query: who played loretta lynn father in coal miner daughter

pos: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn, from her birth in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise as one of the most successful 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 all make cameo

pos: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Knott and Letcher Counties in Kentucky and Pardee, a former coal camp on the Virginia side of Black Mountain. Interiors of Lynn's childhood home were shot in a warehouse in Norton, Va. The replica of Lynn's Butcher Hollow homeplace, built at Bottom Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky was burned by arsonists. It was on the front porch of that house that Levon Helm, drummer and singer of the rock group The Band, made his acting debut as Lynn's coal miner father. In an interview with Merv Griffin broadcast November 7, 1978, Loretta Lynn said that Harrison Ford was originally cast. It

pos: American Son (album) American Son (album) American Son is a studio album by American country rock musician Levon Helm, who is most famous for his work as drummer for the rock group the Band. It was released in October 1980 on MCA Records and was Helm's third studio album. It has been generally considered Levon Helm's best solo work until the release of "Dirt Farmer" in 2007. Helm played the part of Loretta Lynn's father in 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter" and was asked to record a version of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for the film's soundtrack. The session went well,

neg: Loretta Lynn the eldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; 1912–1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (1906–1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. The other Webb children: Loretta's father died at age of 52 of black lung disease a few years after he relocated to Wabash, Indiana with wife Clary and his younger children. On January 10, 1948, 15-year-old Loretta Webb married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn (August 27, 1926 – August 22, 1996), and the two soon relocated to northern Washington in the Pacific Northwest. The happiness and heartache of her early years of marriage

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn #32. On the 2010 CMA Awards Loretta Lynn was honored for her 50-year career and the three women performed "Coal Miner's Daughter" on the awards telecast. Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn 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 album features cover songs from Lynn's back catalogue by various artists, including a duet on

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (song) album "Wouldn't It Be Great". The album is composed by songs all written by Lynn. Coal Miners Daughter being the closing song on the album just as Loretta does in her live performances. The song was parodied as "Cow Minder's Daughter" by Laraine Newman, who portrayed the fictional east Indian singer "Govinda Lynn" in a skit during episode 20 of season 5 of the US comedy series Saturday Night Live, first broadcast May 24, 1980. Coal Miner's Daughter (song) "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an autobiographical 1969 country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn. Released in 1970, the song

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn 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 album features cover songs from Lynn's back catalogue by various artists, including a duet on "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" by Alan Jackson and Martina McBride, and Gretchen Wilson's cover of "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)." Non-country

neg: 1960s in music lot were Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. Lynn, a native of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, and indeed, the daughter of a coal miner, would—with the help of her husband, Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn—gain a recording contract with Zero Records in 1960, and while only her first single ("Honky Tonk Girl") of her early 1960s releases charted, her early recordings were the springboard for much bigger and better things to come. By the latter half of the decade and continuing into the 1970s, she was recording songs that defied the stereotype of the woman who had to put up with men,

neg: Royal Hudson it has been cosmetically restored and put on display outside the museum with a Pullman car. Royal Hudson locomotive 2839 appeared in the 1980 movie "Coal Miner's Daughter", which is the life story of singer Loretta Lynn. The train is in Southern Railway guise and can be seen in operation in two scenes. Waiting-in-the-train-station-from-coal-miner-s-daughter-1980_shortfilms Four Royal Hudsons have been preserved (Hudson 2816 is not streamlined and thus is not "Royal" but is often mistakenly referred as a Royal Hudson, some call her "Royal" due to her name, "Empress"). Royal Hudson The Royal Hudsons are a group of semi-streamlined 4-6-4 Hudson

neg: Loretta Lynn Academy of Country Music. In 2001, "Coal Miner's Daughter" was named among NPR's "100 Most Significant Songs of the 20th Century". In 2002, Lynn had the highest ranking (No. 3) for any living female CMT television's special of the "40 Greatest Women of Country Music". On November 4, 2004, Lynn, who has been a BMI affiliate for over 45 years, was honored as a BMI Icon at the BMI Country Awards. In March 2007, Loretta Lynn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music during her performance at the Grand Ole Opry. In 2008, Loretta Lynn

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (album) Coal Miner's Daughter (album) Coal Miner's Daughter is the fifteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on December 28, 1970, by Decca Records. The title song, "Coal Miner's Daughter", about Lynn's upbringing, would become her signature song. The album and song's title would be used for the name of Lynn's best-selling autobiography as well as the 1980 Oscar-winning movie starring Sissy Spacek. In the issue dated January 16, 1971, "Billboard" magazine published a review of the album, "The one and only Loretta Lynn has cut another great package here. The material is done in

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn artists on the release include the rock band Paramore who covered "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," and Kid Rock who covered "I Know How." The album debuted at number 14 on the "Billboard" Top Country albums chart and #46 on the "Billboard" Top 200 Albums chart selling 24,000 copies in the first week. Upon its release, "Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn" received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (album) for 1970's "Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em". "What Makes Me Tick" was recorded on December 22, 1969, while "Any One, Any Worse, Any Where" and "Another Man Loved Me Last Night" were recorded on December 23, 1969. Coal Miner's Daughter (album) Coal Miner's Daughter is the fifteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on December 28, 1970, by Decca Records. The title song, "Coal Miner's Daughter", about Lynn's upbringing, would become her signature song. The album and song's title would be used for the name of Lynn's best-selling autobiography as well as

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (song) Coal Miner's Daughter (song) "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an autobiographical 1969 country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn. Released in 1970, the song became Lynn's signature song, one of the genre's most widely known songs, and provided the basis for both her autobiography and a movie on her life. "Coal Miner's Daughter" tells the story of her life growing up "in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler", while her father, Melvin "Ted" Webb, worked all night in the Van Lear coal mine. The song depicts the real story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky,

