Articles for tag: Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline

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Movie Review: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

Most biographical films have a “sticky-sweet taste of Hollywood” in them. They’ve been compressed, cleansed, and rearranged to fit within audience expectations and a two-hour time frame. Not so with A Coal Miner’s Daughter, the life story of country music legend Loretta Lynn. Its successful ability to shrug off the phoniness of Tinseltown, to speak ...

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Conway Twitty’s A Twismas Story Now Available on CD

For the first time in over a decade, Conway Twitty’s album A Twismas Story will be available for purchase on CD and digital format this holiday season beginning today, October 30, 2007. Conway Twitty’s 1983 album Merry Twismas, has been remixed and re-titled A Twismas Story and is ready for re-release on CD today, October ...

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Haunted America: The Ghosts of Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

Country music, Graceland, the Grand Ole Opry, tobacco fields and fabulous down-home southern food aren’t the only things that Tennessee is famous for. They also have a deep rich history of possessing some of the most spine tingling haunted mansions, plantations, historical buildings and highways in the south. In fact nobody, and no place are ...

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The Best Kids’ Attraction in and Around Nashville

Thinking of a vacation the entire family can enjoy? Why not consider Nashville as your destination? No matter the time of year, there are plenty of attractions and things to do in Music City. Here is just a sampling of what waits for you: Bell Witch Cave – The Lore of the Bell Witch has ...

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Top Ten Songs by Loretta Lynn

From humble origins in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Loretta Lynn soared to country music stardom with her voice and talents. As a singer, she is my personal favorite female country artist and of her many songs, the following ten are my top ten favorites. Number one on the list is her hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. This ...