The career-defining hit is one of the most acclaimed country songs ever recorded.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I just sing like I hurt inside. If you can’t do it with feeling, then don’t,” Cline once said of her passion for performing — and ...

The answer to that question is the answer to most queries in the music industry: because it pays. Cline had yet to score a hit with her record label, Four Star Records, and the suits were getting ...

Cline had begun to find consistent chart success in the years before her death. After several singles that failed to chart, she began a long line of hits when “I Fall to Pieces” topped the country ...