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Ole Opry, Lynn announced that Zooey Deschanel was to portray her in a Broadway musical adaptation. One episode of "The Simpsons", entitled "Colonel Homer", is partly based on this film. The episode also stars Beverly D'Angelo as cocktail waitress Lurleen Lumpkin, who happens to have a beautiful country singing voice. Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn, from her birth in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise

neg: Loretta Lynn Free" in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outside. Studio albums Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in

neg: Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) a Golden Globe, as was Tommy Lee Jones. Sissy Spacek's Best Actress Oscar win for playing Loretta Lynn created a rarity in the Academy's history in that the real-life Loretta Lynn was in the audience witnessing the victory. That same evening, boxer Jake LaMotta was in the pavilion audience when Robert De Niro won the Best Actor statuette for his portrayal of LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), making the event even rarer. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Coal Miner's Daughter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on March 7, 1980, under the MCA Nashville

neg: Crystal Gayle Webb (1906 – 1959). Mr. Webb was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. In addition to being the youngest, Gayle is the only one of Clary and Ted Webb's eight children delivered in a hospital. Her older siblings are: Webb's family moved north to Wabash, Indiana, when she was four. Four years later, her father died of black lung disease. Though a shy child, Brenda would sing along with country and pop songs on the radio, and she was encouraged by her mother to sing for visitors to their house. Inspired by the success of her sister Loretta Lynn, she

neg: Loretta Lynn singles discography on the Hot Country Songs chart. 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. Loretta Lynn singles discography American country artist Loretta Lynn has released seventy singles (plus seven collaborative singles), two B-sides, three other singles, and ten 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 number fourteen on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart. Arriving in Nashville,

neg: George Vecsey 1960, his favorite, and has written more books about it than any other sport. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including "Baseball: A History of America’s Favorite Game" and "Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter" (with American country singer Loretta Lynn), which was made into an Academy Award–winning film. Vecsey has also served as a national and religion reporter for "The New York Times", interviewing the Dalai Lama, former British prime minister Tony Blair, American Christian evangelist Billy Graham, and a host of other noteworthy figures. In addition to assisting Loretta Lynn, Vecsey has also helped several

neg: Back in Baby's Arms charts. Upon its release in 1969, "Back in Baby's Arms" reached a peak of #12 on the "Billboard Magazine" Top Country Albums chart. In 1980 "Back in Baby's Arms" was part of the soundtrack for the Loretta Lynn biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter" and was sung by Beverly D'Angelo who was portraying Patsy Cline and Sissy Spacek who was portraying Loretta Lynn. Back in Baby's Arms Back in Baby's Arms is the thirteenth studio album by American country artist Connie Smith. The album was released in October 1969 and was produced by Bob Ferguson. It was Smith's third and final album

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) image, overwork, and trying to keep her marriage and family together cause Loretta a nervous breakdown, which she suffers onstage at the beginning of a concert. After a year off at her ranch, in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, Loretta goes back on the road, returning to establish herself as the "First Lady of Country Music." The film closes with Loretta recounting the story of her life through her 1970 hit song, "Coal Miner's Daughter", to a sold-out audience. Lynn personally chose Spacek to portray her, making the decision based on a photograph of the actress despite being unfamiliar with her films,

neg: Sissy Spacek of slipping into a part, letting it take over her. She's got a wider range than any young actress I know." Spacek also helped finance David Lynch's directorial debut, "Eraserhead" (1977) and is thanked in the credits of the film. Spacek began the 1980s with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980), in which she played country music star Loretta Lynn, who selected her for the role. In the film, both she and Beverly D'Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, performed their own singing. Film critic Roger Ebert has credited the movie's success "to

neg: Loretta Lynn Rock, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Gretchen Wilson, The White Stripes, Martina McBride, Paramore, Steve Earle and Faith Hill. In 2011, Lynn was nominated for an Academy of Country Music, CMT Video and Country Music Association award for "Vocal Event of the Year" with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow for "Coal Miner's Daughter" released as a video and single off the CD. On September 25, 2012, Loretta Lynn marked her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member. The only other women to reach this milestone have been Jean Shepard, Minnie Pearl and Wilma Lee Cooper. Lynn

neg: Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Butcher Hollow (also known as Butcher Holler) is a coal-mining community located in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It is the birthplace of country music legend Loretta Lynn, who paid tribute to the community in the song "Coal Miner's Daughter", which begins with the lyrics Well, I was born'd a coal miner's daughter In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler Later in the song, she also mentions Van Lear, the larger community in which Butcher Hollow is located: My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. All day long in the fields

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn all year long". Sony Music released "Coal Miner's Daughter" as recorded with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert as a single and video. When the single charted on the Billboard singles chart it made Lynn the first female country recording artist to chart singles in six decades. The video was a top ten hit as voted by the fans on the GAC Top Twenty Video Countdown Show. Lynn, Crow and Lambert we're also nominated for a Country Music association, Academy of Country Music and CMT Video awards for this release. On the GAC Top 50 Videos of 2011 the video ranked

neg: Loretta Lynn topic was off limits, as long as it spoke to other women, and many of her songs were autobiographical. In 1976, she released her autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter", with the help of writer George Vecsey. It became a #1 bestseller, making Lynn the first country music artist to make "The New York Times" Best Seller list. This opened a flood gate of country artists who followed with books. By the early 1980s Lynn became the first American female recording artist to chart over fifty top ten hits. In 1971 Lynn began a professional partnership with Conway Twitty. As a duo,

neg: Oliver Lynn local radio. At a televised talent competition in Tacoma, Washington, Loretta Lynn was discovered by Norm Burley, who founded Vancouver, Canada-based label Zero Records solely to promote Loretta's music. As chronicled in the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter", Lynn was instrumental at this stage of his wife's career, during which the couple "dutifully set out across the country to promote her debut release "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl". The song managed to climb into the top twenty of the country charts, and the couple ended their trip in Nashville with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry". Music scholar Martha Hume

