Loretta Lynn Biography

Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer.
She was born in Butcher Hollow, a small community in Johnson County, Kentucky, and was married at age 13 to Oliver Vanetta Lynn (commonly known as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney"), with whom she had four children by the time she was 17. She has released 70 albums and had 17 number 1 albums and 27 number 1 singles. Her first single was "Honky Tonk Girl" which reached number 14 on the Billboard singles chart. She made several albums with Conway Twitty. Her younger sister, Crystal Gayle, is a well-known country singer in her own right.

Lynn was close friends with country music legend Patsy Cline, and was devastated by her death.

Poet Shel Silverstein wrote Lynn's hit song One's on the Way.

Loretta Lynn has also written two autobiographies, Coal Miner's Daughter and Still Woman Enough. The first was also made into a film starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta. There was some speculation that Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakely), the centerpiece character in the 1975 Robert Altman classic Nashville, was based at least in part on Lynn.

In the early 1980's Lynn experienced personal and professional loss. Her music began to fall into a funk and she lost a son in a freak accident. In addition Lynn's mother lost her battle with cancer.

In 1993 Lynn lost her duet partner Conway Twitty and in 1996 Loretta's husband Mooney lost his long battle with Diabetes.

Lynn was a recipient of Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and was named "Artist of the Decade" for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music.

In 2004, she made a comeback with the highly successful album Van Lear Rose, produced by and featuring the guitar playing of Jack White, reaching new audiences and new generations and even garnering airplay on rock radio.

At the end of 2004 it was announced that Loretta was nominated for five Grammy Awards including, Best Country Song ("Miss Being Mrs." and "Portland Oregon"), Best Country Album (Van Lear Rose), Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Portland Oregon" with Jack White), and Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Miss Being Mrs.")

At the 2005 Grammys Loretta won for Best Country Album and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

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