Her talent soon landed her a contract with Zero Records, which released her first single, 'I'm a Honky Tonk Girl,' in early 1960. Over the next few years, he worked in logging camps and Lynn did odd jobs and looked after their four children-Betty Sue, Jack Benny, Ernest Ray and Clara Marie-who were all born by the time she turned 20.īut Lynn never lost her love of music, and with her husband's encouragement, she began to perform at local venues. (For some time, via her later autobiography and subsequent coverage, Lynn was reported to be 13 at the time of the marriage, though official birth documentation eventually confirmed her accurate age.) The following year, the couple moved to Custer, Washington, where Oliver hoped to find better opportunities. In January 1948, she married Oliver Lynn (aka 'Doolittle' and 'Mooney') a few months before her 16th birthday.

Her younger sister Brenda Gail Webb also developed a love for singing and later went on to perform professionally as Crystal Gayle. The second of eight children, Lynn began singing in church at a young age. Early Lifeīorn Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Lynn grew up in a small cabin in a poor Appalachian coal-mining community. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Lynn reinvigorated her career in 2004 with the Grammy-winning Van Lear Rose, produced by Jack White, followed by the 2016 album Full Circle. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn had a slew of hits that included the chart-toppers 'Fist City,' 'Women of the World (Leave My World Alone), 'One's on the Way,' 'Trouble in Paradise' and 'She's Got You,' as well as an array of popular collaborations with Conway Twitty. 1 song 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' and later published a book by the same name, and saw her life story depicted in an Oscar-nominated film.

Loretta Lynn became a mainstay on the country charts after landing a Top 10 hit with the aptly named 'Success.' Penning tracks that were often autobiographical and authentic, she wrote the No.

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