neg: 1970s in music Milsap, Eddie Rabbitt, and Linda Ronstadt were some of the other artists who also found success on both the country and pop charts with their records as well. The most successful of the female artist in the 1970s was Loretta Lynn, releasing her best selling album "Coal Miner's Daughter" in 1970. She gained a total of seven number one albums, and 20 number one hit singles including her biggest hit single, 1970s "Coal Miner's Daughter," which went on to sell more than 500,000 copies to date. Several of Lynn's siblings gained national recording contracts, and it was her youngest sister,

neg: Fist City the situation called for it. In song and life, Lynn could be a fierce lioness when it came to fighting for her man. As chronicled in "Coal Miner’s Daughter", she had her hands full trying to tame a hard-drinking womanizer who felt threatened by his wife’s incredible success. On "Fist City," for example, Lynn deliciously taunts a silly little thing whose interest in Lynn’s husband is destined to earn her a one-way invitation to a beatdown. Fist City "Fist City" is a country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn, released in 1968. Inspired by her husband's dalliances with

neg: Hurricane Mills Rural Historic District the home of the legendary country music entertainer Loretta Lynn and her family. Loretta Lynn currently owns the entire historic district, with the exception of the public cemetery. The unincorporated Hurricane Mills community, including most of the resources in this historic district, has been used as a background set in numerous entertainment productions, including country music videos, television commercials and specials, and country music album covers. Hurricane Mills was also featured prominently in the Oscar-winning movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980). Hurricane Mills has been a popular site for outdoor recreation for the local community since its establishment; however, this property,

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) raising a family with his wife in the midst of grinding poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky (pronounced by locals as "Butcher Holler"). In 1948, at the age of 15, Loretta marries 22-year-old Oliver "Mooney" (aka "Doo," short for "Doolittle") Lynn, becoming a mother of four by the time she is 19. The family moves to northern Washington State, where Doo works in the forest industry and Loretta sings occasionally at local honky-tonks on weekends. After some time, Loretta makes an occasional appearance on local radio. By the time Loretta turns 25, Norm Burley, the owner of Zero Records, a small

neg: You Wanna Give Me a Lift You Wanna Give Me a Lift "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. "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on October 1, 1969. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Two additional tracks were recorded during this session including Lynn's signature hit song "Coal Miner's Daughter". "You

neg: The Unquiet Earth she was pregnant and later gave birth to her daughter, Jackie. Even though the father of Jackie was always in question throughout the novel, the subject of whether or not Dillon was the father and the issues that would come along with this was often brought up. Power Another theme that is intertwined all throughout The Unquiet Earth is power. We see the power of the coal companies, as they own and operate the coal towns and control the lives of its citizens. Everyone who resides within the coal camp, whether they are a miner, related to a miner or

neg: Oliver Lynn when the family had nothing to eat but dandelion greens, and you have a situation that might well have led to murder. But what actually happened was so improbable, so unimaginable, that the lives of Loretta and Mooney Lynn became one of the great legends of the twentieth century. Oliver Lynn died on August 22, 1996, five days before his 70th birthday. His death was attributed to diabetes-related health problems and heart failure. He was buried on the Lynn family estate in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Lynn was portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the 1980 Oscar-winning film, "Coal Miner's Daughter".

neg: Loretta Lynn the album the second best of 2004. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album of the Year. Late in 2010, Sony Music released a new album, titled "", featuring stars like Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Paramore, and Carrie Underwood performing Loretta's classic hits over the past 50 years. The CD produced a Top 10 music video hit on GAC with the lead single, "Coal Miner's Daughter", that Lynn recorded with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow. The single cracked the Billboard singles chart making Lynn the only female Country artist to chart in six decades. In May 2010 Lynn

neg: Tommy Lee Jones played an escaped convict hunted in "Jackson County Jail" (1976), a Vietnam veteran in "Rolling Thunder", (1977) an automobile mogul, co-starring with Laurence Olivier in the Harold Robbins drama "The Betsy", and Police Detective 'John Neville' opposite Faye Dunaway in the 1978 thriller "Eyes of Laura Mars". In 1980, Jones earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn's husband, Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn, in the popular "Coal Miner's Daughter". In 1981, he played a drifter opposite Sally Field in "Back Roads", a comedy that received middling reviews. In 1983, he received an Emmy for Best

neg: Feels Like Home (Sheryl Crow album) over the years. After releasing her last album through A&M Records in 2010 (Crow was later dropped from the label in 2011), the singer received an invitation to record the Loretta Lynn song "Coal Miner’s Daughter" along with Miranda Lambert and Lynn herself. After the trio’s performance at the CMA Awards, it was Nashville neighbor Brad Paisley the one who gave Crow the suggestion of “coming home” to the format he believed she belonged to. According to Paisley, had Crow’s early efforts been released today, they would belong to country radio. Crow was convinced, although she did had doubts about

neg: You're Lookin' at Country time, besides "Coal Miner's Daughter" from the previous year. This was because the song did not speak of the common subjects Lynn often used in her songs, such as drunk husbands, adultery, and fighting back. "I had to write 'You're Lookin' At Country' as a love song or it wouldn't sell", Lynn told Jimmy Guterman in the liner notes for the 1994 box set "Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection". "But it wasn't a love song. I got the idea from looking at my land. I wanted to write what I saw". "You're Lookin' At Country" is about Lynn

neg: Butcher Hollow, Kentucky their siblings. Herman Webb, one of Lynn's brothers, had traditionally conducted this tour, with other family members stepping in when Herman is unavailable. The fee for the tour is a flat five dollars and had remained so for many years, in spite of inflation, in keeping with the spirit of the family's humble, folksy origins. Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Butcher Hollow (also known as Butcher Holler) is a coal-mining community located in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It is the birthplace of country music legend Loretta Lynn, who paid tribute to the community in the song "Coal Miner's Daughter", which begins

