Loretta Lynn Fact: Loretta Lynn is an American country music icon and singer-songwriter. Born on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, she has had a profound influence on the genre and is often referred to as the “Queen of Country Music.” Lynn’s authentic and honest songwriting, combined with her powerful vocals, made her one of the most successful female country artists of all time.
Loretta Lynn Facts
1- In the 1977 Hollywood Walk of Fame, Loretta was the first female ever to earn a star
2- Loretta Lynn owns a ranch in Tennessee which is billed as “The 7th Largest Attraction in Tennessee.”
3- Her Husband gave her first guitar when she was 18
4- Lynn was the first woman to have over 50 Top 10 Country hits
5- Loretta Lynn Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988
6- Loretta Lynn’s Favourite Parfum is Joy by Jean Patou.
7- She is known for pushing boundaries in country music. She has sung about everything from birth control to double standards for men and women.
8- Loretta Lynn’s first job was picking strawberries.
9- Loretta Lynn became a grandma at the age of 34
10- Loretta Webb and Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn famously married when she was 15 and he was 21
11- Loretta Lynn lost her father, Melvin Theodore “Ted” Webb, just one year before the release of her first single, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,” in 1960.
12- Loretta Lynn loves salt and pepper shakers.
13- Loretta Lynn has six children, 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandkids.
14- In 1972 Lynn was the first woman named “Entertainer of the Year” by the Country Music Association, and is one of six women to have received CMA’s highest award.
16- Loretta Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist
17- She Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
18- Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988
19- in 2001, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was named among NPR’s “100 Most Significant Songs of the 20th Century”
20- Her sisters, Peggy Sue and Crystal Gayle, are also professional country singers.
21- In 1980, her best-selling 1976 autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter was made into an Academy Award-winning film
22- Loretta Lynn I can’t swim.
24- Loretta Lynn never used a computer
25- She was also the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors an award given by the President in 2003
26- She often appeared at Bill’s Tavern in Blaine, Washington, and the Delta Grange Hall in Custer, Washington, with the Pen Brothers’ band and The Westerneers.
27- It’s her own special recipe and it’s called Loretta Lynn’s Crispy Fried Chicken. It’s mentioned in her own cookbook, Cookin’ It Country, where she shares 120 of her favorite recipes
28- Loretta Lynn Was Close Friends With Patsy Cline
29- Loretta is the second of eight children.
30- In 1994, she received the country music pioneer award by the Academy of Country Music.