A pioneer in country music, Patsy the yodeling cowgirl, grew up in Hope, Arkansas. In 1930 she moved to California with an older brother, won a talent contest, and began performing on radio. She joined a group called the Montana Cowgirls, and that groups leader, 'Stuart Hamblin' renamed her Patsy. Moving on to Chicago in 1933, she joined the Prarie...
Academy of Country Music Awards Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Incted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996, after her death.
2
The song "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", which she wrote and performed with the Prarie Ramblers in 1935, was the first million-selling hit for a female country singer.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lena
2011
performer: "I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart" / writer: "I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart"
All About Steve
2009
performer: "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" / writer: "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
Lone Star
1996
performer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" / writer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
Northern Exposure
1990
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dolly
1988
TV Series writer - 1 episode
From Here to Eternity
1953
writer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - uncredited
All Star Revue
1952
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Call of the Canyon
1942
writer: "Montana Plains"
Colorado Sunset
1939
performer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" 1935 - uncredited / writer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" 1935 - uncredited
Public Jitterbug No. 1
1939
Short writer: "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - as Rubye Blevins, uncredited
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Chime Bells Ring
1944
Short
Patsy
Colorado Sunset
1939
Patsy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gene Autry, Melody of the West
1994
Documentary
Herself
Music of the West: A Tribute to America's Singing Cowboys
1993
TV Movie
Herself
The Women of Country
1993
TV Movie
Herself
Late Night with David Letterman
1989
TV Series
Herself
Academy of Country Music's 20th Anniversary Reunion
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