neg: Loretta Lynn nobody. I love these people", she told Toadvine. In 1979, she became the spokesperson for Procter & Gamble's Crisco oil and did TV commercials and print ads for them for a decade, ending in 1989. Because of her dominant hold on the 1970s, Lynn was named the "Artist of the Decade" by the Academy of Country Music. She is the only woman to win this honor. On March 5, 1980, the film "Coal Miner's Daughter" debuted in Nashville and soon became the No. 1 box office hit in the United States. Lynn crossed over from country music superstar to American

neg: Kentucky Coal Museum hospital, commissary, and school; engineering, coal sampling, a mock mine tour and the Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" exhibit. In 2009, the museum began to coordinate tours of the nearby Portal 31 Mine, which opened in 1917 in Lynch, Kentucky. The thirty-minute tour of the mine involves eight stops that chronologically depict a different era in coal mining, ranging from the 1910s to the present day. To reduce energy costs to run the museum, the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum installed 80 solar panels on its roof in April 2017. It is hoped the installation will save the museum $8,000–10,000 a

neg: Nimrod Workman singing of "Amazing Grace" in the funeral scene in Coal Miner's Daughter, which also featured Phyllis Boyens as Loretta Lynn's mother. Workman was a recipient of a 1986 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. He spent most of his life in Chattaroy, West Virginia, though in later years he lived in Mascot, Tennessee. He died in Knoxville, Tennessee at the age of 99. Nimrod Workman Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 – November 26, 1994) was an American singer, coal miner and

neg: Loretta Lynn albums discography Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lynn's 1970 album "Coal Miner's Daughter" reached number four on the country albums chart, number eighty three on the "Billboard 200" and certified gold in the United States. Her third album of gospel music "God Bless America Again" was issued in 1972 and reached number seven on the country chart. She topped the Top Country Albums list twice in 1973 with the studio albums "Entertainer of the Year – Loretta" and "Love Is the Foundation". Her second greatest hits album appeared in 1974 and would certify gold in the United States. After topping the country

neg: Loretta Lynn the Billboard Country Chart in 1970, and the album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. "Coal Miner's Daughter" tells the story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. The song became her first single to chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at No. 83. She had a series of singles that charted low on the Hot 100 between 1970 and 1975. The song "Coal Miner's Daughter" later served as the impetus for the best-selling autobiography (1976) and the Oscar-winning biopic, both of which share the song's title. In 1973 "Rated "X"" peaked at No. 1

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) was released theatrically on March 7, 1980 and grossed $67.18 million in North America against a budget of $15 million, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1980. It garnered critical acclaim and received seven nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards including for the Best Picture and winning Best Actress (for Spacek). At the 38th Golden Globe Awards, the film received four nominations and won two : Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy (for Spacek). In 1945, 13-year-old Loretta Webb is one of eight children of Ted Webb, a Van Lear coal miner

neg: Tommy Lee Jones rancher Pete Perkins in "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada", which he also directed, Colonel Chester Phillips in "", CIA Director Robert Dewey in "Jason Bourne", and Warden Dwight McClusky in "Natural Born Killers". Jones has also portrayed real-life figures such as businessman Howard Hughes in "The Amazing Howard Hughes", Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in "Lincoln", executed murderer Gary Gilmore in "The Executioner's Song", U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in "Emperor", Oliver Lynn, husband of Loretta Lynn, in "Coal Miner's Daughter", and baseball great Ty Cobb in "Cobb". Early in his career, Jones first gained recognition for his contract

neg: Van Lear, Kentucky of Van Lear proper is roughly 1600. The total population of the Van Lear postal district (including Butcher Hollow) is over 3000. The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her song "Coal Miner's Daughter" and in the title song of her "Van Lear Rose" album, and by Dwight Yoakam in "Miner's Prayer" from his "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." album. Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow and Yoakam in nearby Pikeville. Van Lear is located at (37.7712067, -82.7579371). It has an elevation of 643 feet (196 meters). According to the census of 2000, there

neg: Crystal Gayle 63 pop, number 17 adult contemporary). This song led a historic Top 5 on the Billboard Country Singles chart on which the top five positions were all held by women. When her 1980 song "If You Ever Change Your Mind" was nominated for a Grammy award in the category Best Country Vocal Performance, the singer found herself competing in the same category with Sissy Spacek, who was nominated for title song from "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980), the acclaimed biopic in which Spacek portrayed Gayle's sister Loretta Lynn. Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance" won the award. Gayle's next album,

neg: Miranda Lambert promotion of "Revolution," Lambert launched a headlining tour; "Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars" in March 2010, with stops in 22 cities and a performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. On September 1, 2010, it was announced that Lambert had received a record-setting 9 CMA award nominations. She performed at the 44th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010. She won the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and her "Revolution" won Album of the Year. Lambert and Sheryl Crow performed "Coal Miner's Daughter" as a tribute to country legend Loretta Lynn who also entered the stage

neg: Vernon Oxford 1981. Mostly as an independent artist, Oxford has continued to record new material. Oxford's classic recordings have been reissued by numerous labels including a comprehensive box set from Bear Family Records and some compilations from Westside UK and the Morello label, which is a division of UK-based Cherry Red Records. As an actor, Oxford has appeared in several films including "The Thing Called Love" starring River Phoenix and "Coal Miner's Daughter" (film), a 1980 film about American singer Loretta Lynn, who was portrayed by actress Sissy Spacek. Vernon Oxford Vernon Oxford (born June 8, 1941, Rogers, Arkansas) is an American

