Loretta Lynn singles discography | |
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Music videos | 14 |
Singles | 86 |
B-sides | 2 |
American country artist Loretta Lynn released 86 singles, two B-sides and 14 music videos. Her debut single was "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" (1960) via Zero Records. Promoting the song with her husband by driving to each radio station, the effort paid off when it peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee, that year, she signed a recording contract with Decca Records. [2] In 1962, "Success" reached the sixth position on the country songs chart, starting a series of top ten hits including "Wine Women and Song" and "Blue Kentucky Girl". [1] [3] She began collaborating with Ernest Tubb in 1964 and recorded four hit singles with him, including "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be". [4] Lynn's popularity greatly increased in 1966 when she began releasing her own compositions as singles. Among the first was "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" which reached the second position on the country songs list. [3] She then reached the number one spot with "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (1967). This was followed by "Fist City" (1968) and "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" (1969). [2]
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] The same year, "One's on the Way" became Lynn's fifth number one single, later followed by "Rated "X"" (1972), "Love Is the Foundation" (1973), and "Trouble in Paradise" (1974). [2] "The Pill" (1975) reached number five on the country songs chart and was her highest-charting solo single on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number seventy. [2] [6] "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" reached the top of the country songs chart in 1976 and she reached the same position with "She's Got You" (1977), a cover of Patsy Cline's original single. [2] The title track from Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (1978) was Lynn's final single to peak at the number one spot. [6] [7]
Lynn's singles in the 1980s reached lower chart positions as the country music industry changed. [1] Her 1982 single "I Lie" became her final top ten hit on the Billboard country chart. [6] In 1985, "Heart Don't Do This to Me" became her final top-twenty and final top-forty hit. [1] [6] After charting with the single "Who Was That Stranger" (1988), Lynn's recording career went into hiatus. [2] She briefly returned in 1993 to collaborate with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette on the studio album Honky Tonk Angels . [1] The project's only single "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" reached number sixty eight on the Billboard country chart. [8] "Country in My Genes" was spawned from Still Country (2000), Lynn's first studio album following the death of her husband. [2] The single reached number seventy two on the Hot Country Songs chart. [9] Lynn collaborated with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert in 2010 to re-record "Coal Miner's Daughter", which was released as a single in September. [10]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Cou. [11] | CAN Cou. [14] | |||
"Pregnant Again" | 1980 | 35 | 13 | Loretta |
"Naked in the Rain" | 30 | 11 | ||
"Cheatin' on a Cheater" | 20 | 21 | Lookin' Good | |
"Somebody Led Me Away" | 1981 | 20 | 38 | |
"Count on Me" (with Count von Count) [19] | — | — | Sesame Country | |
"I Lie" | 1982 | 9 | 9 | I Lie |
"Making Love from Memory" | 19 | 41 | Making Love from Memory | |
"Breakin' It" | 1983 | 39 | 32 | |
"Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" | 53 | — | Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You | |
"Walking with My Memories" | 59 | — | ||
"Heart Don't Do This to Me" | 1985 | 19 | 42 | Just a Woman |
"Wouldn't It Be Great" | 72 | — | ||
"Just a Woman" | 1986 | 81 | — | |
"Who Was That Stranger" | 1988 | 57 | — | Who Was That Stranger |
"Fly Away" | — | 88 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Country [11] | |||
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) | 1993 | 68 | Honky Tonk Angels |
"Country in My Genes" | 2000 | 72 | Still Country |
"I Can't Hear the Music" [20] | 2001 | — | |
"Table for Two" [21] | — | ||
"Miss Being Mrs." | 2004 | — | Van Lear Rose |
"Portland Oregon" (with Jack White) | — | ||
"Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) | 2010 | 55 | Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn |
"Everything It Takes" (featuring Elvis Costello) [22] | 2016 | — | Full Circle |
"Who's Gonna Miss Me?" [23] | — | ||
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" [24] | — | ||
"Half a Mind" [25] | 2018 | — | King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller |
"Wouldn't It Be Great?" [26] | — | Wouldn't It Be Great | |
"Ruby's Stool" [27] | — | ||
"Ain't No Time to Go" [28] | — | ||
"I Fall to Pieces" [29] | 2020 | — | Non-album single |
"Coal Miner's Daughter" (Recitation) [30] | 2021 | — | Still Woman Enough |
"One's on the Way" [31] (featuring Margo Price) | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes |
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US Country [11] | ||||
"A Man I Hardly Know" | 1967 | 72 | You Ain't Woman Enough | [lower-alpha 3] |
"There's All Kinds of Smoke (In the Barroom)" | 1983 | 39 | Making Love from Memory | [lower-alpha 4] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Honky Tonk Angels Medley" (k.d. lang with Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and Kitty Wells) | 1987 | David Hogan | [32] [33] |
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) | 1993 | Deaton-Flanigen | [34] |
"We Need to Make More Memories" | 1994 | Kenny Starr | [35] |
"Country in My Genes" (Version 1) | 2000 | Bobby Boyd, Kim Christian | [36] |
"I Can't Hear the Music" (Live) | 2000 | — | [37] |
"Country in My Genes" (Version 2) | 2004 | — | [38] |
"Miss Being Mrs." | 2004 | Trey Fanjoy | [33] |
"Portland Oregon" (featuring Jack White) (Unreleased Version) | Oliver Gondry | [33] | |
"Portland Oregon" (featuring Jack White) | Sophie Muller | [33] | |
"Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) | 2010 | Deaton-Flanigen | [39] |
"Lay Me Down" (featuring Willie Nelson) | 2016 | David McClister | [40] |
"Country Christmas" | — | [41] | |
"Ain't No Time to Go" | 2018 | David McClister | [42] |
"Coal Miner's Daughter" (Recitation) | 2021 | [43] | |
Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted and written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise as one of the most influential country musicians. Based on Lynn's 1976 biography of the same name by George Vecsey, the film stars Sissy Spacek as Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm are featured in supporting roles. Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl make cameo appearances as themselves.
