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They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy (1974)

Where the lyrics of They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy take you, and where it was really made.

The title song was recorded in 1972 for a different album, two years before this one came out, yet it became this album's first single.

Key places

Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet (1974)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album began at Bradley's Barn on March 4 and 5, 1974. Three additional sessions followed on June 18, 19 and June 20. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy: twenty-fourth solo studio album by Loretta Lynn
• Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter
• Released September 2, 1974 by MCA Records
• Producer: Owen Bradley
• First single 'They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy' released April 1974
• Second single 'Trouble in Paradise' released August 1974

Background

• Released during a period when Lynn was having strong singles success
• Two big singles on the album, plus a large amount of new material
• Title song written by Jerry Chesnut
• 'We've Already Tasted Love' by Bobby Harden
• 'Out of Consideration' by Lorene Allen and James Owen
• Lynn had recorded several songs by Harden and Allen before this album

Recording

• Sessions began March 4 and 5, 1974 at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Three additional sessions followed on June 18, 19 and 20
• Title song recorded April 25, 1972 during a session for Here I Am Again
• 'Ain't Love a Good Thing' and 'Nothin'' recorded for Love Is the Foundation (1973) on March 27 and 28, 1973

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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: in its September 14 issue, said that when Loretta sings, people listen, even though several songs had been done before
• Billboard: named 'Out of Consideration', 'Don't Leave Me Where You Found Me' and 'Nothin'' as the album's best cuts
• Billboard: praised Owen Bradley for playing his part and noted nostalgia on the back cover
• Cash Box: in its September 14 issue, called Loretta Lynn one of the most successful female performers on the country music scene
• Cash Box: said her bright, sparkling vocals and refined sense of interpretation rank her among the very best female country performers
• Cash Box: said the title track was recently a chart topper

Records

• Album peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP chart
• Title single 'They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy' released April 1974, peaked at No. 4 on Hot Country Singles
• 'Trouble in Paradise' released August 1974, peaked at No. 1 on Hot Country Singles, Lynn's eleventh No. 1 single

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title song was recorded April 25, 1972, during a session for Here I Am Again, more than two years before this album's release.
• 'Ain't Love a Good Thing' and 'Nothin'' were recorded for Love Is the Foundation on March 27 and 28, 1973.
• 'Trouble in Paradise' reached No. 1 on the US Hot Country Singles chart, Lynn's eleventh No. 1 single.
• Olivia Newton-John was the first to record 'If You Love Me (Let Me Know)'.
• Conway Twitty was the first to perform 'I've Never Been This Far Before'.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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