Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer, known as "America's Sweetheart."

She was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Holler, a small community in Johnson County, Kentucky, and was married

Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer, known as "America's Sweetheart."

She was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Holler, a small community in Johnson County, Kentucky, and was married at age 14 to Oliver Vanetta Lynn (commonly known as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney"), with whom she had four children by the time she was 17. She has released 70 albums and had 17 number 1 albums and 27 number 1 singles. Her first single was "Honky Tonk Girl" which reached number 14 on the Billboard singles chart. She made several albums with Conway Twitty. Her younger sister, Crystal Gayle, is a well-known country singer in her own right. Lynn wrote Gayle's debut single, I've Cried (the Blue Right Out of My Eyes). Gayle and Lynn are cousins of country music singer Patty Loveless.