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'Coal Miner’s Daughter' A Tribute To Loretta Lynn

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Jan 28, 2011 Updated Jan 28, 2011

A diverse group of artists gather to honour Loretta Lynn’s 50th career anniversary.

Loretta Lynn delves into her address book to personally invite an unusual mix of musicians to record some of her iconic songs.

The country music legend signalled her arrival on the country scene with her 1960 hit I’m A Honky Tonk Girl. Known for her distinct voice and song-writing style, her musical legacy has included 16 number 1 singles including Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin (with Lovin’ On Your Mind) and Coal Miner’s Daughter.

Lynn became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, she is a four-time Grammy honouree after receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

Full track-listing:

1. Gretchen Wilson – ‘Don’t Come Home A Drinkin (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)’
2. Lee Ann Womack – ‘I’m A Honky Tonk Girl’
3. The White Stripes – ‘Rated X’
4. Carrie Underwood – ‘You’re Lookin’ At Country’
5. Alan Jackson and Martina McBride – ‘Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man’
6. Paramore – ‘You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)’
7. Faith Hill – ‘Love Is The Foundation’
8. Steve Earle and Allison Moorer – ‘After The Fire Is Gone’
9. Reba Featuring The Time Jumpers – ‘It You’re Not Gone Too Long’
10. Kid Rock – ‘I Know How’
11. Lucinda Williams – ‘Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missin’ Tonight)’
12. Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert – ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’

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Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14, 1935) is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 14 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Vanetta Lynn, Jr. (b.1926, d.1996), nicknamed "Doo". Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he had affairs and...

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