Loretta Lynn was born April 14, 1932, Loretta is an American singer-songwriter. In a career that spans 6 decades in country music, She has released multiple gold albums. Loretta had hits such as “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)”, “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)”, “One’s on the Way”, “Fist City” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. In 1980, the film Coal Miner’s Daughter was made based on Loretta’s life.
Loretta Lynn has received a number of awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated eight-teen times for a GRAMMY Award and has won 3 times. Loretta Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade in the 1970s. Loretta Lynn has scored 24 #1 hit singles and 11 #1 albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
Loretta Lynn sings Take Me Home, Country Roads,
Born: April 14, 1932, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, United States
Spouse: Oliver Lynn (m. 1948–1996)
Children: Patsy Lynn, Jack Benny Lynn, Ernest Ray Lynn, Betty Sue Lynn, Cissy Lynn, Peggy Lynn
Siblings: Crystal Gayle, Peggy Sue, Betty Ruth Webb, Herman Webb, Jay Lee Webb, Melvin Webb Jr., Donald Webb
Grandchildren: Tayla Lynn, Lynn Markworth, Audrey Dryer
Parents: Clara Marie Ramey Webb, Melvin Webb
Genres: Country,honky-tonk,Americana,gospel
Occupations: Singer-songwriter
Instruments: Vocals,guitar
Years active: 1960–present
Labels: Zero,Decca,MCA,Columbia,Third Man,Audium,Interscope,Legacy
Studio albums
- Loretta Lynn Sings (1963)
- Before I’m Over You (1964)
- Songs from My Heart…. (1965)
- Blue Kentucky Girl (1965)
- Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (with Ernest Tubb) (1965)
- Hymns (1965)
- I Like ‘Em Country (1966)
- You Ain’t Woman Enough (1966)
- Country Christmas (1966)
- Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) (1967)
- Singin’ Again (with Ernest Tubb) (1967)
- Singin’ with Feelin’ (1967)
- Who Says God Is Dead! (1968)
- Fist City (1968)
- Your Squaw Is on the Warpath (1969)
- If We Put Our Heads Together (with Ernest Tubb) (1969)
- Woman of the World/To Make a Man (1969)
- Wings Upon Your Horns (1970)
- Coal Miner’s Daughter (1971)
- We Only Make Believe (with Conway Twitty) (1971)
- I Wanna Be Free (1971)
- You’re Lookin’ at Country (1971)
- Lead Me On (with Conway Twitty) (1972)
- One’s on the Way (1972)
- God Bless America Again (1972)
- Here I Am Again (1972)
- Entertainer of the Year (1973)
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (with Conway Twitty) (1973)
- Love Is the Foundation (1973)
- Country Partners (with Conway Twitty) (1974)
- They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy (1974)
- Back to the Country (1975)
- Feelins’ (with Conway Twitty) (1975)
- Home (1975)
- When the Tingle Becomes a Chill (1976)
- United Talent (with Conway Twitty) (1976)
- Somebody Somewhere (1976)
- I Remember Patsy (1977)
- Dynamic Duo (with Conway Twitty) (1977)
- Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (1978)
- Honky Tonk Heroes (with Conway Twitty) (1978)
- We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1979)
- Diamond Duet (with Conway Twitty) (1979)
- Loretta (1980)
- Lookin’ Good (1980)
- Two’s a Party (with Conway Twitty) (1981)
- I Lie (1981)
- Making Love from Memory (1982)
- Lyin’, Cheatin’, Woman Chasin’, Honky Tonkin’, Whiskey Drinkin’ You (1983)
- Just a Woman (1985)
- Who Was That Stranger (1988)
- Honky Tonk Angels (with Dolly Parton & Tammy Wynette) (1993)
- Making More Memories (1994)
- All Time Gospel Favorites (1997)
- Still Country (2000)
- Van Lear Rose (2004)
- Full Circle (2016)
- White Christmas Blue (2016)
- Wouldn’t It Be Great (2018)
- Still Woman Enough (2021)
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