After a decade of motherhood, Lynn began performing her own songs in local clubs, backed by a band led by her brother, Jay Lee Webb. The pair would drive from one radio station to the next, getting the DJs to play her single, and sent out thousands of copies to stations. All of the effort paid off -- the single reached number 14 on the charts and attracted the attention of the Wilburn Brothers. The Wilburns hired Lynn to tour with them in and advised her to relocate to Nashville. She followed their advice and moved to the city in late After she arrived, she signed with Decca Records , and would work with Owen Bradley , who had produced Patsy Cline , one of Lynn's favorite artists.
Lynn released her first Decca single, "Success," in and it went straight to number six, beginning a string of Top Ten singles that would run to the end of the decade and throughout the next. She was a hard honky tonk singer for the first half of the '60s, and rarely strayed from the genre. Although she still worked within the confines of honky tonk in the latter half of the decade, her sound became more personal, varied, and ambitious, particularly lyrically.
Beginning with 's number two hit "You Ain't Woman Enough," Lynn began writing songs that had a feminist viewpoint, which was unheard of in country music. In , she began a professional partnership with Conway Twitty. As a duo, Lynn and Twitty had five consecutive number one hits between and The hit streak kick-started what would become one of the most successful duos in country history.
In addition to their five number one singles, they had seven other Top Ten hits between and In she became widowed, Lynn's husband Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn died five days short of his 70th birthday. In she released her first album in several years, Still Country , in which she included "I Can't Hear the Music", a tribute song to her late husband. She released her first new single in over 10 years from the album, "Country in My Genes", when the single charted on the Billboard Country singles chart it made Lynn the first woman in Country Music to chart singles in five decades.
While the album gained positive critical notices, sales were low in comparison with her previous releases. In she published a cookbook, You're Cookin' It Country. In , Lynn made a comeback with the highly successful album Van Lear Rose , the second album on which Lynn either wrote or co-wrote every song. The album was produced by her "friend forever" [44] Jack White of The White Stripes , and featured guitar work and backup vocals by White.
Her collaboration with White allowed Lynn to reach new audiences and generations, even garnering high praise in magazines that specialize in mainstream and alternative rock music, such as Spin and Blender.
The single cracked the Billboard singles chart making Lynn the only female Country artist to chart in six decades. My Life in Lyrics. Songs of the Civil War , which was released on November 5, In November , Lynn announced a March release: The recording became Lynn's 40th album to make the top ten on Billboard 's best selling Country LPS list and her album career peak on the pop Billboard Hot , debuting at In September , Lynn announced that she would be releasing her first Christmas album in 50 years. White Christmas Blue was released on October 7, On April 13, , Lynn announced she would release a new album entitled Wouldn't It Be Great , which will be the third album of her five-album deal with Legacy Recordings.
It was set to be released Friday, August 18, , but was delayed until sometime in due to current health issues, as well as canceling all scheduled tour dates. Lynn has written over songs and released 60 albums, and has sold 45 million records worldwide. Lynn remains the most awarded woman in country music.
In , she was the only woman to be named "Artist of the Decade" for the s by the Academy of Country Music. In , Lynn had the highest ranking No. To date Lynn had been inducted into more music Halls Of Fame than any other female recording artist. Loretta Lynn appeared at the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10, and was honored for fifty years in country music.
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The press release read as follows: Raised in rural Kentucky, she emerged as one of the first successful female country music vocalists in the early s, courageously breaking barriers in an industry long dominated by men. At the height of her popularity, some of Lynn's songs were banned from radio airplay, including Rated 'X' ," about the double standards divorced women face; " Wings Upon Your Horns ", about the loss of teenage virginity; and " The Pill ", with lyrics by T.
Bayless, about a wife and mother becoming liberated by the birth-control pill. Her song "Dear Uncle Sam", released in , during the Vietnam War , describes a wife's anguish at the loss of a husband to war. It was included in live performances during the Iraq War.
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Bush and George W. Lynn stated early in that she supported Donald Trump in his run for the presidency. Though Lynn has been outspoken about her views on often controversial social and political subjects, she stated, "I don't like to talk about things where you're going to get one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics. God said you need to be a woman and man, but everybody to their own. Bush in the presidential election in Johnson administration to "recount the human costs of the Vietnam War ", and she made a return to her live sets during the Iraq War under George W.
While a recognized "advocate for ordinary women", Lynn has often criticized upper-middle-class feminism for ignoring the needs and concerns of working-class women. Along these lines, her music has ranged from "The Pill" and "Rated X" to more culturally conservative gospel albums. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Not to be confused with Loretta Lynch. Country honky-tonk Americana gospel. Singer-songwriter author commercial spokesperson actress.
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Retrieved February 4, Her autobiography recounts how once, in a drunken rage, he smashed many jars full of vegetables she had painstakingly canned. Retrieved April 15, Retrieved May 6, Retrieved 20 January My Life in Lyrics Retrieved 23 May Country Music Hall of Fame; accessed February 4, Hot Country Songs to Country Music In America. Archived February 6, , at the Wayback Machine. Country Music Association Awards. Retrieved April 8, Archived December 26, , at the Wayback Machine.
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