Editing Loretta Lynn (section)

====Tribute album for Patsy Cline, other projects, and honors====
In 1977, Lynn recorded ''[[I Remember Patsy]]'', an album dedicated to her friend, singer [[Patsy Cline]], who died in a plane crash in 1963. The album covered some of Cline's biggest hits. The two singles Lynn released from the album, "[[She's Got You]]" and "Why Can't He Be You", became hits. "She's Got You", which went to No. 1 by Cline in 1962 and went to No. 1 again by Lynn. "[[Why Can't He Be You]]" peaked at No. 7. Lynn had her last No.&nbsp;1 hit in 1978 with "[[Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (song)|Out of My Head and Back in My Bed]]".<ref name="Billboard Singles"/>

In 1979, Lynn had two Top 5 hits, "[[I Can't Feel You Anymore]]" and "[[I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind]]", from separate albums.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}}</ref>
[[File:Loretta Lynn 1975 on tour.jpg|thumb|upright|Lynn on tour in 1975]]
Devoted to her fans, Lynn told the editor of [[Salisbury, Maryland]]'s newspaper the reason she signed hundreds of autographs: "These people are my fans... I'll stay here until the very last one wants my autograph. Without these people, I am nobody. I love these people." In 1979, she became the spokesperson for [[Procter & Gamble]]'s [[Crisco]] Oil. Because of her dominant hold on the 1970s, Lynn was named the "Artist of the Decade" by the Academy of Country Music. She is the only woman to have won this honor.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/loretta-lynn-awards-show-history/|title=The Many Times Loretta Lynn Made Awards Show History|first1=Paul|last1=Grein|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>

Lynn became a part of the country music scene in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] in the 1960s. In 1967, she had the first of 16 No. 1 hits, out of 70 charted songs as a solo artist and a duet partner.<ref name="Loretta Lynn at CMT.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cmt.com/fan-hub/music?xrs=PPM-18-10caf1h|title=Country Music Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> Her later hits include "[[Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)]]", "[[You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)]]", "[[Fist City]]", and "[[Coal Miner's Daughter (song)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]".<ref name="Coal Miner's Daughter, p. 73">''Coal Miner's Daughter''. p. 73.</ref>

Lynn focused on women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses. Her music was inspired by issues she faced in her marriage. She increased the boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control ("[[The Pill (song)|The Pill]]"), repeated childbirth ("[[One's on the Way]]"), double standards for men and women ("[[Rated "X"|Rated 'X']]"), and being widowed by the draft during the [[Vietnam War]] ("Dear Uncle Sam").<ref>{{cite web|last=Thanki|first=Juli|title=20 Most Controversial Songs by Women|url=http://www.engine145.com/20-most-controversial-songs-by-women|publisher=Engine 145|access-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104144/http://www.engine145.com/20-most-controversial-songs-by-women/|archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref>

Country music radio stations often refused to play her music and in a 1987 interview she said eight of her songs had been banned.<ref>{{cite news
|url = https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2022-10-04/loretta-lynn-dead-at-90-was-unapologetic-in-our-1987-interview-ive-had-eight-of-my-songs-banned
|title = Loretta Lynn, dead at 90, was unapologetic in our 1987 interview: 'I've had eight of my songs banned!'|date = October 4, 2022|accessdate = October 6, 2022|first1= George |last1=Varga |newspaper = [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref>

Her bestselling 1976 autobiography, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', was made into an [[Academy Award]]–winning [[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|film with the same title]] in 1980, starring [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]]. Spacek won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her role as Lynn. Lynn's album ''[[Van Lear Rose]]'', released in 2004, was produced by the [[alternative rock]] musician [[Jack White]]. Lynn and White were nominated for five Grammys and won two.<ref name="47th Grammy">{{cite web|title=2004 GRAMMY WINNERS{{!}}47th Annual GRAMMY Awards|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/47th-annual-grammy-awards|website=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=October 11, 2022|date=January 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/12/loretta-lynn-love-is-the-foundation.html|title=Loretta Lynn – Love Is The Foundation|access-date=October 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116142209/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/12/loretta-lynn-love-is-the-foundation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lynn received numerous awards in country and American music. She was inducted into the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 1983, the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1988, and the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2008. She was honored in 2010 at the [[Academy of Country Music|Country Music Awards]]. She was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/presidential-medal-of-freedom-honors-diverse-group-of-americans/2013/11/20/7651bcdc-5190-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html|title=Presidential Medal of Freedom honors diverse group of Americans|last=Branigin|first=William|date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 17, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Lynn was a member of the [[The Grand Ole Opry|Grand Ole Opry]] since joining on September 25, 1962. Her debut appearance on the Grand Ole Opry was on October 15, 1960. Lynn recorded 70 albums including 54 studio albums, 15 compilation albums, and a tribute album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discography|url=http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?page_id=499|publisher=LorettaLynn.com|access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=self-published source|date=November 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/613260c3-d620-4645-94cd-33cd55f29b1e/releases|title=Loretta Lynn – Releases – MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>