Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn | |
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Born | Loretta Webb April 14, 1932 Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | October 4, 2022 | (aged 90)
Resting place | Hurricane Mills, Tennessee |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1960–2022 |
Spouse | |
Children | 6, including The Lynns |
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Website | lorettalynn |
Loretta Lynn (
Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the
Early life and career
Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932.[3] She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer.[4] The family claims Cherokee heritage on Lynn's mother's side, but have not been officially recognized by that tribe.[5] She was named after the film star Loretta Young.[6] The other Webb children were:
- Melvin "Junior" Webb (December 4, 1929 – July 2, 1993)[7][8]
- Herman Webb (September 3, 1934 – July 28, 2018)[7][8]
- Willie "Jay" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996)[9][8]
- Donald Ray Webb (April 2, 1941 – October 13, 2017)[7][8]
- Peggy Sue Wright (née Webb; born March 25, 1943)[8][10]
- Betty Ruth Hopkins (née Webb; born January 5, 1946)[8][11]
- Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951)[8][12]
Through her matriline, Lynn was distant cousins with country singer Patty Loveless.[14]
Career
1960–1966: Early country success
Lynn began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s. She later formed her own band, the Trailblazers which included her brother Jay Lee Webb. Lynn won a wristwatch in a televised talent contest in
The Lynns toured the country to promote the release to country stations,
Lynn's relationship with the Wilburn Brothers and her appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, beginning in 1960,
Lynn credited Patsy Cline as her mentor and best friend during her early years in music. In 2010, when interviewed for Jimmy McDonough's biography of Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen, Lynn said of having best friends in Patsy and Tammy during different times: "Best friends are like husbands. You only need one at a time."[22]
Lynn released her first Decca single, "
Lynn's first self-penned song to crack the Top 10, 1966's "Dear Uncle Sam", was among the first recordings to recount the human costs of the Vietnam War.[4] Her 1966 hit "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" made Lynn the first country female recording artist to write a No. 1 hit.[24]
1967–1980: Breakthrough success
In 1967, Lynn released the single "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)",[25] It was her first number one country hit.[26]
Lynn's next album, Fist City, was released in 1968. The title track became Lynn's second No. 1 hit, as a single earlier that year, and the other single from the album, "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)", peaked within the top 10. In 1968, her next studio album, Your Squaw Is on the Warpath, spawned two Top 5 Country hits, including the title track and "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)". In 1969, her next single, "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)", was Lynn's third chart-topper, followed by a subsequent Top 10, "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)". Her song "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", was an instant hit and became one of Lynn's all-time most popular. Her career continued to be successful into the 1970s, especially following the success of her autobiographical hit "Coal Miner's Daughter", which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1970. The song became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 83. She had a series of singles that charted low on the Hot 100 between 1970 and 1975. In 1978, she became a special guest star on The Muppet Show. The song "Coal Miner's Daughter" later served as the impetus for her bestselling autobiography (1976) and the Oscar-winning biopic, both of which share the song's title.[27]
In 1973, "
Professional partnership with Conway Twitty
As a solo artist, Lynn continued her success in 1971, achieving her fifth No. 1 solo hit, "One's on the Way", written by poet and songwriter Shel Silverstein. She also charted with "I Wanna Be Free", "You're Lookin' at Country", and 1972's "Here I Am Again", all released on separate albums. The next year, she became the first country star on the cover of Newsweek.[31] In 1972, Lynn was the first woman to be nominated and win Entertainer of the Year at the CMA awards. She won the Female Vocalist of the Year and Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty, beating out George Jones and Tammy Wynette and Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.[32]
Tribute album for Patsy Cline, other projects, and honors
In 1977, Lynn recorded I Remember Patsy, an album dedicated to her friend, singer Patsy Cline, who died in a plane crash in 1963. The album covered some of Cline's biggest hits. The two singles Lynn released from the album, "She's Got You" and "Why Can't He Be You", became hits. "She's Got You", which went to No. 1 by Cline in 1962 and went to No. 1 again that year by Lynn. "Why Can't He Be You" peaked at No. 7. Lynn had her last No. 1 hit in 1978 with "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed".[23]
In 1979, Lynn had two Top 5 hits, "I Can't Feel You Anymore" and "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind", from separate albums.[33]
Devoted to her fans, Lynn told the editor of Salisbury, Maryland's newspaper the reason she signed hundreds of autographs: "These people are my fans... I'll stay here until the very last one wants my autograph. Without these people, I am nobody. I love these people." In 1979, she became the spokesperson for Procter & Gamble's Crisco Oil. Because of her dominant hold on the 1970s, Lynn was named the "Artist of the Decade" by the Academy of Country Music. She is the only woman to have won this honor.[34]
