Loretta Lynn singles discography

For collaborations with Conway Twitty, see Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty discography.
Loretta Lynn discography

Loretta Lynn on stage in Birmingham, Alabama, 2006.
Music videos 8
Singles 80
B-sides 2
Collaborations 7
Other singles 5

American country artist Loretta Lynn has released eighty singles (seven of which were collaborative), two B-sides, three other singles, and eight music videos. Her debut single was "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" (1960) via Zero Records. Promoting the song with her husband by driving to each radio station, the effort paid off when it peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[1] Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee that year, she signed a recording contract with Decca Records.[2] In 1962, "Success" reached the sixth position on the country songs chart, starting a series of top ten hits including "Wine Women and Song" and "Blue Kentucky Girl".[1][3] She began collaborating with Ernest Tubb in 1964 and recorded four hit singles with him, including "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be".[4] Lynn's popularity greatly increased in 1966 when she began releasing her own compositions as singles. Among the first was "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" which reached the second position on the country songs list.[3] She then reached the number one spot with "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (1967). This was followed by "Fist City" (1968) and "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" (1969).[2]

Lynn released the autobiographical single "Coal Miner's Daughter" in 1970, topping the Billboard country songs survey and becoming her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight three.[5] The following year, "I Wanna Be Free" also charted among the Hot 100 and reached the third position on the Hot Country Songs list.[6] The same year, "One's on the Way" became Lynn's fifth number one single, later followed by "Rated "X"" (1972), "Love Is the Foundation" (1973), and "Trouble in Paradise" (1974).[2] "The Pill" (1975) reached number five on the country songs chart and was her highest-charting solo single on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number seventy.[2][6] "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" reached the top of the country songs chart in 1976 and she reached the same position with "She's Got You" (1977), a cover of Patsy Cline's original single.[2] The title track from Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (1978) was Lynn's final single to peak at the number one spot.[6][7]

Lynn's singles in the 1980s reached lower chart positions as the country music industry changed.[1] Her 1982 single "I Lie" became her final top ten hit on the Billboard country chart.[6] In 1985, "Heart Don't Do This to Me" became her final top-twenty and final top-forty hit.[1][6] After charting with the single "Who Was That Stranger" (1988), Lynn's recording career went into hiatus.[2] She briefly returned in 1993 to collaborate with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette on the studio album Honky Tonk Angels.[1] The project's only single "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" reached number sixty eight on the Billboard country chart.[8] "Country in My Genes" was spawned from Still Country (2000), Lynn's first studio album following the death of her husband.[2] The single reached number seventy two on the Hot Country Songs chart.[9] Lynn collaborated with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert in 2010 to re-record "Coal Miner's Daughter", which was released as a single in September.[10]

Singles

1960s

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart
positions
Album
US
Country

[11]
CAN
Country

[12]
"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" 1960 14 N/A
"New Rainbow" N/A
"Darkest Day" N/A
"I Walked Away from the Wreck" 1961 Loretta Lynn Sings
"Success" 1962 6
"World of Forgotten People"
"The Other Woman" 1963 13
"Before I'm Over You" 4 Before I'm Over You
"Wine, Women, and Song" 1964 3
"Happy Birthday" 3 Songs from My Heart
"Blue Kentucky Girl" 1965 7 Blue Kentucky Girl
"The Home You're Tearing Down" 10 I Like 'em Country
"Dear Uncle Sam" 1966 4 I Like 'em Country
"You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" 2 You Ain't Woman Enough
"Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin'
on Your Mind)
"
1 Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
"If You're Not Gone Too Long" 1967 7 Singin' with Feelin'
"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" 5 6 Fist City
"Fist City" 1968 1 1
"You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping
Out on Me)
"
2 Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
"Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" 3 17
"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" 1969 1 Woman of the World / To Make a Man
"To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" 3 4
"Wings Upon Your Horns" 11 5 Wings Upon Your Horns
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Country

[11]
US
[11]
CAN
Country

[12]
CAN
[13]
"I Know How" 1970 4 13 Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em
"You Wanna Give Me a Lift" 6 4
"Coal Miner's Daughter" 1 83 1 Coal Miner's Daughter
"I Wanna Be Free" 1971 3 94 1 I Wanna Be Free
"You're Lookin' at Country" 5 1 You're Lookin' at Country
"One's on the Way" 1 1 One's on the Way
"Here I Am Again" 1972 3 3 Here I Am Again
"Rated "X"" 1 1 Entertainer of the Year – Loretta
"Love Is the Foundation" 1973 1 102 1 Love Is the Foundation
"Hey Loretta" 3 1
"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" 1974 4 1 They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
"Trouble in Paradise" 1 14
"The Pill" 1975 5 70 1 49 Back to the Country
"Home" 10 5 Home
"When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" 2 3 When the Tingle Becomes a Chill
"Red, White and Blue" 1976 20 26
"Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" 1 1 Somebody, Somewhere
"She's Got You" 1977 1 1 I Remember Patsy
"Why Can't He Be You" 7 6
"Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" 1 1 Out of My Head and Back in My Bed
"Spring Fever" 1978 12 10
"We've Come a Long Way Baby" 10 6 We've Come a Long Way Baby
"I Can't Feel You Anymore" 1979 3 2
"I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind" 5 2 Loretta
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart
positions
Album
US
Country

