Loretta Lynn, born Loretta Webb, on April 14, 1932 to Born to Melvin "Ted" Webb (1906-1959) and Clara Marie (Ramey) Webb (1912-1981) and named in honor of Loretta Young, is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s. In the '60s and '70s, Lynn achieved over 70 hits as a solo artist and a duet partner. Her best-selling 1976 autobiography, [Coal Miner's Daughter,] was made into a hit, Academy Award-winning, film starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones in 1980. including solo and duet work, Loretta Lynn has released 16 #1 country hits over the course of her career.

Loretta Webb was the second of eight children; her youngest sister is country singer, Crystal Gayle. She is also, on her mother's side, distantly related to country singer, Patty Loveless. Lynn grew up in Butcher Holler,{1} a section of, a mining community near Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky.....MORE.....(full Loretta Lynn biography) ←