The secret of Loretta Lynn, historians Mary Bufwack and Robert Oermann write, “is in her honesty. Her strength is in her womanhood. Her pride is in her working-class background.” She achieved ...

A portrait of Patsy Cline in 1957; A portrait of Loretta Lynn on January 1, 1960 ... "After I met Patsy, life got better for ...

In the late 1950s, Lynn started her first band, Loretta & The Trailblazers, which included her brother Jay Lee Webb playing guitar, according to her website biography. They played small shows in ...

Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing ... She wrote about intimate matters – from her difficult, wearying childhood to fights with her husband – yet managed to strike a ...

Shortly after the release of Phillips’ “Put It Off Until Tomorrow,” Loretta Lynn recorded the song on her 1966 album You Ain’t Woman Enough, which became her first number-one country album.

Loretta Lynn herself made several appearances ... shed a lot of tears over things that we remembered about our childhood and about our parents. … We often talked about how happy [we were ...

Few friendships in show business have been as legendary or heartfelt as the bond between the late country superstars Loretta Lynn and Patsy ... back," Cline said (via Biography).