Loretta Lynn was born, April 14, 1935 in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. She was the second of eight children. Her parents Melvin "Ted" and Clara raised them in Butcher Holler until the mine was closed. Loretta was 13 when she met and married her husband," Oliver Vanetta Lynn", who she fondly called Doo, short for Dolittle and all his friends called him Mooney because he had once sold moonshine.

Lynn was the mother of four children by the time she was 17 years old. Her career started because Doo liked her singing. She would always sing to her babies while she worked around the house and cared for them.

For her 18th birthday, Doo bought her a guitar and she learned to play and sing along. It was then that she also started writing her own songs. Again, it was Doo that got her out in the public singing. Loretta was much too shy to do it on her own. Doo was the driving force behind Loretta's career.

Loretta Lynn did not happen over night, there were a lot of hard work that went into her becoming a star. "Honky Tonk Girl" was what put her on the charts and she never stopped after that. She went on to become the first female country star to make a million dollars. Loretta credits Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline for paving the way for women country singers. There many people who kind to her along the way and she has never forgotten them either. Her fans are very special to her, and one thing she tries never to do and that is give her fans less than they what paid for when they see her perform.

Loretta's songs seem to always have message and many of her fans being women identify with what she sings about. This country girl has grown and became a icon in the country music industry. Her music has come from the heart and soul of this talented women. Her once simple life she has shared with whoever would listen through her music.

Loretta is proof again what the human spirit can accomplish and what would country music would be without brave women like her, she really is the 'First Lady of Country Music".