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White Christmas Blue (2016)

Where the lyrics of White Christmas Blue take you, and where it was really made.

Loretta Lynn's second Christmas album came half a century after her first, and six of its songs were previously recorded by her for that 1966 record.

Key places

Cash Cabin Studio, Hendersonville (2016)

Recording site Cash Cabin Studio — The album belongs to the Cash Cabin Recordings library, the body of new music that Lynn's recent work centred on. The point is placed at Hendersonville city centre, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• White Christmas Blue: 44th solo studio album and second Christmas album by Loretta Lynn
• Released 7 October 2016 by Sony Legacy
• Produced by Patsy Lynn Russell, Lynn's daughter, and John Carter Cash
• John Carter Cash is the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
• Part of the 'Cash Cabin Recordings', an extensive library of new music

Background

• Lynn's first Christmas album in five decades, since her 1966 album Country Christmas
• Cash Cabin Recordings has been Lynn's primary artistic focus in recent years
• The library is overseen by producers Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash
• Six tracks were previously recorded by Lynn for Country Christmas: 'Country Christmas', 'Away in a Manger', 'Blue Christmas', 'To Heck with Ole Santa Claus', 'Frosty the Snowman' and 'White Christmas'

Sources: en.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

• PopMatters: John Paul gave the album 7 out of 10 stars and praised the warmth and intimacy of Lynn's performances of these Christmas standards
• American Songwriter: Hal Horowitz gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and said that Lynn, in her mid-80s, sings in remarkably spry voice
• Lexington Herald-Leader: Walter Tunis wrote a positive review that cited the title track

Records

• Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 1,800 copies in its first week
• Peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart dated December 24, 2016, selling 4,200 copies that week
• As of September 2017, the album had sold 29,400 copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album is Lynn's first Christmas album in five decades, following Country Christmas from 1966
• Six tracks here were recorded earlier by Lynn for Country Christmas
• The Cash Cabin Recordings library behind the album is overseen by Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash
• The album debuted at No. 35 and later peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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