![]() ![]() Many songs are about his drinking and infidelities. He was her inspiration for many songs, which wasn’t always a good thing. She taught herself to play and began writing songs. Her husband liked her singing and bought her a guitar. She had three children by the time she was 19. ![]() She got married when she was 15 and became pregnant soon after. She was born in the coal-mining hills of Kentucky. Her signature song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” was turned into an autobiography and a hit movie. ![]() Lynn had a talent for telling autobiographical stories in three-minute songs. Lynn died at her home outside of Nashville on October 4. She became the first woman to have more than 50 Top 10 country hits. Loretta Lynn was more than a coal miner’s daughter, she was the most influential woman in country music during the 1960s and 1970s. ![]()
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