"a crime, a theme Apted has returned to several times. In 1979 he directed the Hollywood-financed ""Agatha"", featuring Vanessa Redgrave. The majority of Apted's feature films since then have been based around a female protagonist. He went to the United States in 1980, where he directed ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", which received seven Academy Award nominations, winning best actress for Sissy Spacek. Both Spacek and Loretta Lynn, the subject of the film, have said that they believe Apted's outsider point of view was crucial to the movie's success in securing the participation of Appalachian residents and to the avoidance of stereotypes"
"name was also released in 1970, and despite the fact that the title track was the lone single, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" became quite successful. ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" served as the name of Lynn's 1976 autobiography, ""Coal Miner's Daughter: The Autobiography"", which Lynn co-wrote. The song title also served as the name of Lynn's 1980 biographical motion picture on her life, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"". The movie starred actress Sissy Spacek as Lynn and Tommy Lee Jones as Lynn's husband. The film's soundtrack featured Spacek singing all of Lynn's hits sung in the movie, including ""Coal Miner's Daughter"". ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" helped"
"appearances as themselves. A film on Lynn's life was intended to be made since the release of the biography. Production for the film began on March 1979 and Lynn herself chose Spacek to portray her on screen after seeing a photograph of her, despite being unfamiliar with her films. The film's featured all Lynn's hit singles which were all sung by Spacek, as well as Patsy Cline's ""Sweet Dreams"" sung by D'Angelo. The soundtrack reached the top 40 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 and sold over 500,000 copies, thus being certified gold by the RIAA. ""Coal Miner's Daughter"""
"describing how ""Country"" she is by saying she loves running through corn fields and singing a country hymn. She later goes on to say, ""if you're lookin' at me, you're lookin' at country"", which is the ultimate summary of the song. The song grew quite a response from listeners, and has been said to be one of Lynn's signature songs. In the 1980 motion picture biography of Lynn, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", Sissy Spacek (who plays Loretta) sings ""You're Lookin' At Country"" during a concert twice in the film. Spacek sang Lynn's hits herself, and later won her an Academy Award"
"on the Way""), double standards for men and women (""Rated 'X'""), and being widowed by the draft during the Vietnam War (""Dear Uncle Sam""). Country music radio stations often refused to play her music, banning nine of her songs, but Lynn pushed on to become one of country music's legendary artists. She and contemporaries like Tammy Wynette provided a template for female country music artists to follow. Her best-selling 1976 autobiography, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", was made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same title in 1980, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, with Spacek winning the Academy Award"
"called the story of ""Honky Tonk Girl""'s promotion ""astonishing"". Kurt Wolff of the book ""Country Music: The Rough Guide"" commented that the Lynn's ""adopted a grassroots approach"" when releasing the single. Various music artists have covered ""I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"". Actress Sissy Spacek recorded a version of ""Honky Tonk Girl"" for Lynn's 1980 film biopic ""Coal Miner's Daughter"". Spacek also appears in the film performing the song. In 1982 British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello included a cover version of the song on his 1982 extended play release ""I'm Your Toy"". American country artist Lee Ann Womack recorded the song for"
"image, overwork, and trying to keep her marriage and family together cause Loretta a nervous breakdown, which she suffers onstage at the beginning of a concert. After a year off at her ranch, in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, Loretta goes back on the road, returning to establish herself as the ""First Lady of Country Music."" The film closes with Loretta recounting the story of her life through her 1970 hit song, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", to a sold-out audience. Lynn personally chose Spacek to portray her, making the decision based on a photograph of the actress despite being unfamiliar with her films,"
"her to the attention of Nashville producer Owen Bradley, who signed Lynn to Decca Records in 1961. Under the new label, Lynn would become one of the most successful female country artists of the decade. The song was brought to international attention in Lynn's Academy Award-winning biopic ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980). The film specifically-chronicled how the Lynn's self-promoted ""I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"" by traveling to individual radio stations and convincing programmers to play the record. Critics and writers have since described its promotion with praise. Robert K. Oermann of ""Finding Her Voice: The History of Women in Country Music"""
