ALBUMS:
Lorette Lynn Sings (1963)
Before I’m Over You (1964)
Songs From My Heart (1965)
Blue Kentucky Girl (1965)
Hymns (1965)
I Like ‘Em Country (1966)
You Ain’t Woman Enough (1966)
Country Christmas (1966)
Don’t Come Home Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) (1967)
Singin’ With Feelin’ (1967)
Who Says God Is Dead! (1968)
Fist City (1968)
Your Squaw Is on the Warpath (1969)
Woman to the World/To Make a Man (1969)
Wings Upon Your Horns (1970)
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1970)
I Wanna Be Free (1971)
You’re Lookin’ at Country (1971)
One’s on the Way (1972)
God Bless America Again (1972)
Here I Am Again (1972)
Entertainer of the Year (1973)
Love Is the Foundation (1973)
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy (1974)
Back to the Country (1975)
Home (1975)
When The Tingle Becomes a Chill (1976)
Somebody Somewhere (1976)
I Remember Patsy (1977)
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (1978)
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1979)
Loretta (1980)
Lookin’ Good (1980)
I Lie (1982)
Making Love from Memory (1982)
Lyin’, Cheatin’, Woman Chasin’, Honky Tonkin’, Whiskey Drinkin’ You (1983), Just a Woman (1985)
Who Was That Stranger (1988)
Making More Memories (1994)
All Time Gospel Favorites (1997)
Still Country (2000)
Van Lear Rose (2004)
Full Circle (2016)
White Christmas Blue (2016)
Wouldn’t It Be Great (2018)
CHILDREN:
Betty Sue Lynn
Clara Marie Lynn
Ernest Ray Lynn
Jack Benny Lynn
Patsy Eileen Lynn
Peggy Jean Lynn
SIBLINGS:
Betty Ruth Webb
Crystal Gayle
Donald Ray Webb
Herman Webb
Melvin Webb
Peggy Sue Wright
Willie "Jay" Lee Webb
GENDER:
Female
GIVEN NAME:
Loretta Webb
FAMILY NAME:
Webb
SPOUSE:
Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn
SPOUSE GENDER:
Male
HOME LOCATION:
Nashville, Tennessee
HOME REGION:
United States
PARENTS:
Clara Marie Webb
Melvin Theodore Webb
MEMBER OF:
Grand Ole Opry
Recording Academy
EARLY LIFE
Country legend Loretta Lynn, born as Loretta Webb, grew up as the second oldest of 8 children in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Her father was a coal miner and her mother stayed home. Loretta married Oliver Lynn, often referred to as “Doolittle” when she was just 15 years old and had 4 children before she turned 20. Doolittle bought Loretta her first guitar for just $7 and often encouraged her to play.
MUSIC CAREER
Lynn began singing in music clubs in the late 1950s and shortly after won a televised talent contest alongside her brother. Her first single “I’m A Honky Tonk Girl” was produced by Zero Records and her career took off shortly after the release of the single. Lynn released countless albums throughout the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s and is regarded as one of the most acclaimed names in country music. A member of the Grand Ole Opry and Recording Academy, Lynn was a trailblazer for women in country music and sang about the true challenges women faced including stories of her own rocky marriage. Lynn has stated, “I was the first to ever go into Nashville, singin’ it like the women lived it…I just wrote about things that happened. I was writing about things that nobody talked about in public, and I didn’t realize that they didn’t. I was having babies and staying at home. I was writing about life. That’s why I had songs banned.” Loretta Lynn is a country music legend that changed the genre and opened the stage to so many more women.