Forever defined by the ethos of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” — the No. 1 country hit of 1970 that lent its title to her bestselling autobiography and the 1980 film that gave Sissy Spacek an Oscar — Loretta ...

Loretta Lynn made a career out of saying things no one else would. She wrote her songs based on real life experience, and she certainly never held back in speaking the honest truth... which sometimes ...

There isn’t an artist in the country space today that can’t trace part of their success back to Loretta Lynn. Her influence on country music left the genre forever changed. No one was doing it quite ...

The “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and Kentucky’s own Loretta Lynn — the iconic singer once deemed “the Queen of Country Music” — died Tuesday at her Tennessee home at the age of 90. Born in Butcher Hollow, ...

Loretta Lynn's first hit was like her own version of a Hank Williams song. It's as bleak as "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," made even more acute by the fact that it's unrequited love Lynn is pining for ...

Lynn drew inspiration for many of her songs from her life. She based a long list of hits on her tumultuous marriage, ...

Loretta Lynn, who began life in a coal miner’s shack in Kentucky but would become country music royalty, died Tuesday at age 90. Lynn began writing songs as a teenage bride and parlayed her talent ...

Emmy Russell opens up to PEOPLE about how her grandmother's songwriting inspired her own Catherine Powell/Getty Images for CMT; Michael Loccisano/Getty Loretta Lynn, who is long remembered for her ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Titled A Song and A Prayer, the new book features 30 ...