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Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter

Loretta Lynn

Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, and a grandmother by age twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential singers in modern country music. The first woman to be named the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, Lynn boasts six...

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Fresh Air

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The memoir was noted as the source material for the 1980 film about Lynn's life, describing her upbringing in poverty in eastern Kentucky.

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The film was adapted from Lynn's memoir, which described how she grew up in poverty in eastern Kentucky, became a wife at age 15, and after having four children, started writing songs and performing.

— Episode: Grand Ole Opry At 100: Earl Scruggs & Lo...

Episode: Grand Ole Opry At 100: Earl Scruggs & Loretta Lynn

The memoir was noted as the source material for the 1980 film about Lynn's life, describing her upbringing in poverty in eastern Kentucky.

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The film was adapted from Lynn's memoir, which described how she grew up in poverty in eastern Kentucky, became a wife at age 15, and after having four children, started writing songs and performing.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

It was discussed as one of the great class conscious anthems of the American songbook and it was said that Loretta Lynn's class interests intersected with the radical social politics of the time.

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Coal Miner's Daughter is one of the great class conscious anthems of the American song book.

— Episode: Counter Points #4: Midterm Races, Elon B...

Episode: Counter Points #4: Midterm Races, Elon Buys Twitte...

It was discussed as one of the great class conscious anthems of the American songbook and it was said that Loretta Lynn's class interests intersected with the radical social politics of the time.

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Coal Miner's Daughter is one of the great class conscious anthems of the American song book.

Loretta Lynn somehow managed to enjoy the popular culture of modernity while simultaneously thinking Trump was 'the only one who's going to turn this country around'.

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