Loretta Lynn

A photo of indigenous Australian singer Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, the Melbourne-based band that backs her.

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Coal Miner’s Daughter

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Coal Miner’s Daughter

This hit country song was written in 1970 by Loretta Lynn. With her plaintive, but proud voice, Lynn tells the story of growing up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Lynn, Nashville veteran Harold Ray Bradley, and Jack White of The White Stripes explain what makes the song a classic.

Coal Miner’s Daughter

This hit country song was written in 1970 by Loretta Lynn. With her plaintive, but proud voice, Lynn tells the story of growing up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Lynn, Nashville veteran Harold Ray Bradley, and Jack White of The White Stripes explain what makes the song a classic.

A Free Man of Color

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