Loretta Lynn

Singer Loretta Lynn achieved 16 number one country music hits throughout her career.http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?page_id=2 The 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek, was based on her autobiography.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/ During the 1960s and 1970s Lynn had a string of hit albums, including Loretta Lynn Sings, You Ain't Woman Enough and Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind). During that time, she also had a number of chart-topping singles such as "Fist City," "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Lead Me On."http://www.allmusic.com/artist/loretta-lynn-p1703/charts-awards/billboard-albums

Lynn was born and raised in Butcher's Holler, Kentucky. By the age of 14 she had already gotten married to Oliver Doolittle Lynn. Lynn and Oliver traveled across country promoting Lynn's songs to radio stations. She became influenced by Patsy Cline, whom she was friends with during the early 1960s. After her rise in popularity during the 1960s and 1970s, she stopped recording music as frequently in the 1980s and 1990s, instead focusing on performance. In 2004, she returned to recording with Van Lear Rose, which was produced by White Stripes guitarist and vocalist Jack White.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/loretta-lynn-p1703/biography

2008 saw the release of a live album, Legends of the Grand Ole Opry: Loretta Lynn Singing Her Early Hits Live! and a tribute album of her music, Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn, was recorded in 2010.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/loretta-lynn-p1703/biography

1. Grammy Awards: Four
2. American Music Awards: Seven
3. Broadcast Music Incorporated Awards: Eight
4. Academy of Country Music Awards: Ten
5. 1972: Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association
6. 1988: Country Music Hall of Fame
7. 2003: Received Kennedy Center Honors
8. 2001: Ranked 65th on VH1's "100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll
9. 2002: Ranked number three on CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music
10. 2007: Honorary Doctorate of Music degree from Berklee College of Music, presented to her on stage at the Grand Ole Opry
11. 2008: Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York Cityhttp://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?page_id=2
12. 2010: Sissy Spacek, Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow honor Lynn by performing "Coal Miner's Daughter" with her at the 2010 Country Music Awards.The performance was a tribute to Lynn's achievement as the first female Entertainer of Year, which Lynn received in 1972.http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/11/11/2010-11-11_cma_awards_2010_loretta_lynn_tribute_features_sissy_spacek_miranda_lambert_shery.html

• 1963: Loretta Lynn Sings
• 1964: Before I'm Over You
• 1965: Blue Kentucky Girl
• 1965: Hymns
• 1966: You Ain't Woman Enough
• 1967: Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
• 1967: Singin' With Feelin'
• 1968: Fist City
• 1970: Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em
• 1971: Coal Miner's Daughter
• 1973: Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
• 1983: Lyin' Cheatin' Woman Chasin' Honky Tonkin' Whiskey Drinkin'
• 1989: Who Was That Stranger
• 2004: Van Lear Rosehttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/loretta-lynn-p1703/discography

"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business." — Loretta Lynnhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/loretta_lynn.html

"I ain't got much education, but I got some sense." — Loretta Lynnhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/loretta_lynn.html