neg: Loretta Lynn music scene in Nashville in the 1960s. In 1967 she had the first of 16 number-one hits (out of 70 charted songs as a solo artist and a duet partner). Her later hits include "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". Lynn focused on blue-collar women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses; her music was inspired by issues that she faced in her marriage. She pushed boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control ("The Pill"), repeated childbirth ("One's

neg: Loretta Lynn singles discography My World Alone)" (1969). 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 at number eight three. The following year, "I Wanna Be Free" also charted among the Hot 100 and reached the third position on the Hot Country Songs list. 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). "The Pill" (1975) reached number five on the country songs chart and was

neg: After the Fire Is Gone 1974, Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson released a cover version which reached #17 on the country charts. Ricky Lynn Gregg released a version in 1994 from his album "Get a Little Closer", but his version did not chart. The song was recorded and performed by Ricky Lynn Gregg in 1990 on his album Get A Little closer, His version did not chart. The song was recorded by Tanya Tucker on her 2010 album "My Turn." A duet version was recorded by Allison Moorer and Steve Earle on the 2010 tribute album to Loretta, "Coal Miner's Daughter." After the Fire Is

neg: Loretta Lynn on the Way"), double standards for men and women ("Rated 'X'"), and being widowed by the draft during the Vietnam War ("Dear Uncle Sam"). Country music radio stations often refused to play her music, banning nine of her songs, but Lynn pushed on to become one of country music's legendary artists. She and contemporaries like Tammy Wynette provided a template for female country music artists to follow. Her best-selling 1976 autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter", was made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same title in 1980, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, with Spacek winning the Academy Award

neg: Full Circle (Loretta Lynn album) Full Circle (Loretta Lynn album) Full Circle is the fortieth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on March 4, 2016, by Sony Legacy. It was produced by Lynn's daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell, and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The album became Lynn's 40th album to reach the top ten of the US "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and her career peak on the US "Billboard" 200, debuting at number 19. The album received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Recorded at

neg: Crazy (Willie Nelson song) in 1984 and shouldn't be confused with this one)". In 2007, the song was covered by English alternative band Apartment. Willie Nelson himself has also recorded several versions of the song over the years including a trio version with Elvis Costello and Diana Krall. Additionally, it was covered by the Kidneythieves and co-released on the "Bride of Chucky" soundtrack. In 1980 "Crazy" was part of the soundtrack for the Loretta Lynn biography "Coal Miner's Daughter" and was sung by Beverly D'Angelo who was portraying Patsy Cline. Norah Jones recorded live in Chicago, House of Blues, April 16, 2002. Canadian country

neg: You're Lookin' at Country describing how "Country" she is by saying she loves running through corn fields and singing a country hymn. She later goes on to say, "if you're lookin' at me, you're lookin' at country", which is the ultimate summary of the song. The song grew quite a response from listeners, and has been said to be one of Lynn's signature songs. In the 1980 motion picture biography of Lynn, "Coal Miner's Daughter", Sissy Spacek (who plays Loretta) sings "You're Lookin' At Country" during a concert twice in the film. Spacek sang Lynn's hits herself, and later won her an Academy Award

neg: Van Lear Rose a duet with Lynn, and performs on the whole album as a musician. At the time of the album's release, Lynn was 72 and White was 28. The title refers to Lynn's origins as the daughter of a miner working the Van Lear coal mines. The album was released to glowing reviews and near universal acclaim. It received a rating of 97 at Metacritic.com, the joint-second highest score and the highest for a female to date. "Blender" magazine called the album "Some of the most gripping singing you're going to hear all year ... A brave, unrepeatable record that speaks

neg: Sister Mine Sister Mine Sister Mine is a 2007 novel by the American writer Tawni O’Dell. In the coal-mining country of Western Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh, the fictional locale of Jolly Mount is home to Shae-Lynn Penrose. Two years ago, five of her miner friends were catapulted to media stardom when they were rescued after surviving four days trapped in a mine. As the men struggle to come to terms with their ordeal, along with the fallout of their short-lived celebrity, Shae-Lynn finds herself facing her relationship with her brutal father, her conflicted passion for one of the miners, and the hidden

neg: Michael Apted a crime, a theme Apted has returned to several times. In 1979 he directed the Hollywood-financed "Agatha", featuring Vanessa Redgrave. The majority of Apted's feature films since then have been based around a female protagonist. He went to the United States in 1980, where he directed "Coal Miner's Daughter", which received seven Academy Award nominations, winning best actress for Sissy Spacek. Both Spacek and Loretta Lynn, the subject of the film, have said that they believe Apted's outsider point of view was crucial to the movie's success in securing the participation of Appalachian residents and to the avoidance of stereotypes

neg: Georgic and Merlin A coal miner claimed to have done killed the dragon. The daughter said the dragon slayer had cut out the tongues, and the coal miner claimed to have eaten them. The lord held a great feast, and the daughter saw Georgic in his black cloak, which had exactly the hole in it that she had cut. Georgic vanished. The lord had a second banquet, at which Georgic wore the gray cloak, with the hole just as she had cut it; the lord asked him whether he was the one who had rescued his daughter, and he said he might be.

