The singer, from rural Kentucky, first rose to success in the 1960s. Country music icon Loretta Lynn, best known for ... when they were banned by some radio stations. Appropriately, the self ...

The acclaimed singer ... had was the radio; 11-year-old Loretta became enamored of the Grand Ole Opry and its early female star, Molly O’Day. At age 15, she married Oliver Lynn, known by his ...

Legendary country music singer Loretta ... Kitty Wells, Lynn went on to become one of country’s first true female superstars in the late ’60s, which didn’t preclude country radio from ...

Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female singer-songwriter in ... drove across the U.S., visiting radio stations in hopes of gaining ...

The beloved singer ... radio stations refusing to play her music and critics attacking and slamming her and her art. Nevertheless, she persisted. Forging ahead as a pioneer in the genre, Lynn ...

Loretta Lynn, the country music singer-songwriter known for hits like ... which left many young wives widowed (“Dear Uncle Sam”). While radio stations refused to play some of her music ...

The second of eight children (her siblings include fellow country singer Crystal ... pit stops at as many radio stations as possible, eventually landing in Nashville. Lynn's flinty voice and ...