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Woman of the World/To Make a Man (1969)

Where the lyrics of Woman of the World/To Make a Man take you, and where it was really made.

Lynn recorded a cover of "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, who was her biggest rival at the time.

Key places

Recording sessions at Bradley's Barn (1969)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album were held at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, beginning April 2, 1969. The map point uses city-center coordinates, so it does not mark the barn's exact location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Woman of the World/To Make a Man: fourteenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released July 7, 1969 by Decca Records
• Lead single "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)", second single "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)"

Background

• Includes a cover of "Stand by Your Man", originally by Tammy Wynette
• Tammy Wynette was Lynn's biggest rival at the time
• Other covers include Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" and Brenda Lee's "Johnny One Time"

Recording

• Sessions took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, beginning April 2, 1969
• Four sessions in total at the barn before three more followed
• Additional sessions on April 9 (six of the album's eleven songs), May 14 and May 28
• "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" recorded at the November 18, 1968 session for 1969's Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Session musicians include Grady Martin, Ray Edenton, Floyd Cramer, Buddy Harman and The Jordanaires

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

• Billboard (July 19, 1969 issue) said Loretta Lynn has no peers when it comes to convincing listeners with a song
• Billboard singled out her hit "Woman of the World" and the single "To Make a Man" on the album
• Cash Box (July 19 issue) said the set was packed with feelingful vocals and some mighty pretty ballads
• Cash Box expected strong sales from the session

Reappraisal

• AllMusic gave the album an average rating, noting a couple of misfire tracks
• AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars

Records

• Peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart
• Peaked at No. 148 on the US Billboard Top LP's chart
• Lead single peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• Second single peaked at No. 3

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The lead single "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" was released in February 1969 and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
• The second single "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" was released in June 1969 and peaked at No. 3.
• "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" was recorded in November 1968 for the session of Your Squaw Is on the Warpath.
• The April 9 session yielded six of the album's eleven songs.
• Tammy Wynette, whose "Stand by Your Man" Lynn covered, was her biggest rival at the time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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