Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Patsy Montana

Music

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Patsy Montana Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

1. Patsy Montana Marker

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1st woman to sell 1,000,000 records I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart, 1935, in any category • Country Music and Cowgirl Halls of Fame • Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award • Featured on National Barn Dance, WLS Radio from Chicago 40’s – 50’s • Starred with Gene Autry in Colorado Sunset movie

Jessieville, Arkansas • Inducted 2008

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 34° 30.628′ N, 93° 3.219′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Spring Street and Central Avenue (State Highway 7), on the right when traveling west on Spring Street. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk near the southeast corner of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bobby Murray (here, next to this marker); LTC Hugh Mills, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Earlie Fires (here, next to this marker); Jack Hunt / Joe Hunt

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(here, next to this marker); Glen Campbell (here, next to this marker); Dr. Maya Angelou (here, next to this marker); Charlie Rich (here, next to this marker); Nick McDonald (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Patsy Montana (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Rubye Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. Ruby Blevins was born in Beaudry, Arkansas, United States, and grew up near Hope.
In 1933, Blevins went with two of her brothers to the Chicago World's Fair. While in Chicago, she auditioned for a crooner's role. However, she began laughing halfway through the song. The producer on hand fell in love with her "giggle" and auditioned her instead at WLS-AM for a group called the Prairie Ramblers. Blevins and the Ramblers became regulars on WLS's National Barn Dance program.
In 1934, Blevins' repertoire included "Montana Plains", a reworking of a song originally called "Texas Plains". Blevins further altered the composition, which became
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Patsy Montana Marker
Looking north from Spring Street; it is the leftmost of four markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center is in the left background.
her signature song, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart". Released in 1935, the song made Blevins the first female country recording artist to have a million seller. Blevins performed on National Barn Dance until the 1950s, and worked with Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Red Foley, the Girls of the Golden West and George Gobel.
Blevins took her stage name from silent film star and world-champion roper Monte Montana, with whom she had an opportunity to work early in her career. She made one feature-length movie called Colorado Sunset with Smiley Burnette and Gene Autry. She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1987 and in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1996.

(Submitted on January 23, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.