Patsy Bruce | |
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| Birth name | Patsy Ann Smithson |
| Born | March 8, 1940 Brownsville, Tennessee, United States |
| Died | May 16, 2021 (aged 81) |
| Genres | Country music |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, music manager |
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Patsy Ann Bruce (née Smithson; March 8, 1940 – May 16, 2021) was an American country-western songwriter, music artist manager, and casting agent and businesswoman. She is best known for songs co-written with her then-husband, singer Ed Bruce, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the country-western standard "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," which was recorded by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson and went to No. 1 on the country chart in 1978.