Lynn became a part of the country music scene in Nashville in the 1960s. In 1967, she had the first of 16 No. 1 hits, out of 70 charted songs as a solo artist and a duet partner.[35] Her later hits include "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter".[36]
Lynn focused on women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses. Her music was inspired by issues she faced in her marriage. She increased the boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control ("
Country music radio stations often refused to play her music and in a 1987 interview she said eight of her songs had been banned.[38]
Her bestselling 1976 autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, was made into an
Lynn received numerous awards in country and American music. She was inducted into the
1980–1989: Movie and popularity
On March 5, 1980, the film
One of her last solo releases was "
1990–2004: Return to country and second autobiography
Lynn returned to the public eye in 1993 with a hit album, the trio album Honky Tonk Angels, recorded with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette.[46] The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country charts and No. 42 on the Billboard Pop charts and charted a single with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles". The album sold more than 800,000 copies and was certified gold in the United States and Canada. The trio was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Association awards. Lynn released a three-CD boxed set chronicling her career on MCA Records. In 1995, she taped a seven-week series on the Nashville Network (TNN), Loretta Lynn & Friends.[47]
In 1995, Loretta was presented with the Pioneer Award at the 30th Academy of Country Music Awards.
2004–2022: Late career resurgence
In 2004, Lynn released
Late in 2010,
In November 2015, Lynn announced the completion of a new album,
Lynn's holiday album White Christmas Blue was released in October 2016.[58] In December of the same year, Full Circle was nominated for Country Album of the Year in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.[59]
Following Full Circle, the album
On March 19, 2021, Lynn released her 50th studio album Still Woman Enough, the fourth album of her deal with Legacy Recordings. Recorded in sessions at Cash Cabin in Tennessee, it features Carrie Underwood and Reba McEntire on the title track, alongside duets with Tanya Tucker and Margo Price on re-recordings of "You Ain't Woman Enough" and "One's on the Way", respectively.[64]
Personal life
Marriage
Lynn was married to Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn (August 27, 1926 – August 22, 1996) almost 50 years until her husband died at age 69. On January 10, 1948, 15-year-old Loretta Webb married Oliver Vanetta Lynn, better known as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney".[65] They had met only a month earlier. The Lynns left Kentucky and moved to the northwest Washington state logging community of Custer when Lynn was seven months pregnant with the first of their six children.[5] The happiness and heartache of her early years of marriage would help to inspire Lynn's songwriting.[16] In her 2002 autobiography, Still Woman Enough, and in an interview with CBS News the same year, she recounted how her husband cheated on her regularly and once left her while she was giving birth.[28] Lynn and her husband fought frequently, but she said that "he never hit me one time that I didn't hit him back twice." Loretta said that her marriage was "one of the hardest love stories".[66][page needed] In one of her autobiographies, she recalled:
I married Doo when I wasn't but a child, and he was my life from that day on. But as important as my youth and upbringing was, there's something else that made me stick to Doo. He thought I was something special, more special than anyone else in the world, and never let me forget it. That belief would be hard to shove out the door. Doo was my security, my safety net. And just remember, I'm explainin', not excusin'... Doo was a good man and a hard worker. But he was an alcoholic, and it affected our marriage all the way through.[67]
Children
Loretta and her husband had six children together. Their eldest daughter, Betty Sue, was born on November 26, 1948, and died of complications associated with
Loretta Lynn's Ranch
Lynn owned a ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, known as Loretta Lynn's Ranch. Billed as "the seventh largest attraction in Tennessee",[74] it features a recording studio, museums, lodging, restaurants, and western stores. Traditionally, three holiday concerts are hosted annually at the ranch, Memorial Day Weekend, Fourth of July Weekend, and Labor Day Weekend.[75][76]
Since 1982, the ranch has hosted
Politics
At the height of her popularity, some of Lynn's songs were banned from radio airplay, including "
Although Lynn was outspoken about her views on controversial social and political subjects, she saw herself as apolitical, writing in her 1976 autobiography that, "I don't like to talk too much about things where you're going to get one side or the other unhappy....My music has no politics."[78]: 153
When asked about her position on same-sex marriage by USA Today in November 2010, she replied, "I'm still an old Bible girl. God said you need to be a woman and man, but everybody to their own."[79] She endorsed[80] and campaigned[81] for George H. W. Bush in the presidential election in 1988.[82]
While a recognized "advocate for ordinary women", Lynn often criticized upper-class feminism for ignoring the needs and concerns of working-class women.
