Loretta Lynn discography

Loretta Lynn discography

Loretta Lynn in 2005.
Studio albums 54
Compilation albums 15
Music videos 7
Singles 88
B-sides 4
Soundtrack albums 1
Tribute albums 1
Other appearances 9
No. 1 Singles (USA) 16
No.1 Singles (Overall) 23

The discography of Loretta Lynn, an American country music artist, consists of fifty four studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, one tribute album, eighty eight singles, seven music videos, and four B-sides. After recording and releasing her debut single on Zero Records, entitled "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," Lynn signed a recording contract with the major label, Decca in 1961.[1] In 1962, Lynn's single "Success" became her first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, which set the trend for seven Top 10 singles between 1963 and 1966, such as "Before I'm Over You," "Happy Birthday," "Dear Uncle Sam," and "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)."[1] Decca also issued Lynn's first studio albums during these years: Loretta Lynn Sings (1963), Before I'm Over You (1964), Songs from My Heart (1965), Blue Kentucky Girl (1965), I Like 'em Country (1966), and You Ain't Woman Enough (1966). In 1967, the single, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," was her first number one single on the Billboard Country Chart, and a studio album of the same name was also issued, becoming the first country album by a female artist to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2] The success set the trend for seven Top 10 hits and two additional number ones between 1967 and 1969, including "Fist City" and "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)." Lynn also released seven studio albums during these next two years, including two collaborations with Ernest Tubb.

In late 1970, the single, "Coal Miner's Daughter" became her fourth number one single, while also peaking at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100. An album of the same name also was issued and certified gold in the United States.[2] The following year, Lynn began her ten year collaboration with country artist, Conway Twitty, releasing ten studio albums, including 1971's We Only Make Believe, which was also certified gold in the United States, as well as 1971's Lead Me On. Most of their singles, including "After the Fire Is Gone," "Lead Me On," "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone", and "Feelin's" were number one country singles.[3] In 1971, Lynn had three Top 10 singles, including the number one hit, "One's on the Way." The following year, "Rated X" was another number one country single and Decca would issue three studio albums. Between 1974 and 1976, Lynn had a string of Top 10 hits, such as "The Pill" (1975) and "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" (1976) which was Lynn's fourteenth number one on the Billboard Country Chart.[1]

In 1977, Lynn recorded a tribute album to country artist, Patsy Cline entitled, I Remember Patsy, which spawned two major hits of Cline's recordings, including "She's Got You" (1977). She had her last number one single the following year with "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed"[1] and three solo Top 10 hits until the end of the decade: "We've Come a Long Way Baby" (#10), "I Can't Feel You Anymore" (#3), and "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind" (#5). Her success on the Billboard chart decreased by 1980, making her 1982 single, "I Lie" the final Top 10 hit of her career.[1][3] In 1985 she had her final major hit with "Heart Don't Do This to Me" (#19) and her final MCA albums, Just a Woman (1985) and Who Was That Stranger (1988) were also issued. In 1993, Lynn collaborated with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette on the album, Honky Tonk Angels, which was certified gold in the United States. After a seven year hiatus, Lynn returned to recording with Still Country (2000) on Audium Records.[2] In 2004, Lynn issued her most recent studio album to date entitled, Van Lear Rose. The album was produced by The White Stripes member, Jack White and reached #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #24 on the Billboard 200. The album went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Country Album of the Year in 2004.[3] Loretta Lynn has sold 30 million records according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[4]

