Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) was an American country sin… Read Full Bio ↴Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) was an American country singer who was the leading country female vocalist during much of the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1970s she became one of the most famous women in all of America and frequently made "most admired women" polls alongside first ladies and world leaders.
Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow, Van Lear, Kentucky in 1932. According to Songfacts, Loretta Lynn's superstar Country career started in 1960 when she recorded " I'm a Honky Tonk Girl " as her debut single. The song was a minor hit, climbing to #14 on Billboard's C&W Chart. By the late 1960s she had begun picking up various Female Vocalist of the Year trophies and in 1972 the singer became the first woman in history to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year trophy. Lynn dominated the Country charts throughout the rest of the decade and has continued to record hit records through the ensuing years. Her 50th anniversary year began with the award of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement on January 31, 2010.
Lynn released over 70 albums. She is the sister of country singer Crystal Gayle (born in Paintsville, Kentucky) and Peggy Sue, and is a cousin of Patty Loveless. Her father was a coal miner in Van Lear. Her biography was made into the 1980 film, Coal Miner's Daughter.
Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow, Van Lear, Kentucky in 1932. According to Songfacts, Loretta Lynn's superstar Country career started in 1960 when she recorded " I'm a Honky Tonk Girl " as her debut single. The song was a minor hit, climbing to #14 on Billboard's C&W Chart. By the late 1960s she had begun picking up various Female Vocalist of the Year trophies and in 1972 the singer became the first woman in history to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year trophy. Lynn dominated the Country charts throughout the rest of the decade and has continued to record hit records through the ensuing years. Her 50th anniversary year began with the award of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement on January 31, 2010.
Lynn released over 70 albums. She is the sister of country singer Crystal Gayle (born in Paintsville, Kentucky) and Peggy Sue, and is a cousin of Patty Loveless. Her father was a coal miner in Van Lear. Her biography was made into the 1980 film, Coal Miner's Daughter.
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Loretta Lynn Lyrics
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to…
How Great Thou Art Oh Lord my God when I in all some wonder Considered…
I'd Rather Have Jesus I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold I'd rather…
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again How sweet and happy seem those days of which I…
In The Sweet Bye And Bye In the sweet by and by we shall meet on…
Old Camp Meetin' Time Chorus:..... I like the old time preachin' prayin' singin' s…
The Third Man Last night I dreamed I took a walk Up Calvary's lonely hill,…
There'll Be Peace in the Valley Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must…
When I Hear My Children Pray (Someday I'll be strong enough to make that church bells…
When They Ring Those Golden Bells There's a land beyond the river that we call the…
Where I Learned To Pray In our little one room country school it's where I…
Where No One Stands Alone Once I stood in the night with my head bowed…