Loretta Lynn

The first country feminist, Lynn developed a hard-hitting persona as the wife who stood no nonsense from her rivals or her husband. Her 1966 hit "You Ain't Woman Enough" exemplified her uncompromising honky tonk approach. She answered Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" in 1975 with the double-standard message song "The Pill," which was banned by several US radio stations. She also formed a successful alliance with Conway Twitty, scoring numerous duet hits. Lynn's bestselling autobiography, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, became a popular 1980 film, in which Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn.

• Brenda Lee
• Carl Smith (Country)
• Connie Smith
• Conway Twitty
• Dottie West
• Faron Young
• Hank Thompson
• Janis Martin (50's)
• Jim Reeves
• Lynn Anderson (Country)
• Maddox Brothers & Rose
• Tammy Wynette
• Wanda Jackson
• Webb Pierce

• Bill Monroe
• Ernest Tubb
• Jean Shepard (Country)
• Jimmie Rodgers (Country)
• Kitty Wells
• Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks
• Patsy Cline
• Roy Acuff
• The Carter Family
• Wilburn Brothers

• Barbara Mandrell
• Carlene Carter
• Crystal Gayle
• Dolly Parton
• Emmylou Harris
• Jeannie C. Riley
• Kelly Willis
• Lacy J. Dalton
• Laura Cantrell
• Lil' Mo & The Monicats
• Lucinda Williams
• Reba McEntire
• Rosie Flores
• Tanya Tucker
• Trisha Yearwood

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