neg: Owen Bradley Cline's legendary hits like "Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces" and "Walkin' After Midnight" remain, more than fifty years later, the standard against which great female country records are measured today. It is his work with Cline and Loretta Lynn for which he is best known, and when the biopics "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Sweet Dreams" were filmed, he was chosen to direct their soundtracks. In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness sits at a bronze piano. Owen Bradley Park is

neg: Sissy Spacek won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980). Her other Oscar nominated roles include "Missing" (1982), "The River" (1984), "Crimes of the Heart" (1986) and "In the Bedroom" (2001). Her other films include "Raggedy Man" (1981), "JFK" (1991), "Affliction" (1997), "The Straight Story" (1999), "Tuck Everlasting" (2002), "Nine Lives" (2005), "The Help" (2011), and "The Old Man & the Gun" (2018). On television, Spacek received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for "The Good Old Boys" (1995), "Last Call" (2002), "Big Love" (2011) and portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix thriller

neg: Ryman Auditorium performing at the Ryman. While the auditorium was dormant, major motion pictures continued to be filmed on location there, including John Carpenter’s "Elvis" (1979), "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980 – Loretta Lynn Oscar-winning biopic), "Sweet Dreams" (1985 – story of Patsy Cline), and Clint Eastwood’s "Honkytonk Man" (1982). A 1978 television special, "Dolly and Carol in Nashville", included a segment featuring Dolly Parton performing a gospel medley on the Ryman stage. In 1989, Gaylord Entertainment began work to beautify the Ryman's exterior. The structure of the building was also improved, as the company installed a new roof, replaced broken windows, and

neg: Sheryl Crow the music mecca, is an ode to her formative memories of music - and one that the label hopes can inspire young music fans to investigate the landscape beyond processed pop and Auto-Tune. Later that year, she joined Loretta Lynn and country singer Miranda Lambert on an update of Lynn's song "Coal Miner's Daughter" for the 2010 album "". They later performed the song on the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in November. In July 2011, Crow performed at the opening night of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Animal welfare campaigners had urged her not to, alleging animal cruelty at

neg: Erin Hay time, her love and admiration for traditional Country Music began to grow. She discovered Loretta Lynn after the film Coal Miner's Daughter came out and soon after discovered Tammy Wynette. These great ladies, along with the likes of George Jones, Jack Greene and Roy Acuff, became her influences, and it was through them that Erin was introduced to stories of Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. She quickly took to the music and to the tradition. This is what she loves to sing. In 1987, Erin entered the Fountain Valley Jr. Miss Pageant and won the Performing Arts Award for

neg: Turo Pajala the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series "Taivaan tulet". Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo. Turo Pajala Turo Pajala (16 November 1955 − 28 February 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film "Ariel", and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. He also played many supporting roles in films and on television. Pajala's personal life took

neg: Chad Coleman in the "Lie to Me" episode "The Canary's Song" as a coal miner. He was also a guest star in two episodes of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in 2010, and one in 2013. In 2011, he began playing Gary Miller, the ex-husband of Nikki Miller and father of manipulative daughter Mackenzie, in the Fox television sitcom "I Hate My Teenage Daughter". From late 2012 to early 2015, Coleman played Tyreese on AMC's post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead". In the third season, Tyreese was a recurring character. Coleman was upgraded to series regular and main cast member at the

neg: Down in the Delta Down in the Delta Down in the Delta is a 1998 drama film, directed by Maya Angelou. The film stars Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle (in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes. Rosa Lynn, an elderly woman, sends her daughter Loretta and her children to live with her brother-in-law in Mississippi. Loretta is an addict and does not want to go, especially since uncle Earl lives in the dry and rural part of Mississippi. Uncle Earl already has his hands full with his business and a wife who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

neg: Loene Carmen "It Walks Like Love" was released in December 2009. The album was produced by Burke Reid and recorded with musicians from teenage punk band The Scare and long time collaborator Sam Worrad from The Holy Soul on bass. Special guests include Jed Kurzel (Mess Hall) on duet "Oh Apollo!", her father Peter Head on piano with Tex Perkins and daughter Holiday Sidewinder also making an appearance on backing vocals. An EP "Hard Candy Christmas" (2010) under the name Sweet Carmo featured country classics by artists such as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. who are cited as major influences,

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (song) name was also released in 1970, and despite the fact that the title track was the lone single, "Coal Miner's Daughter" became quite successful. "Coal Miner's Daughter" served as the name of Lynn's 1976 autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter: The Autobiography", which Lynn co-wrote. The song title also served as the name of Lynn's 1980 biographical motion picture on her life, "Coal Miner's Daughter". The movie starred actress Sissy Spacek as Lynn and Tommy Lee Jones as Lynn's husband. The film's soundtrack featured Spacek singing all of Lynn's hits sung in the movie, including "Coal Miner's Daughter". "Coal Miner's Daughter" helped

neg: Loretta Clemens Tupper week on NBC. Jack and Loretta Clemens played themselves in the 1937 musical film "Vitaphone Frolics". Sometime during the 1930s Loretta married violinist Fredrick H. Tupper who was born 5 October 1904 and died 31 May 1974. He was a respected jazz musician and big band arranger. In 1942, she gave birth to her daughter, Rettadel Tupper, and decided to semi-retire from show business. She opened a talent school in Queens, New York where she taught such future stars as Eileen Brennan. In 1969 the father of one of her students took some photos of her and sent them to

neg: William Mycroft last significant cricketer who took more wickets than he scored runs. Mycroft was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of George Mycroft and his first wife Sabra Allen. His father was an ironstone and coal miner who kept the Red Lion public house at Brimington. In 1861 Mycroft himself was an ironstone miner and by 1881 he was running a public house at 10 Tapton Lane, Chesterfield. Mycroft made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1873 season against Lancashire when he took six wickets. The club played two matches in the season and Mycroft topped the bowling count with

neg: Wings Upon Your Horns (song) Wings Upon Your Horns (song) "Wings Upon Your Horns" is a song written and originally performed by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in October 1969 via Decca Records. "Wings Upon Your Horns" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on October 1, 1969. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Two additional tracks were recorded during this session including one of Lynn's signature hits "Coal Miner's Daughter". "Wings Upon Your Horns" reached number eleven on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles survey in 1969. The song

neg: Angaleena Presley When the Pistol Annies were first forming in the early 2010s, Presley was going through a divorce. She insists her upbringing was not the stark, poverty-stricken one as committed to record on the Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn. That doesn't mean the Presleys didn't struggle, however, or that the singer led a charmed life once she left Beauty." On May 22, 2012, she married manager/producer Jordan Powell in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On 15 August 2018, Presley confirmed she was pregnant with her second child (her first with husband Jordan Powell), and that she was due