In 1971, Lynn performed at the White House, at the invitation of President Richard Nixon. She returned there to perform during the administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.[84] In 2002's Still Woman Enough, she discussed her longtime friendship and support for Jimmy Carter.[85]
In 2016, Lynn expressed support for
Lynn allowed PETA to use her song "I Wanna Be Free" in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outdoors in the cold.[87][88]
Health and death
Over the years, Lynn suffered from various health concerns, including pneumonia on multiple occasions and a broken arm after a fall at home.[89][90]
In May 2017, Lynn had a stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills. She was taken to a Nashville hospital and as a result had to cancel all of her upcoming tour dates. The release of her album Wouldn't It Be Great was delayed until 2018. On January 1, 2018, Lynn fell and broke her hip.[91][92]
Lynn died in her sleep at her home in Hurricane Mills on October 4, 2022, at the age of 90. No cause of death was immediately given.[93][9][94] She was buried three days later on her Hurricane Mills ranch beside her husband Doolittle.[95]
Awards and achievements
Lynn wrote more than 160 songs and released 60 albums. She had 10 No. 1 albums and 16 No. 1 singles on the country charts. Lynn won three
In 1972, Lynn was the first woman named "Entertainer of the Year" by the
In 2001, "Coal Miner's Daughter" was named among
A
In March 2007, Lynn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music during her performance at the Grand Ole Opry.[105]
Lynn was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City in 2008. She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her 50 years in country music in 2010.[106]
Lynn was honored for 50 years in country music at the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10, 2010.[107] That same year, Lynn was presented with a rose named in her honor.[108]
Sony Music released a tribute CD to Lynn titled Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn in November 2010. The CD features Kid Rock, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Gretchen Wilson, The White Stripes, Martina McBride, Paramore, Steve Earle, and Faith Hill. In 2011, Lynn was nominated for an Academy of Country Music, CMT Video and Country Music Association awards for "Vocal Event of the Year" with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow for "Coal Miner's Daughter", released as a video and single from the CD.[4]
Lynn marked her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member on September 25, 2012,[109] and her 60th anniversary in 2022.[110]
Lynn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2013.[111][112]
Miranda Lambert presented Lynn with the Crystal Milestone Award from the Academy of Country Music.[113] Lynn also received the 2015 Billboard Legacy Award for Women in Music.[114]
In 2016, she was the subject of an American Masters profile documentary Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl on PBS.[115]
Lynn was named Artist of a Lifetime in 2018 by CMT.[62]
In 2020 a statue of Loretta Lynn was unveiled on the Ryman's Icon Walk.[116]
In 2022 Loretta Lynn was inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Lynn at number 132 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[117]
Discography
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)
- Here's Loretta Singing "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 (1982)
- 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 and 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)
See also
- List of country musicians
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Bibliography
- Lynn, Loretta; et al. (2002) [1993], Still Woman Enough: A Memoir, Hyperion, ISBN 0-7868-6650-0.
Further reading
- In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998; ISBN 0-375-70082-X
- Are You Ready for the Country: Elvis, Dylan, Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock, Peter Dogget, Penguin Books, 2001; ISBN 0-14-026108-7
- Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes and the changing face of Nashville, Bruce Feiler, Avon Books, 1998; ISBN 0-380-97578-5
External links
- Official website
- Loretta Lynn at IMDb
- Loretta Lynn's Radio appearance on "The Motley Fool"
- 60 Minutes II interview with Loretta Lynn and Jack White
- Coal "Minors" Daughter? New Data Offers Light and Controversy on Loretta Lynn
- Loretta Lynn discography at Discogs
- Loretta Lynn recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.