[11]
CAN
Country

[12]
"Pregnant Again" 1980 35 13 Loretta
"Naked in the Rain" 30 11
"Cheatin' on a Cheater" 20 21 Lookin' Good
"Somebody Led Me Away" 1981 20 38
"I Lie" 1982 9 9 I Lie
"Making Love from Memory" 19 41 Making Love from Memory
"Breakin' It" 1983 39 32
"Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" 53 Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You
"Walking with My Memories" 59
"Heart Don't Do This to Me" 1985 19 42 Just a Woman
"Wouldn't It Be Great" 72
"Just a Woman" 1986 81
"Who Was That Stranger" 1988 57 Who Was That Stranger
"Fly Away" 88
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s–2010s

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
US Country
[11]
"We Need to Make More Memories" 1994 Making More Memories
"Country in My Genes" 2000 72 Still Country
"I Can't Hear the Music"
"Table for Two" 2001
"Miss Being Mrs." 2004 Van Lear Rose
"Portland Oregon"
(with Jack White)
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
(with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert)
2010 55 Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
"Everything It Takes"
(featuring Elvis Costello)
2016 Full Circle
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborations

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart
positions
Album
US
Country

[11]
CAN
Country

[12]
"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"
(with Ernest Tubb)
1964 11 4 Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be
"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands"
(with Ernest Tubb)
1965 24
"Sweet Thang"
(with Ernest Tubb)
1967 45 Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again
"Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out"
(with Ernest Tubb)
1969 18 If We Put Our Heads Together
"If We Put Our Heads Together"
(with Ernest Tubb)
"Honky Tonk Angels Medley"
(k.d. lang with Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and
Kitty Wells)
1987 Shadowland
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles"
(with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette)
1993 68 Honky Tonk Angels
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other singles

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Notes
US Country
[11]
"When I Hear My Children Pray" 1965
"To Heck with Ole Santa Claus" 1966
  • Released as a single in December 1966 via Decca Records. "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus" was Lynn's first single to be released that was a Christmas song.[16] It appeared on her debut Christmas album entitled, Country Christmas.[17]
"A Man I Hardly Know" 1967 72
"There's All Kinds of Smoke (In the Barroom)" 1983 39
  • Released as a B-side to the top forty hit "Breakin' It" on MCA Records. Because the release charted as a double-sided single, the song reached the same position as its A-side single.[20] The song would later appear on Lynn's 1982 studio album Making Love from Memory.[21]
"Shadrack the Black Reindeer" 1974
  • Released as a single in November 1974 via MCA Records. The song was recorded as a Christmas tune and did not appear on an official album.[22]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
Title Year Director(s)
"Honky Tonk Angels Medley"[23]
(k.d. lang with Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and Kitty Wells)
1987 David Hogan
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles"[24]
(with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette)
1993 Deaton-Flanigen
"We Need to Make More Memories" 1994 not available
"Country in My Genes"[25] 2000 Bobby Boyd, Kim Christian
"Miss Being Mrs."[23] 2004 Trey Fanjoy
"Portland Oregon" (unreleased version)[23]
(with Jack White)
Oliver Gondry
"Portland Oregon"[23]
(with Jack White)
Sophie Muller
"Coal Miner's Daughter"[26]
(with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert)
2010 Deaton-Flanigen
"Lay Me Down"[27]
(with Willie Nelson)
2016 David McClister

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Loretta Lynn: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Loretta Lynn Biography". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Loretta Lynn -- Songwriter, Singer". Biography. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. Vinopal, David. "Ernest Tubb Bio". Country Music Television. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. "Coal Miner's Daughter: Loretta Lynn: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Loretta Lynn: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed: Loretta Lynn: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. "Honky Tonk Angels: Dolly Parton: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. "Still Country: Loretta Lynn: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. ""Coal Miner's Daughter" (Feat. Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) by Loretta Lynn (Single, Country)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Search results for "Loretta Lynn" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  13. "Search results for "Loretta Lynn" under Top Singles". RPM. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  14. "When I Hear My Children Pray/Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven by Loretta Lynn (Single)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  15. "Hymns by Loretta Lynn (Album, Country Gospel)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  16. "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus/It Won't Seem Like Christmas by Loretta Lynn (Single)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  17. "Country Christmas by Loretta Lynn (Album, Christmas Music)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  18. "Loretta Lynn -- "A Man I Hardly Know" at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  19. "Loretta Lynn -- "You Ain't Woman Enough" at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  20. "Loretta Lynn -- "Breakin' It"/"There's All Kinds of Smoke" at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  21. "Loretta Lynn -- Making Love from Memory at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  22. "Loretta Lynn - Shadrack the Black Reindeer/Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Loretta Lynn artist videography". Music Video Database. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  24. "Tammy Wynette: "Silver Threads and Golden Needles": Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  25. ""Country in My Genes" by Loretta Lynn: Music Video". Vh1. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  26. "Loretta Lynn: "Coal Miner's Daughter": Music Video". Country Music Television. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  27. Vinson, Christina. "Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson Reunite for 'Lay Me Down' Music Video". The Boot. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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