neg: Patsy Cline 2017. The Patsy Cline Museum is located at 119 3rd Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, on the second floor of The Johnny Cash Museum building. The Patsy Cline Museum houses the largest collection of Cline artifacts and memorabilia under one roof. Exhibits include original clothing and stage costumes, awards, as well as household and personal items from Cline's Nashville-area "dream home." In "Coal Miner's Daughter", Beverly D'Angelo portrayed Patsy alongside Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. The film gained a wide audience. Instead of lip-synching to the original recordings, as was common during the period, both actresses sang. Contrary to the

neg: Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson song) held a record up of her first record and "Sweet Dreams" and proclaimed "Well, here it is: The first and the last." (Source: Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (1976) This quote came from the video called Remembering Patsy, and was quoted by Jan Howard whose husband at the time was Harlan Howard. In 1985, the song became the title tune of a Patsy Cline biopic starring Jessica Lange as Cline. Cline's hit version of "Sweet Dreams" was included on the film's soundtrack, along with "Crazy," "She's Got You," and many of her other songs. The song also featured in Martin

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (song) cover of the song is the version recorded by Sissy Spacek for the motion picture, which is also featured on the soundtrack. The soundtrack peaked at #2 on the Billboard country album chart and at #40 on the Top 200 chart. In Canada the soundtrack peaked at #1 on the country album chart and #23 on the pop album chart. The single off the soundtrack peaked at #23 on the Billboard country singles chart and at #7 on the Canada country singles chart. Loretta Lynn re-recorded the song with guest vocals from Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow in 2010 for

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Rick Moore with American Songwriter gave the release a 4 star rating, saying "Though not every performance sets the house on fire, everybody’s heart is in the right place", and called Reba McEntire and The Time Jumpers's rendition of "If You’re not Gone Too Long", "the musical high point of the album". James Reed with "The Boston Globe" gave it a mixed review, saying "too many of the musicians pay their respects without adding anything interesting to the songs" but was also in high praise of Reba McEntire and The Time Jumpers's rendition

neg: Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle Live! An Evening With Crystal Gayle is a recording of a 2005 concert by Crystal Gayle at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee. Originally released in a package containing a DVD and an edited CD, it was Gayle's first official live album and includes some of her biggest hits of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as several otherwise unreleased songs. It also includes Gayle singing some songs by her sister, Country music singer Loretta Lynn, like "Coal Miner's Daughter" (performed with her sister Peggy Sue). The DVD has various extra features, including an

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn of "If You’re Not Gone Too Long". Jody Rosen with "Rolling Stone" gave it a 3½ rating, saying it had "a steely spine" and largely criticized Kid Rock's rendition of "I Know How", saying "He doesn't know how (to sing this song), but his heart's in the right place". Jessica Phillips with "Country Weekly" gave it a 4 star rating, noting Lee Ann Womack’s, Gretchen Wilson's and Carrie Underwood's cover on the record. Dan MacIntosh with Roughstock also gave the release a 4 star rating, praising Carrie Underwood's performance, calling it "one of the best, straight country performances we’ve heard

neg: Loretta Lynn on Me)". In 1969, her next single, "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)", was Lynn's third chart-topper, followed by a subsequent Top 10, "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)". She was reportedly once inspired to write a song about a real woman she suspected was flirting with her husband. The song, "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", was an instant hit and became one of Lynn's all-time most popular. Her career continued to be successful into the 1970s, especially following the success of her hit "Coal Miner's Daughter", which peaked at No. 1 on

neg: I Wanna Be Free (album) of the World/To Make a Man". "Drive You Out of My Mind" was recorded during the October 2, 1969 session for 1970's "Wings Upon Your Horns". "If I Never Love Again (It Will Be Too Soon)" and "When You Leave My World" were recorded during sessions for 1970's "Coal Miner's Daughter", on April 9 and July 14, 1970, respectively. I Wanna Be Free (album) I Wanna Be Free is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on May 10, 1971, by Decca Records. In the issue dated May 22, 1971, "Billboard" magazine published

neg: Coal Miner's Daughter (film) has an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews; the average rating is 8.3/10. "Variety" called it "a thoughtful, endearing film charting the life of singer Loretta Lynn from the depths of poverty in rural Kentucky to her eventual rise to the title of 'queen of country music'." Roger Ebert stated that the film "has been made with great taste and style; it's more intelligent and observant than movie biographies of singing stars used to be." The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek), and was nominated for Best Art Direction (Art Direction: John

neg: Here's Loretta Lynn for all Loretta Lynn fans—a collection of her early material before she actually joined Decca Records. It's amazing how good she was, even then! You'll enjoy "The Darkest Day" and "Blue Steel"." In a review for AllMusic.com, Eugene Chadbourne said of the album, "The songs are really very good, rich with detail and, needless to say, convincing in emotion." Here's Loretta Lynn Here's Loretta Lynn is a studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on April 22, 1968, by Vocalion Records, the same day as Lynn's album "Fist City". The album features recordings Lynn made

neg: Tyler Childers Tyler Childers Tyler Childers is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his breakout album "Purgatory" in August 2017. Tyler Childers was born and raised in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He then moved from Lawrence Co, KY to Paintsville, KY and attended high school there. Notably, this is the same town as fellow country musicians Chris Stapleton and Loretta Lynn (Van Lear, KY) hail from. His father worked in the coal industry and his mother is a nurse. He learned singing in church where he sang in the church choir. He started to play guitar and write songs when

neg: Loretta Lynn Sings 6 and "The Other Woman" peaked at No. 13. In the Cash Box Country Album chart the album peaked at #1 making Loretta Lynn the first woman in country music to have a #1 album. Recording of the album took place over four sessions at two studios: September 8, 1961 and February 5, 1962 at Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; January 9, 1963 and July 11, 1963 at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN. Loretta Lynn Sings Loretta Lynn Sings is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on December 9, 1963,

