenandoah Memorial Park in her hometown of Winchester, VA. Her grave is marked with a bronze plaque that reads, "Death cannot kill what never dies: love".
- Became a member of the Grand Ole Opry on 1/9/1960.
- Had two children with Charlie Dick: Julia Simadore Dick (b. 8/25/1958) and Allen Randolph "Randy" Dick (b. 2/28/1961).
- Introduced to music at an early age, singing in church with her mother. She admired stars such as Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Hank Williams, Judy Garland and Shirley Temple.
- Her winning appearance on Talent Scouts (1948) in 1957 froze the applause meter used to judge contestants.
- Many plays have been written based on her life. Most famous are "Always, Patsy Cline" and "Just a Closer Walk with Patsy Cline".
- Pictured on one of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, featuring Country & Western music. This set of stamps also honored Hank Williams, Bob Wills and The Carter Family. Issued 25 September 1993 in sheet and booklet formats.
- .Ranked #11 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
- Recorded many of her most famous hits from the 1950s with legendary session guitar player Hank Garland. Garland also played with her during her famous appearance on Talent Scouts (1948) in 1957. They were both considered part of the famous Nashville musicians known as the A-team.
- Performed at a Country Music show at Carnegie Hall in 1961 (a novel concept at the time). Among the other stars who appeared with her were Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl and Jim Reeves.
- "Always Patsy Cline" at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award for Revue Production.
- On 3/.3/1963, she performed a benefit concert at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS,, for the family of disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call, who died in an automobile accident a month earlier.
- Recorded with Hank Garland in the late 1950s to early 1960s in sessions that produced the songs "I'm Moving Along", "I'm Blue Again", "Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do", "That Wonderful Someone", "(Write Me) In Care of the Blues", "Hungry for Love, I Can't Forget You", "I Don't Wanta", "Ain't No Wheels on This Ship", "Yes, I Understand", "Gotta Lot of Rhythm In My Soul", "Life's Railway to Heaven", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Lovesick Blues", "How Can I Face Tomorrow", "There He Goes" and "Crazy Dreams".
- Played by Megan Hilty in Patsy & Loretta (2019).
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