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 201-225 of 346 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 15338 | 11/19/1968 | Harper Valley P.T.A. | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15339 | 11/19/1968 | He's somewhere between you and me | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15340 | 11/19/1968 | I only see the things I wanna see | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15445 | 2/18/1969 | If we put our heads together | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15446 | 2/18/1969 | I chased you till you caught me | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15447 | 2/18/1969 | I won't cheat again | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15448 | 2/18/1969 | Who's gonna take the garbage | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15468 | 3/11/1969 | Holding on to nothing | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15469 | 3/11/1969 | Somewhere between | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15470 | 3/11/1969 | Let's wait a little longer | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15516 | 4/1/1969 | Won't you come home | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15517 | 4/1/1969 | That odd couple | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15518 | 4/1/1969 | Touch and go | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15519 | 4/1/1969 | Let the world keep on a turnin' | Loretta Lynn ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15520 | 4/2/1969 | Stand by your man | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15521 | 4/2/1969 | I started loving you again | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15522 | 4/2/1969 | When I reach the bottom | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15541 | 4/9/1969 | No one will ever know | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15542 | 4/9/1969 | If you were mine to lose | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15543 | 4/9/1969 | Big sister, little sister | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15544 | 4/9/1969 | The only time I hurt | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15545 | 4/9/1969 | Johnny One Note | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15546 | 4/9/1969 | I'm lonesome for trouble tonight | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15611 | 5/14/1969 | One little reason | Loretta Lynn | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 15612 | 5/14/1969 | I'm one man's woman | Loretta Lynn | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lynn, Loretta," accessed May 9, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328637.
Lynn, Loretta. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328637.
"Lynn, Loretta." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 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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