Loretta Lynn

Known for ActingBorn 1932-04-14Died 2022-10-04Butcher Hollow, Van Lear, Kentucky, USA

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. Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932. She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. The family claims Cherokee heritage but they are not recognized by or members of a tribe. She was named after the film star Loretta Young. The other Webb children were: Melvin "Junior" Webb (December 4, 1929 – July 2, 1993); Herman Webb (September 3, 1934 – July 28, 2018); Willie "Jay" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996); Donald Ray Webb (April 2, 1941 – October 13, 2017); Peggy Sue Wright (née Webb; born March 25, 1943); Betty Ruth Hopkins (née Webb; born January 5, 1946); Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951). Loretta's father Ted died at the age of 52 from a stroke four years after relocating with her mother and younger siblings to Wabash, Indiana. He had also been battling black lung disease at the time of his death. Through her matriline, Lynn was distant cousins with country singer Patty Loveless. ... Source: Article "Loretta Lynn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame

Opry Video Classics: Love Songs

Opry Video Classics: Duets

Opry Video Classics : Legends

Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country

That Good Old Nashville Music

CMA Awards

Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 1

Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 3

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

The Midnight Special

The Muppet Show

Ghost Adventures

Where Are They Now?

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Hee Haw

Numéro un

The Kennedy Center Honors

Nashville Rebel

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

CMT: Inside Fame

Coal Miner's Daughter

Sinatra and Friends

Forty Acre Feud

Roseanne

The Dick Cavett Show

Muppet Treasures

The Ed Sullivan Show

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Johnny Cash Show

Austin City Limits

The Roseanne Show

Music City U.S.A.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Intimate Portrait

Entertainment Tonight

Night of 100 Stars III

Loretta Lynn: My Story In My Words

Jack White & Loretta Lynn Remembering Van Lear Rose

ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014

Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live

Loretta Lynn - You're Looking at Country

Loretta Lynn In Concert

Legends in Concert: Loretta Lynn

Legends in Concert: Loretta Lynn