Studio albums

1960s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[5]
US
[5]
Loretta Lynn Sings 2
Before I'm Over You
  • Release date: June 15, 1964
  • Label: Decca Records
11
Songs from My Heart
  • Release date: February 15, 1965
  • Label: Decca Records
8
Blue Kentucky Girl
  • Release date: June 14, 1965
  • Label: Decca Records
14
I Like 'em Country
  • Release date: March 28, 1966
  • Label: Decca Records
2
You Ain't Woman Enough
  • Release date: September 10, 1966
  • Label: Decca Records
1 140
Don't Come Home a Drinkin'
(With Lovin' on Your Mind)
  • Release date: February 13, 1967
  • Label: Decca Records
1 80
Singin' With Feelin'
  • Release date: October 16, 1967
  • Label: Decca Records
3
Fist City
  • Release date: April 29, 1968
  • Label: Decca Records
1
Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
  • Release date: February 24, 1969
  • Label: Decca Records
2 168
Woman of the World / To Make a Man
  • Release date: June 13, 1969
  • Label: Decca Records
2 148
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[5]
US
[5]
CAN Country
[7]
Wings Upon Your Horns
  • Release date: January 5, 1970
  • Label: Decca Records
5 146
Loretta Lynn Writes 'em & Sings 'em
  • Release date: June 1, 1970
  • Label: Decca Records
8
Coal Miner's Daughter
  • Release date: December 28, 1970
  • Label: Decca Records
4 81
I Wanna Be Free
  • Release date: May 3, 1971
  • Label: Decca Records
5 110
You're Lookin' At Country
  • Release date: September 13, 1971
  • Label: Decca Records
7
One's on the Way
  • Release date: February 28, 1972
  • Label: Decca Records
3 109
Here I Am Again
  • Release date: October 2, 1972
  • Label: Decca Records
4
Entertainer of the Year - Loretta 1
Love Is the Foundation
  • Release date: August 13, 1973
  • Label: MCA Records
1 183
They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
  • Release date: September 3, 1974
  • Label: MCA Records
6
Back to the Country
  • Release date: February 3, 1975
  • Label: MCA Records
2 182
Home
  • Release date: August 11, 1975
  • Label: MCA Records
7
When the Tingle Becomes a Chill
  • Release date: February 2, 1976
  • Label: MCA Records
6
Somebody, Somewhere
  • Release date: October 4, 1976
  • Label: MCA Records
1
I Remember Patsy
  • Release date: April 4, 1977
  • Label: MCA Records
2
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: MCA Records
16
We've Come a Long Way Baby
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: MCA Records
19 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[5]
CAN Country
[7]
Loretta
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: MCA Records
24 5
Lookin' Good
  • Release date: October 1980
  • Label: MCA Records
17
I Lie
  • Release date: December 1981
  • Label: MCA Records
33
Making Love from Memory
  • Release date: September 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin',
Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You
  • Release date: June 1983
  • Label: MCA Records
60
Just a Woman
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
63
Who Was That Stranger
  • Release date: April 1988
  • Label: MCA Records
63
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s and 2000s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[5]
US
[5]
Making More Memories
  • Release date: March 1994
  • Label: Nashville Sound Records
Still Country
  • Release date: September 12, 2000
  • Label: Audium Records
37
Van Lear Rose 2 24
Full Circle
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Tribute albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[5]
US
[5]
Coal Miner's Daughter:
A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
14 46

Gospel albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country[5]
Hymns
  • Release date: November 15, 1965
  • Label: Decca Records
10
Who Says God Is Dead!
  • Release date: February 14, 1968
  • Label: Decca Records
44
God Bless America Again
  • Release date: June 5, 1972
  • Label: Decca Records
7

