The world has lost a little bit of its twinkle today.
Loretta Lynn, country music’s sequined Queen of the Sexual Revolution, died Tuesday.
No cause of death was given.
Lynn at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in 2011.Erika Goldring/WireImage
she recalled, speaking to EW in 2016 before the release of her reflectiveFull CircleLP.
Mommy found out for herself when she went to Indiana."
The first song she ever penned, which she rerecorded forCircle, was the slow-rolling “Whispering Sea.”
“When I got home I wrote it down on a piece of paper and that was it.”
As would become her characteristic styling, she adds, “It was just as simple as anything.”
Doolittle realized her natural talent and encouraged Lynn to start singing in bars and contests.
She signed with Decca and over the next 30 years released more than 50 records for the label.
In 1971, she began what would prove to be an enduring and wildly successful partnership with Conway Twitty.
Lynn handpickedSissy Spacekto play her in the movie, for which Spacek won an Oscar.
On the 40th anniversary of her career as a performer, she releasedStill Country.
