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Songs from My Heart.... (1965)

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Recorded in Nashville in October 1964, this Loretta Lynn album went on to reach number eight on the Billboard country albums chart.

Key places

Nashville sessions at Columbia Studios (1964)

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Album story

Overview

• Songs from My Heart....: studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released February 15, 1965 via Decca Records
• Produced by Owen Bradley
• Lynn's third studio album
• Contains 12 tracks
• Charted on the Billboard albums chart after release, and contained one single

Background

• By 1965, Lynn had issued three albums at Decca Records and had several major hits at the label
• Her hits up to that point included 'Success,' 'Before I'm Over You' and 'Wine, Women and Song'
• Under Owen Bradley's production, Lynn's early style incorporated the Nashville Sound and elements of traditional country music
• Two of the recordings were composed by Lynn herself
• Another track was written by her husband, Oliver Lynn

Recording

• The album was recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• The sessions took place in October 1964 and were all produced by Bradley
• The album was issued as a vinyl LP record, with six songs on each side

Cover

• Cover photography credited to Hal Buksbaum

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Tracklist

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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.

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Reception

At release

• Billboard magazine gave the album a positive review and commented on Lynn's significance to the country genre
• AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars, rating it positively
• The album was rated positively by AllMusic, which gave it three out of five stars

Records

• The album reached number eight on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• It was Lynn's third studio album to reach that chart
• It was also Lynn's second album to chart in the country top ten
• The album charted on the Billboard albums chart following its release
• The single 'Happy Birthday' was released in November 1964
• 'Happy Birthday' reached number three on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1965
• The single became a major hit on the Billboard country chart in 1965

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Trivia

• Lynn wrote 'When Lonely Hits Your Heart' and 'It Just Looks That Way' herself
• 'You Made What I Am' was composed by her husband, Oliver Lynn
• The album includes a cover of 'Once a Day', which was a number one country hit for Connie Smith
• Covers on the album include Roger Miller's 'Half a Mind' and Don Gibson's 'Oh, Lonesome Me'
• The single 'Happy Birthday' was released as a single in November 1964, before the album came out

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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