Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011
Loretta Lynn
(Russ Harrington)

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.

This story was produced by Ben Manilla and Devon Strolovitch.

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