Sissy Spacek had been on the fence about starring in Coal Miner’s Daughter, the biopic about country music legend Loretta Lynn. The Texas-born Spacek had envisioned a career as a folk singer but then ...

A career-defining song. On this date in 1970, the late, great Loretta Lynn was at #1 on the country chart with her signature tune "Coal Miner's Daughter." It also became her first song to chart on the ...

Loretta Lynn was born on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. She was born to a coal miner, which is referenced in her long-enduring 1970 country hit, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. In fact, that ...

"She became a singer because it was the only thing she could do. She became a star because it was the only way she could do it." ...

It’s hard to imagine an artist who has had more influence on country music than Loretta Lynn. Lynn released dozens of albums and more than 80 singles in a career that spanned over 60 years. Lynn was ...