Welcome To The Official Patsy Montana Website!

"...She was my grandmother..."

She was born October 30, 1908, and passed away May 3rd, 1996...

She is an important historical figure to Western Music, and to America herself.  She is reported to be the first woman in the category of music now regarded as 'Country and Western' to have a million selling hit.  Some accounts say that she was the first woman of any musical genre to do this.  She certainly was the first "Country Female Artist" to have a solo career of any consequence.  Many superstar female performers of today credit her with paving the way for the better known start that followed.  Almost every woman who performs country music has performed Patsy's signature song "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart".  Quite a few of the modern day stars have recorded it on their own albums as well.  It has become the anthem of female yodeling songs and is obligatory to have in your repertoire if you are a female yodeler.  It is sung by hundreds, possibly thousands, of little girls with dreams of being the next LeAnn Rimes, and who want to display their yodeling talents.  I have seen reported in several places that it is one of the most recorded songs in history.  While this song has survived and is recognized as being an important part of American history, she was certainly far from being a one hit wonder.

During the peak of her career she had many hits that would all be huge by comparison with other artists of the time. She was a prolific writer, with well over two hundred songs published. There were two songbooks that I know of released during her early career. Her career spanned over seventy years with her appearances being in demand until her health would not permit it any longer. She was very popular in other countries as well, especially in Europe. She was the first woman to be named A Kentucky Colonel, and has been awarded the coveted Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music.  She was the first entertainer to be inducted into National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. She is in the halls of fame in several states including her birth state, Arkansas, where she is also on the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Hot Springs. She has displays in several museums around the country.

I am proud to be her grandson and do all I can to preserve and promote her music and memory. I feel that she would be an appropriate addition to the U.S. Stamp Collection, and our family would consider it an honor to have her memory used in this way. I will look forward to hearing from you on this and pledge to help in any way that I can to see this come to fruition.

- Michael Montana