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Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl

Explore the country legend’s hard-fought road to stardom. From her Appalachian roots to the Oscar-winning biopic "Coal Miner’s Daughter," Loretta Lynn struggled to balance family and her music career and is still going strong over 50 years later.

Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn  (Courtesy of Russ Harrington)
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn  (Courtesy of David McClister)
Loretta Lynn and Sissy Spacek looking at the original "Coal Miner's Daughter" movie script in AMERICAN MASTERS "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl.”
Loretta Lynn and Sissy Spacek looking at the original "Coal Miner's Daughter" movie script in AMERICAN MASTERS "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl.”  (Courtesy of Elliott Halpern/© Yap Films Inc.)
Loretta Lynn and John Carter Cash perfom at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop (Nashville, Tenn.) in AMERICAN MASTERS "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl."
Loretta Lynn and John Carter Cash perfom at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop (Nashville, Tenn.) in AMERICAN MASTERS "Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl."  (Courtesy of © Yap Films Inc.)
Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow perform at Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow perform at Hurricane Mills, Tenn.  (Courtesy of © Yap Films Inc.)
Loretta Lynn and her son Ernest Ray Lynn performing.
Loretta Lynn and her son Ernest Ray Lynn performing.  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
Loretta Lynn on stage.
Loretta Lynn on stage.  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
Loretta Lynn in the studio with producer Owen Bradley.
Loretta Lynn in the studio with producer Owen Bradley.  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
Loretta Lynn's husband Doolittle, Loretta Lynn, Sissy Spacek, and Tommy Lee Jones. Spacek and Jones portrayed Loretta and Doolittle in the 1980 film adaption of Loretta Lynn’s autobiography "Coal Miner’s Daughter."
Loretta Lynn's husband Doolittle, Loretta Lynn, Sissy Spacek, and Tommy Lee Jones. Spacek and Jones portrayed Loretta and Doolittle in the 1980 film adaption of Loretta Lynn’s autobiography "Coal Miner’s Daughter."  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
Loretta Lynn as a child.
Loretta Lynn as a child.  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
Loretta Lynn's childhood home in Butcher Hollow, Ky.
Loretta Lynn's childhood home in Butcher Hollow, Ky.  (Courtesy of © Loretta Lynn Enterprises Inc.)
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