Hey Loretta

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"Hey Loretta"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album Love Is the Foundation
B-side "Turn Me Anyway but Loose"
ReleasedOctober 1973
Genre Country
Length2:48
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Shel Silverstein
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Love Is the Foundation"
(1973)
"Hey Loretta"
(1973)
"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy"
(1974)

"Hey Loretta" is a single by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. Released in October 1973, it was the second single from her album Love Is the Foundation . The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1973–1974)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. "RPM Country Singles for February 9, 1974". RPM . Retrieved 18 March 2011.