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Fist City (1968)

Where the lyrics of Fist City take you, and where it was really made.

The album's first recording session dates to April 1967, about a year before its May 1968 release, and the title track was written by Loretta Lynn herself.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1968)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Tracks on the album were recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in sessions dated 1967 and 1968. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Fist City: 1968 studio album by Loretta Lynn, a American country singer
• Released May 1968 by Decca Records
• Title track is a 1968 country song by Loretta Lynn
• Eleven tracks: six on side A, five on side B
• Producer Owen Bradley on the sessions

Background

• Many songs are by other writers, including Vic McAlpin, Red Hayes and Jack R. Rhodes, and Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton
• Some songs were co-written by Lynn with Doyle Wilburn and Teddy Wilburn
• Lynn co-wrote "You Didn't Like My Lovin'" with Red Hayes and Doyle Wilburn

Recording

• Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Session dates: 20 April 1967 (for the last side B track), 9 January 1968, 21 March 1968 and 22 March 1968
• Session players include Grady Martin and Ray Edenton on guitar, Hal Rugg on steel guitar, and Floyd Cramer on piano
• Harold Bradley and Junior Huskey appear on later sessions
• The Jordanaires sing backing vocals on some tracks

Cover

• Original album cover photograph by Hal Buksbaum

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the oldest daughter in a coal miner's family.
• Married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn in 1948 at age 15; the marriage lasted almost 50 years until his death in 1996.
• Began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s and formed her own band, the Trailblazers.

Career

• Signed with Zero Records in 1960; her first release was "Whispering Sea" and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl".
• Joined Decca Records through the Wilburn Brothers; joined the Grand Ole Opry on September 25, 1962.
• Scored a string of hits from the 1960s, including "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'".
• Wrote songs on women's issues such as birth control ("The Pill") and double standards ("Rated 'X'"), many inspired by her own marriage.
• Recorded five No. 1 duets with Conway Twitty between 1971 and 1975.
• Her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter became a bestseller and inspired the 1980 Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek.
• Named Artist of the Decade for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, the only woman to win this honor.
• Released Van Lear Rose (2004), produced by Jack White, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album.
• Had a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018, which ended her touring after 57 years.
• Died on October 4, 2022, at age 90, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released May 1968 by Decca Records
• Credited to American country singer Loretta Lynn
• Eleven tracks in total
• Side A: "Fist City", "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town", "You Didn't Like My Lovin'", "I've Got Texas in My Heart", "You Never Were Mine", "Somebody's Back in Town"
• Side B: "A Satisfied Mind", "How Long Will It Take", "I Don't Wanna Play House", "I'm Shootin' for Tomorrow", "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am?)"
• Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Produced by Owen Bradley

Sources: it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track "Fist City" is a 1968 country song by Loretta Lynn.
• The earliest session dates to 20 April 1967, for the last side B track "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am?)"; the other sessions came in early 1968.
• Floyd Cramer plays piano on every session listed.
• The original cover photograph is credited to Hal Buksbaum.

Sources: it.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

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