Rubye Rose Blevins (b. October 30, 1908, d. May 3, 1996), known nation-wide as Patsy Montana, was a wildly popular American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Arkansas, Montana was the eleventh child born to a [family of farmers] (

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Patsy Montana was a pioneering female country music singer whose signature song, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," was the first record by a female country artist to sell a million copies. Patsy Montana was born Ruby Blevins on October 30, 1908, near Hot Springs (Garland County).

). She was a musical prodigy as a child, and in [1929 attended UCLA to study violin] (

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Rubye Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 - May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song " I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

). She rose to prominence during the 1930s on the string band, the Prairie Ramblers, on Chicago’s WLS National Barn Radio Show. As a solo act, she toured extensively and played many radio engagements during the 1940s.

Patsy became the first female country singer to sell a million singles with her signature song “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” in 1935. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996.