Collaborations

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[5]
US
[5]
CAN Country
[7]
CAN
[7]
Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Release date: August 19, 1965
  • Label: Decca Records
13
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Release date: June 12, 1967
  • Label: Decca Records
2
If We Put Our Heads Together
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Release date: June 2, 1969
  • Label: Decca Records
19
Honky Tonk Angels
(with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette)
6 42 6 44
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[5]
US
Country Christmas
  • Release date: October 10, 1966
  • Label: Decca Records
103
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: June 17, 1968
  • Label: Decca Records
6
The Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb Story
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: MCA Records
43
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MCA Records
5
All My Best
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: MCA Records
20 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: MCA Records
Peace in the Valley
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: MCA Records
Country Music Hall of Fame Series
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: MCA Records
Honky Tonk Girl:
The Loretta Lynn Collection
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: MCA Records
All-Time Greatest Hits
The Definitive Collection
  • Release date: June 7, 2005
  • Label: MCA Nashville
Gold
  • Release date: March 7, 2006
  • Label: MCA Nashville
Number 1's
  • Release date: August 28, 2007
  • Label: MCA Nashville
50th Anniversary Collection
  • Release date: April 6, 2010
  • Label: MCA Nashville
44
Icon
  • Release date: March 1, 2011
  • Label: MCA Nashville
58
All Time Gospel Favorites 67
Hymns & Gospel Favorites
  • Release date: April 14, 2015
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US BB Country
[14]
US CB Country CAN Country
[15]
1960 "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" 14 30 N/A
"New Rainbow"
"Darkest Day"
1961 "I Walked Away from the Wreck" 40 Loretta Lynn Sings
1962 "Success" 6 5
"Get Set For a Heartache" 31
1963 "The Other Woman" 13 10
"Before I'm Over You" 4 2 Before I'm Over You
1964 "Wine, Women, and Song" 3 3
"Happy Birthday" 3 2 Songs from My Heart
1965 "Blue Kentucky Girl" 7 8 Blue Kentucky Girl
"The Home You're Tearing Down" 10 14 I Like 'em Country
"When I Hear My Children Pray" Hymns
1966 "Dear Uncle Sam" 4 6 I Like 'em Country
"You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" 2 1 You Ain't Woman Enough
"Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" 1 1 Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
"To Heck with Ole Santa Claus" A Country Christmas
1967 "If You're Not Gone Too Long" 7 6 Singin' with Feelin'
"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" 5 3 6 Fist City
1968 "Fist City" 1 1 1
"You've Just Stepped in (From Stepping Out on Me)" 2 3 Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
"Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" 3 1 17
1969 "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" 1 1 Woman of the World/To Make a Man
"To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" 3 1 4
"Wings Upon Your Horns" 11 1 5 Wings Upon Your Horns
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US BB Country
[14]
US CB Country US BB
[14]
US CB CAN Country
[15]
CAN
[16]
1970 "I Know How" 4 4 13 Loretta Lynn Writes 'em and Sings 'em
"You Wanna Give Me a Lift" 6 5 4
"Coal Miner's Daughter" 1 1 83 107 1 Coal Miner's Daughter
1971 "I Wanna Be Free" 3 1 94 1 I Wanna Be Free
"You're Lookin' at Country" 5 4 1 You're Lookin' at Country
"One's on the Way" 1 1 1 One's on the Way
1972 "Here I Am Again" 3 2 3 Here I Am Again
"Rated "X"" 1 4 1 Entertainer of the Year
1973 "Love Is the Foundation" 1 1 102 1 Love Is the Foundation
"Hey Loretta" 3 3 1
1974 "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" 4 1 1 They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
"Trouble in Paradise" 1 1 14
1975 "The Pill" 5 2 70 49 1 49 Back to the Country
"Home" 10 4 5 Home
"When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" 2 1 3 When the Tingle Becomes a Chill
1976 "Red, White, and Blue" 20 20 26
"Somebody Somewhere
(Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)
"
1 1 1 Somebody, Somewhere
1977 "She's Got You" 1 1 1 I Remember Patsy
"Why Can't He Be You" 7 8 6
"Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" 1 1 1 Out of My Head and Back in My Bed
1978 "Spring Fever" 12 13 10
"We've Come a Long Way, Baby" 10 11 6 We've Come a Long Way, Baby
1979 "I Can't Feel You Anymore" 3 4 2
"I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind" 5 5 2 Loretta
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US BB Country
[14]
US CB Country CAN Country
[15]
1980 "Pregnant Again" 35 24 13 Loretta
"Naked in the Rain" 30 31 11
"Cheatin' on a Cheater" 20 24 21 Lookin' Good
1981 "Somebody Led Me Away" 20 18 38
1982 "I Lie" 9 8 9 I Lie
"Making Love from Memory" 19 23 41 Making Love from Memory
1983 "Breakin' It" 39 43 32
"Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin',
Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You"
53 38 Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin',
Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You
"Walking with My Memories" 59 54
1985 "Heart Don't Do This to Me" 19 16 42 Just a Woman
"Wouldn't It Be Great" 72 53
1986 "Just a Woman" 81 77
1988 "Who Was That Stranger" 57 47 Who Was That Stranger
"Fly Away" 88
1994 "We Need to Make More Memories" Making More Memories
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[14]
2000 "Country in My Genes" 72 Still Country
"I Can't Hear the Music"
2001 "Table for Two"
2004 "Miss Being Mrs." Van Lear Rose
"Portland Oregon" (with Jack White)
2010 "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) 55 Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Collaborative singles

