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You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)

Where the lyrics of You Ain't Woman Enough take you, and where it was really made.

The title song was recorded in November 1965, before the album's own sessions began in January 1966, and it became Lynn's biggest hit up to that point.

Key places

Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet (1966)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — The Italian track listing records the April 11, 1966 recordings, including These Boots Are Made for Walkin', at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The English text names RCA Victor Studio for the same final session. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville (1966)

Recording site Nashville — The first two recording sessions for the album were held here on January 13 and March 22, 1966. The point is placed at Nashville city-centre level, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• You Ain't Woman Enough: seventh solo studio album by Loretta Lynn
• Released September 12, 1966 by Decca Records
• Lynn's first No. 1 album on the US Billboard Hot Country Albums chart
• Five Lynn compositions, one of them co-written with other songwriters
• Also includes cover versions of earlier hits by other artists
• Covers include Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin' and Dolly Parton's Put It Off Until Tomorrow

Background

• Title song was Lynn's biggest hit up to that point
• The album's only single was released in May 1966 and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• Title song was recorded November 15, 1965, during a session for 1966's I Like 'Em Country

Recording

• Recording took place over three sessions at two studios
• First two sessions, on January 13 and March 22, 1966, were held at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Final session, on April 11, 1966, was held at RCA Victor Studio in Nashville
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Session players include Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer and Buddy Harman, with The Jordanaires on background vocals

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

• Cashbox: review published in the issue dated September 24, 1966
• Cashbox said the title track had recently reached No. 1 on the country charts
• Cashbox expected the album to sell heaps of LPs in a growing country market
• Cashbox named These Boots Are Made for Walkin', God Gave Me a Heart to Forgive and Put It Off Until Tomorrow as strong tunes on the set

Reappraisal

• AllMusic: positive review
• AllMusic called Lynn's recording of the Wilburn Brothers' hit It's Another World an excellent version of their song

Records

• Debuted at No. 29 on the US Billboard Hot Country Albums chart dated October 8, 1966
• Peaked at No. 1 on the chart dated November 12, becoming Lynn's first album to top the chart
• First album by Lynn to appear on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, where it peaked at No. 140 on the chart dated March 25, 1967
• Only single peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• A Man I Hardly Know charted in 1967 at No. 72 as the B-side of If You're Not Gone Too Long from Lynn's 1967 album Singin' with Feelin'

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title song was recorded November 15, 1965, during a session for 1966's I Like 'Em Country at Columbia Recording Studio, months before the album's own sessions began.
• A Man I Hardly Know reached No. 72 in 1967 as the B-side of If You're Not Gone Too Long.
• The Italian track listing places the April 11, 1966 recordings, including These Boots Are Made for Walkin', at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, while the English text names RCA Victor Studio for that final session.

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

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