Loretta Lynn was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is the Foundation", "You're Lookin' at Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' ", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980 musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life.
"Coal Miner's Daughter" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. Considered Lynn's signature song, it was originally released as a single in 1970 and became a number one hit on the Billboard country chart. It was later released on an album of the same name. Produced by Owen Bradley, the song tells the story of Lynn's coal-mining father in rural Kentucky during the Great Depression. Lynn, who was born in 1932 and experienced the Great Depression as a child, also describes her childhood and the circumstances she was raised in during those years.
"Sweet Dreams" or "Sweet Dreams (of You)" is a country ballad, which was written by Don Gibson. Gibson originally recorded the song in 1955; his version hit the top ten of Billboard's country chart, but was eclipsed by the success of a competing recording by Faron Young. In 1960, after Gibson had established himself as a country music superstar, he released a new take as a single. This version also charted in the top ten on the country chart and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No.93. The song has become a country standard, with other notable versions by Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris.
"You're Lookin' at Country" is a country music song written and made famous by Loretta Lynn in 1971. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and reached #1 on the Canada Country Tracks chart on RPM.
Songs from My Heart.... is a studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 15, 1965 via Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was Lynn's third studio album released in her career and contained a total of 12 tracks. The album charted on the Billboard albums chart following its release and contained one single. The song, "Happy Birthday" became a major hit on the Billboard country chart in 1965.
Coal Miner's Daughter is the sixteenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on January 4, 1971, by Decca Records.
I Wanna Be Free is the seventeenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on May 3, 1971, by Decca Records.
Entertainer of the Year is the twenty-second solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 26, 1973, by MCA Records. This was Lynn's first album with MCA following Decca's consolidation into the MCA label.
"After the Fire Is Gone" is a song written by L. E. White, and recorded by American country music artists Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty as a duet. It was released in January 1971 as the only single from the LP We Only Make Believe. "After the Fire Is Gone" was the first number one on the U.S. country chart for Lynn and Twitty as a duo. It spent two weeks at number one and a total of 14 weeks on the chart. On the Billboard Hot 100, the single peaked at number 56. It also won a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn is a tribute album compiled by various music artists that is dedicated to country music icon Loretta Lynn. It was released in the United States on November 9, 2010 through Columbia Records. The release celebrates Lynn's 50th anniversary in the music industry.
The discography of American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn includes 50 studio albums, 36 compilation albums, two live albums, seven video albums, two box sets and 27 additional album appearances. Briefly recording with the Zero label, she signed an official recording contract with Decca Records in 1961, remaining there for over 20 years The first under the label was her debut studio album Loretta Lynn Sings (1963). It peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums survey. Lynn would issue several albums a year with her growing success, including a duet album with Ernest Tubb (1965), a gospel album (1965), and a holiday album (1966). Her seventh studio album You Ain't Woman Enough (1966) was her first release to top the country albums chart and to chart within the Billboard 200. Other albums to reach number one during this period were Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (1967) and Fist City. Don't Come A'Drinkin would also become Lynn's first album to certify gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"Success" is a song written by Johnny Mullins that was originally recorded by the American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single and became a major country hit in 1962. The song was among Lynn's first major hits as a recording artist. In 1992, the Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor covered it as "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home", which became an international hit.
"You Ain't Woman Enough " is a song written and originally recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in May 1966 via Decca Records. The song has since been regarded as one of Lynn's signature songs.
"If You're Not Gone Too Long" is a song written by Wanda Ballman. It was originally recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in May 1967 via Decca Records.
"You Wanna Give Me a Lift" is a song co-written by American country music artist Loretta Lynn and her sister Peggy Sue Wells. It was originally recorded and made popular by Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in May 1970 via Decca Records.
"Country in My Genes" is a song written by Larry Cordle, Betty Key and Larry Shell. It was recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn and released on Audium and Koch Records in 2000. It was the lead single off of Lynn's album, Still Country. It was the first single Lynn had released since the mid-1990s and was her first to charting single since that time period. The song was given positive reviews from critics and writers.
On the Road with Loretta and the Coal Miners is a studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn's touring band, the Coal Miners. The album was released in 1976 via Loretta Lynn Enterprises, Inc. The album was sold at Lynn's own concert performances as well as exclusive music stores. A total of eleven tracks were included on the album.
Live from the Wheeling Jamboree is a live album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released in 1986 in conjunction with MCA Records and Loretta Lynn Enterprises, Inc. It was the second live album of Lynn's career and contained a total of 22 tracks.
Still Woman Enough is the forty-sixth and final solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on March 19, 2021, by Legacy Recordings. The album was produced by Lynn's daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The album shares its title with Lynn's 2002 autobiography.