Year Single Artist(s) Peak chart positions Album
US BB Country
[14]
US CB Country CAN Country
[15]
1964 "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" Ernest Tubb 11 6 4 Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be
1965 "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" 24 11
1967 "Sweet Thang" 45 59 Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb Singin' Again
1969 "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" 18 24 If We Put Our Heads Together
"If We Put Our Heads Together"
1993 "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Dolly Parton,
Tammy Wynette
68 Honky Tonk Angels
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year Single Artist(s) Album
1987 "Honky Tonk Angels Medley" k.d. lang (with Brenda Lee,
Loretta Lynn, and Kitty Wells)
Shadowland

Charted B-sides

Year B-side Peak chart
positions
Original A-side
US BB Country
[14]
US CB Country
1964 "This Haunted House" 40 "Wine, Women and Song"
1967 "A Man I Hardly Know" 72 28 "If You're Not Gone Too Long"
1983 "There's All Kinds of Smoke (In the Barroom)" flip "Breakin' It"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director(s)[17][18]
1987 "Honky Tonk Angels Medley" (with k.d. lang, Brenda Lee, and Kitty Wells) David Hogan
1993 "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) Deaton-Flanigen Productions
1994 "We Need to Make More Memories"
2000 "Country in My Genes"
2004 "Miss Being Mrs." Trey Fanjoy
"Portland, Oregon" [unreleased version] (with Jack White) Olivier Gondry
"Portland, Oregon" [released version] (with Jack White) Sophie Muller
2010 "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) Deaton-Flanigen Productions

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1979 "Is It Love, It Must Be Love" (with Frankie Bleu) The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (soundtrack)[19]
1981 "Count on Me" Sesame Street Country[20]
1985 "The First Noel" Tennessee Christmas[21]
1988 "Honky Tonk Angels Medley" (with k.d. lang, Brenda Lee, and Kitty Wells) Shadowland[22]
1990 "Shopping for Dresses" (with Randy Travis) Heroes & Friends[23]
1996 "Answer the Phone" A Tribute to a Legend: Ernest Tubb[24]
1999 "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" (live) Live at Gilley's, Vol. 1–4[25]
"She's Got You" (live)
2006 "Country Music Has the Blues" (with Billy Ray Cyrus and George Jones) Wanna Be Your Joe[26]
2007 "Will You Visit Me On Sunday" (with Marty Stuart) Compadres An Anthology of Duets
"Wildwood Flower" Anchored in Love
2008 "I Wanna Be Free" (with Daniel O'Donnell) Country Boy
"Where No One Stands Alone" How Great Thou Art
2009 "Don't Tempt Me Baby" (with Todd Snider) The Excitement Plan
2013 "Take Your Gun and Go, John" Divided & United
2013 "Somewhere Between" (with Willie Nelson) To All the Girls...

See also

References

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