Hi patricia, glad you liked the profile, i like to share things that are of interest to people. i have some of her songs on my computer, but didn't see the movie.
Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "send stuff here" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 11:44 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: a who 2 profile, loretta lynne > > Oh this was very interesting Kay, thanks for sharing. I enjoyed this very > much I love that movie..coal Miner's Daughter! > > Patricia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kay scrimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 5:31 AM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] a who 2 profile, loretta lynne > > > Hi, thought you'd all like this, or those that love country music. > Loretta Lynn: A Who2 Profile > > Loretta Lynn > > Country Singer / Songwriter > > Loretta Lynn is a country music legend whose life story, as told in her > 1976 > autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter, is almost as well-known as her music. > Born and raised in the poor coal mining mountains of Kentucky, she was > married by the time she was 14 years old to Oliver V. "Mooney" Lynn, also > known as "Doo." After having six children she began singing professionally > in the late 1950s. In 1960 she had her first hit, "Honky Tonk Girl," and > by > the 1970s she was the richest woman in country music, famous for her > working-class appeal and the defiance shown in such songs as "You Ain't > Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," "Before I'm Over You" and "Coal Miner's > Daughter." Lynn also found great success singing duets with Ernest Tubb > ("Mr. and Mrs. Used To Be") and Conway Twitty ("Louisiana Woman, > Mississippi > Man"), and in business ventures that included a chain of western wear > clothing shops, a music publishing company and a travelling rodeo show. > Her > autobiography was a bestseller and was made into the movie that won Sissy > Spacek an Oscar for Best Actress ( Tommy Lee Jones portrayed "Doo" in the > movie). Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, Lynn took > time > off from her career in the 1990s to care for her ailing husband, who died > in > 1996. In 2004 she released a critically acclaimed album, Van Lear Rose, > produced by rocker Jack White of The White Stripes. > > Extra credit: Early in her career Lynn was befriended by country star > Patsy > Cline... Lynn's 1971 song "One's On the Way" was penned by poet Shel > Silverstein... Her 1975 song, "The Pill," about a woman's personal freedom > as a result of birth control pills, was banned by several radio stations > in > the U.S. > > Vital Stats > > Birth > > 14 April > 1935 > > Birthplace > > Butcher Hollow, > Kentucky > > Best Known As > > Country legend and "Coal Miner's Daughter" > > http://www.who2.com/lorettalynn.html > > Kay > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
