Patsy montana biography

Ruby Rose Blevins, known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer-songwriter and the first female country performer to have a million-selling single ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").

She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Patsy Montana sang and yodeled her way into the hearts of radio listeners in Depression-era America. Her single, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," was the first recording by a female country artist to sell a million copies.

Donning a cowboy hat, checkered shirt, and vest, the "girl with a million dollar smile" gave the appearance of a rugged, independent western woman. "[H]er success," noted Sandra Brennan in All Music Guide, "encouraged the traditionally male-oriented country music business to welcome and respect the scores of female performers that followed her."

"By popularizing the cowgirl image," explained Mary Bufwack and Robert K.

Oermann in Finding Her Voice, "Montana gave