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The music and lyrics of "Coal Miner's Daughter" had been written entirely by Loretta Lynn. She composed the song in 1969, a year before its official recording. While writing the lyrics, Lynn composed the melody at the same time. The melody had originally been written in a bluegrass style, which matched the style of music she was raised singing ...
The song was the latest in a series of what genre historian Bill Malone said was "feisty" songs from Lynn. In effect, "One's on the Way" and similarly themed songs, such as " Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) " and " The Pill ", helped Lynn become "the spokeswoman for every woman who had gotten married too early, pregnant ...
"Portland Oregon" is a song written and recorded by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. In 2004, she recorded the song as a duet with American rock musician Jack White . Shortly before its recording, White discovered the song on an old paper filed away in Lynn's attic.
"Fist City" is a country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn, released in 1968.Inspired by her husband's dalliances with other women who pursued him while she was busy touring, Lynn wrote the song as a warning for other women to stay away from him if they do not wish to be soundly beaten.
Van Lear Rose is the forty-second solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn.It was released on April 27, 2004, by Interscope Records.The album was produced by Jack White.
"Rated "X"" was Lynn's sixth number one country single as a solo artist. The single spent one week at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. [1] The song dealt with the stigma faced by divorced women during the early 1970s, and was regarded as somewhat controversial at the time, due to its frank language.
"The Pill", written by Lorene Allen, Don McHan, T. D. Bayless, and Loretta Lynn, is a comic-tinged song about birth control.The song tells a story of a wife who is upset about her husband getting her pregnant year after year, but is now happy because she can control her own reproductive choices because she has "the pill" (which had been introduced in 1960).
Lynn released the autobiographical single "Coal Miner's Daughter" in 1970, topping the Billboard country songs survey and becoming her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eighty-three. [5] The following year, "I Wanna Be Free" also charted among the Hot 100 and reached the third position on the Hot Country Songs list. [6]