On October 16, 1961, Patsy Cline released “Crazy,” a song that rewrote the language of heartbreak in country music.

Cline is proof that chart success cannot measure the true quality of an artist’s work. She released 24 singles between 1955 and 1963. Two of those topped the country chart. Four more tracks broke the ...

The younger brother of pioneering record producer Owen Bradley, Bradley also served for decades as the de facto leader of Nashville’s A-Team, the elite circle of first-call session musicians ...