"I write about everyday life, and that's what got me in so much trouble," says Lynn, referring to the song about the birth control pill. Lynn never shied away from controversial lyrics either, performing "The Pill" with her usual bouncy, hard-hitting style. ![]() Loretta also scored a breakthrough when she became the first female to win the CMA's coveted Entertainer of the Year award (1972). Loretta and Conway Twitty teamed talents for a dozen years of duet artistry, winning CMA vocal duo honors from 1972 through 1975. Lynn blazed a path for female songwriters with such attitudinal in-your-face hits as "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)" and "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man." She started hitting the charts in 1962, and was off and running like a Kentucky racehorse. Countless miles on the road promoting her first single, "I'm A Honky-Tonk Girl," finally paid off when she signed with Decca Records. Mooney was her mentor, buying her a guitar, motivating her to play it and prodding her into the music business. Four of her six children were born before Loretta reached the ripe old age of 21. Discovered by Mooney Lynn when she was 13, and married and pregnant a year later. And what a tale! Log cabin life in the Kentucky hills. ![]() The song hit number one, the book scaled the best-seller lists and the movie won Sissy Spacek an Academy Award. Loretta's history is well chronicled in song, the written word and on the silver screen, thanks to Coal Miner's Daughter. Still energetic and still feisty are two more terms that fit the country music icon who has been releasing records for 40 years. It's as safe as saying Elton still rocks and B.B. Still Country, the title of Loretta Lynn's newest album, defines the Country Music Hall of Fame great perfectly.
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