'Coal Miner's Daughter' country legend Loretta Lynn dies at 90

Loretta Lynn was considered the "First Lady of Country Music" and she certainly lived up to that name since her first hit song back in 1960 "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl." 

She spoke her mind as a song-writer and recorded that music. "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" & "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)." 

She was also labeled a feminist in the 1970's. "Rated-X" (About divorced women) & "The Pill" (About female contraception).

Loretta's signature song is "Coal Miner's Daughter" which is about her growing up poor in Butcher Holler. It hit number #1 in 1970. She wrote an autobiography with the same name. It was produced as a movie appropriately titled, "Coal Miner's Daughter" 1980. Sissy Spacek portrayed Loretta who did her own singing in the film. Sissy won the Best Actress Oscar for that year.

My favorite song from Loretta is the number #5 hit, "You're Lookin' at Country" 1971. 

LORETTA LYNN

• Studio albums 50
• Live albums 2
• Compilation albums 36
• Singles 86

LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY

• Studio albums 10
• Singles 13

(Singer & Song-writer Loretta Lynn dies at age 90. Photo by David McClister).

(1976 Best Selling Book re-issued in 2021).

 

(Country Stars Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn at the 1975 American Music Awards. They recorded popular duet albums).

(Actress Sissy Spacek portrayed Loretta in Biography film, "Coal Miner's Daughter" 1980).

("Coal Miner's Daughter" 1980. Sissy Spacek played Loretta who did her own singing. Sissy won the Best Actress Oscar).