Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn
Background information
Birth name	Loretta Webb
Also known as	The First Known Lady of Country Music
Born	(1932-04-14) April 14, 1932 Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, United States
Genres	Country, honky-tonk, Gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, author
Years active	1960-present
Labels	Zero (1960) Decca/MCA (1961–1989) Columbia (1993) Audium (2000) Interscope (2004)

Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1932 known as The First Known Lady of Country Music) is an American country music singer and songwriter born in Kentucky. She became a part of the country music scene in Nashville during the 1960s; in 1967 she charted her first of 16 number 1 songs overall. Certain country music radio stations would not play her songs, however, due to subject matter. Despite that, she had become the "First Known Lady of Country Music" and continues being one of the most successful vocalists of all time.

Personal life

She is named after film star Loretta Young. Lynn's sisters are Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue, who are also country singers. She was married to Oliver Lynn (August 26, 1926-August 22, 1996).

Discography

Singles

• "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1970)

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)

Related pages

• List of country musicians from Kentucky

Other websites

• Official website