Crystal Gayle, is also a Grammy-winning country singer, scoring crossover hits with songs like “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” and “Half the Way.” Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn Russell also was a songwriter and producer of some of her ...
She wrote in her autobiography that she was 13 when she got married to Oliver “Mooney” Lynn, but the AP later discovered state records that showed she was 15. Tommy Lee Jones played Mooney Lynn in the biopic. Her husband, whom she called “Doo” or “Doolittle,” urged her to sing...
Loretta Lynn, 1988 In '88 Lynn released her 35th studio record,Who Was That Stranger. She earned a huge achievement this year when she was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Loretta Lynn, 1993 Columbia Records Loretta Lynn, 1993 1993 was a big year for country music. Thre...
In “Fist City,” Lynn threatens a hair-pulling fistfight if another woman won’t stay away from her man: “I’m here to tell you, gal, to lay off of my man/If you don’t want to go to Fist City.” That strong-willed but traditional country woman reappears in other Lynn son...
As a vocalist, Lynn may have carried on the stylings of her idol Kitty Wells, but when it came to songwriting, the untrained musician struck out on a path all her own. Her husband's wandering eye gave life to classics like "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," "Fist City...
“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the family said in a statement. They asked for privacy as they grieve and said a memorial will be announced later. ...
Host: Paul Williams; guests: Loretta Lynn; Seals & Crofts; Ravi Shankar; Sha-Na-Na (三月 9, 1973) Season 1, Episode 7 - Self, Performer ("One's On the Way", "Coal Miner's Daughter"), Writer ("Coal Miner's Daughter") 2 13th Annual Music City News Awards (1979) (TV Speci...
“Coal Miner’s Daughter,” also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same name. Sissy Spacek’s portrayal of Lynn won her an Academy Award and the film was also nominated for best picture. Long after her commercial peak, Lynn won two Gramm...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90. In a statement provided to T
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee.