Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as: "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is the Foundation", "You're Lookin' at Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980 musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life. Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She was nominated 18 times for a Grammy Award and won three times. As of 2022, Lynn was the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (the 1970s). Lynn scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number-one albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 14, 1935 (Butcher Hollow), Died October 4, 2022 (Hurricane Mills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1961 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 346 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 12321 | 1/9/1963 | Where were you | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12322 | 1/9/1963 | The beginning of the end | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12568 | 7/11/1963 | When I'm walking | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12569 | 7/11/1963 | Color of the blues | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12570 | 7/11/1963 | The minute you're gone | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12571 | 7/11/1963 | Act naturally | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12572 | 7/11/1963 | Lonesome 7-7203 | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12573 | 7/11/1963 | Alone with you | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12852 | 2/26/1964 | Go on and go | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12853 | 2/26/1964 | This haunted house | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12854 | 2/26/1964 | Wine, women and song | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12855 | 2/26/1964 | You've made me what I am | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12856 | 2/26/1964 | Understand your gal | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12857 | 2/26/1964 | You can be replaced | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12858 | 2/27/1964 | My shoes keep walking back to you | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12859 | 2/27/1964 | You don't have to be a baby to cry | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12860 | 2/27/1964 | Singing the blues | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12861 | 2/27/1964 | Loose talk | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12862 | 2/27/1964 | The end of the world | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12863 | 2/27/1964 | Fool No.1 | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12884 | 3/10/1964 | Love was right here all the time | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12885 | 3/10/1964 | I'll just call you darling | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12886 | 3/10/1964 | Two in the cold | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12887 | 3/10/1964 | Mr. and Mrs. Used to be | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13103 | 10/13/1964 | A wound time can't erase | Loretta Lynn | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lynn, Loretta," accessed May 8, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328637.
Lynn, Loretta. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 8, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328637.
"Lynn, Loretta." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Lynn, Loretta - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50039081
Wikidata: Loretta Lynn - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q272931
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/69116139
MusicBrainz: Loretta Lynn - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/613260c3-d620-4645-94cd-33cd55f29b1e
ISNI: 0000 0001 1511 5618 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000115115618
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