neg: Thomas Richardson (Labour politician) Thomas Richardson (Labour politician) Thomas Richardson (6 June 1868 – 22 October 1928) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Whitehaven, in Cumberland, from 1910 to 1918. Thomas Richardson was the first born of Robert Richardson and his wife Margaret and was named for his grandfather who died shortly before he was born. His father worked as a coal miner and the family had lived at Usworth Colliery. Thomas began working as a coal miner as well. In 1885 his father died in an explosion in the Usworth pit which

neg: Edith Maxwell Edith Maxwell Edith Maxwell (1914 - 1979) was a Virginian schoolteacher who, at the age of 21, was convicted of murdering her father in rural Appalachia, triggering a nationwide media sensation. On July 20, 1935, the young teacher spent the evening with friends at "the Little Ritz" in Wise, Virginia. When she returned home late at night in Pound, Virginia, she had an argument with Trigg Maxwell, her coal miner father. Trigg attempted to whip his daughter for staying out late. According to Edith Maxwell, during the fight, she hit her father with a high heeled shoe, accidentally killing him.

neg: Loretta Lynn star Loretta Young. Lynn's father died in 1959 of black lung disease, so he was not able to see her success in the music industry. Her first single, "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl", was released the following year. Thru her matriline, Lynn is a cousin to country singer Patty Loveless (née Ramey), and also to Venus Ramey, Miss America of 1944. Webb was 15 when she married 21-year-old Oliver Vanetta Lynn, Jr. (better known as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney") on January 10, 1948. They had met only a month earlier. The Lynns left Kentucky and moved to the logging community

neg: Bev Perdue Pat McCrory by a 50–46 margin. On January 26, 2012, facing sinking approval ratings, Perdue announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2012 gubernatorial election. She left office in January 2013. Beverly Marlene Moore was born in 1947 in Grundy, Virginia, the daughter of Alfred P. and Irene Morefield Moore. Her father was a coal miner and co-founder of a coal mining company, who went on to become CEO of a large utility company. She earned a B.A. degree in history in 1969 from the University of Kentucky, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, as

neg: Here's Loretta Lynn Here's Loretta Lynn Here's Loretta Lynn is a studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on April 22, 1968, by Vocalion Records, the same day as Lynn's album "Fist City". The album features recordings Lynn made for Zero Records in 1960, prior to signing with Decca Records. The only songs Lynn recorded for Zero Records that are not included on this album are "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", her debut single, and "Darlin' Don't", which remains unreleased. The review in the May 4, 1968 issue of "Billboard" magazine said the album is "A must have

neg: Loretta Lynn of Custer, Washington, when Loretta was seven months pregnant with the first of their six children. The Lynns had six children together: Lynn's son, Jack Benny, died at age 34 on July 22, 1984, while trying to ford the Duck River at the family's ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. In 2013, Loretta's daughter, Betty Sue, died of emphysema near Loretta's ranch in Hurricane Mills; she was 64. Two years after her twins Peggy and Patsy were born, Lynn became a grandmother at age 34. She has 27 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren . Before her marriage, she often sang at churches

neg: Tom Gourdie loved music, collected recordings and played the trombone and the French horn. Gourdie survived his wife, Lilias, and was survived in turn by their son and daughter. Tom Gourdie Tom Gourdie MBE, DA, FSSI (18 May 1913 – 6 January 2005) was a prominent Scottish calligrapher, artist and teacher. He also was the author of several books, mainly on subject matter related to calligraphy. Gourdie was born in Cowdenbeath and attended Cowdenbeath High School. His father was a coal miner in Fife. In his teens Gourdie left school to work but returned and gained a scholarship to the Edinburgh College

neg: Success (Loretta Lynn song) The song ultimately became Lynn's first top ten hit and would start a series of further hits for Lynn under the label. "Success" was included on her debut studio album in 1963, "Loretta Lynn Sings". It has also been recorded by Elvis Costello and - as Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home - by Sinead O'Connor Success (Loretta Lynn song) "Success" is a song written by Johnny Mullins that was originally recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in April 1962 via Decca Records. "Success" was recorded at the Bradley Film and

neg: George Davidson (cricketer) then pneumonia from which he died in Tividale. " As well as his father, his brother Frank also played for Derbyshire during the 1890s. George Davidson (cricketer) George Arthur Davidson (29 June 1866 – 8 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1886 and 1898 and for Marylebone Cricket Club between 1888 and 1898. A useful all-rounder, he scored over 5500 runs and took 621 wickets in his first-class career. Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of Josh Davidson, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. His father played one game annually for

neg: Edith Maxwell Ann Grayson, settled in Indiana, where she died in 1979. Edith Maxwell Edith Maxwell (1914 - 1979) was a Virginian schoolteacher who, at the age of 21, was convicted of murdering her father in rural Appalachia, triggering a nationwide media sensation. On July 20, 1935, the young teacher spent the evening with friends at "the Little Ritz" in Wise, Virginia. When she returned home late at night in Pound, Virginia, she had an argument with Trigg Maxwell, her coal miner father. Trigg attempted to whip his daughter for staying out late. According to Edith Maxwell, during the fight, she hit

neg: Thomas H. Ince the official cause of his death was heart failure. Thomas Harper Ince was born on November 16, 1880 in Newport, Rhode Island, the middle of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John E. and Emma Ince. His father was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, in 1841, and was the youngest of nine boys who enlisted in the British Navy as a "powder monkey". He later disembarked at San Francisco, and found work as a reporter and coal miner. Around 1887, when Ince was about seven, the family moved to Manhattan to pursue theater work. Ince's father worked