NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female singer-songwriter in country music history, has died. She was 90.

Dawson was a native of Prince George’s County, Maryland, and he began playing the fiddle professionally when he was just ...

Loretta Lynn broke one of country music's highest glass ceilings on Oct. 16, 1972, when she became the first female artist to win Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards. The country icon was up ...

Zeke Dawson, who played fiddle in Loretta Lynn's band for nearly a decade passed away earlier this week. He was 84 years old.

The secret of Loretta Lynn, historians Mary Bufwack and Robert ... and woman-focused perspective transformed country music, resulting in 79 charting records, including 52 Top 10s and 16 No.

Loretta Lynn is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the early 1960s, when songs like "Success," "Before I'm Over You" and "Blue Kentucky Girl" landed her on the country music ...

Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, Lynn Massey, has passed away at the age of 64. Lynn was the daughter of the country music ...

During a time of cultural upheaval, country music reflects profound changes in American society. The feisty Loretta Lynn writes and performs songs that speak frankly on behalf of women.

Theirs is one of the longest marriages in country music — since 1971 — right behind Brenda Lee’s and Dolly Parton’s. Decca envisioned Gayle as a Loretta Lynn clone. It didn’t work.