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Many hit songs are written
from true life experiences. According to Loretta Lynn, her
1970 hit song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,”
was
one of those songs.
In a 1980’s
interview, Loretta commented, “The song ‘Coal Miner’s
Daughter’ is a true story of my life back in Butcher Holler,
Kentucky. The lines in that song are true. My mama washed our
clothes on a scrub board and hung them out on that old clothes
line. And my daddy did work in the coal mines. All the men in
Butcher Holler worked in the coal mines. Life was hard but
back then, but that was all we knew.”
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” became
Loretta Lynn’s 27th charted song. It entered the
country music charts October 31st, 1970 and made it
to number one. It was on the charts for 15 weeks. The single
also
scored a #
83 on the pop music charts.
Doug Davis
Country Music Classics
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