"the Billboard Country Chart in 1970, and the album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" tells the story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. The song became her first single to chart on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at No. 83. She had a series of singles that charted low on the Hot 100 between 1970 and 1975. The song ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" later served as the impetus for the best-selling autobiography (1976) and the Oscar-winning biopic, both of which share the song's title. In 1973 ""Rated ""X"""" peaked at No. 1"
"Sissy Spacek Mary Elizabeth ""Sissy"" Spacek (; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award. Born and raised in Texas, Spacek initially aspired a career as a singer. In 1968, using the name ""Rainbo,"" she recorded a single, ""John, You've Gone Too Far This Time. Sales of her music sputtered, however, and she was dropped from her record label. She"
"nobody. I love these people"", she told Toadvine. In 1979, she became the spokesperson for Procter & Gamble's Crisco oil and did TV commercials and print ads for them for a decade, ending in 1989. 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 win this honor. On March 5, 1980, the film ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" debuted in Nashville and soon became the No. 1 box office hit in the United States. Lynn crossed over from country music superstar to American"
"Milsap, Eddie Rabbitt, and Linda Ronstadt were some of the other artists who also found success on both the country and pop charts with their records as well. The most successful of the female artist in the 1970s was Loretta Lynn, releasing her best selling album ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" in 1970. She gained a total of seven number one albums, and 20 number one hit singles including her biggest hit single, 1970s ""Coal Miner's Daughter,"" which went on to sell more than 500,000 copies to date. Several of Lynn's siblings gained national recording contracts, and it was her youngest sister,"
"series ""Bloodline"" (2015-2017). Since 2018, she stars as Ruth Deaver on Hulu's psychological horror web series ""Castle Rock"". As a singer, Spacek sang all of the Lynn's songs for the which garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and released a studio album ""Hangin' Up My Heart"" (1983). The album was critically well received and peaked at no. 17 on ""Billboard"" Top Country Albums. Spacek was born on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances (née Spilman; December 18, 1917 – November 10, 1981) and Edwin Arnold Spacek Sr."
"Free"" in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outside. Studio albums Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as ""You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"", ""Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"", ""One's on the Way"", ""Fist City"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in"
"Coal Miner's Daughter (song) ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" is an autobiographical 1969 country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn. Released in 1970, the song became Lynn's signature song, one of the genre's most widely known songs, and provided the basis for both her autobiography and a movie on her life. ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" tells the story of her life growing up ""in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler"", while her father, Melvin ""Ted"" Webb, worked all night in the Van Lear coal mine. The song depicts the real story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky,"
"Daughter"" profiled the life of Loretta Lynn (with Sissy Spacek in the lead role), while Willie Nelson also had a series of acting credits. Dolly Parton had much success in the 1980s, with several leading movie roles, two No. 1 albums and 13 number one hits, and having many successful tours. Others who had been around for a while and continued to have great success were Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Hank Williams Jr. and Tammy Wynette. Music history of the United States in the 1980s Popular music of the United States in the 1980s"
"Hangin' Up My Heart Hangin' Up My Heart is the 1983 debut album of actress Sissy Spacek. The album produced three singles: ""Lonely but Only for You"", which reached number 15 on Hot Country Songs, along with ""If I Can Just Get Through the Night"" and ""If You Could Only See Me Now"". An uncredited review in ""People"" magazine said that Spacek's ""vocals are amazingly strong and sensuous"". The reviewer also called it an ""auspicious showing by an Oscar-winning actress who has a natural feel for this genre"". Keith Tuber of ""Orange Coast"" magazine was also positive, writing that the"
"Sissy Spacek as the farm wife because of her performance in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" and her home on a farm in near Charlottesville, Virginia. Rydell said, ""She is the consummate American rural young woman, with strength and fiber and a luminous quality."" Mel Gibson begged Rydell to let him play the Tennessee farmer who reminded him of his father, but the director was reluctant because of Gibson’s Australian accent. Before Gibson left for England to film ""The Bounty"", he begged Rydell not to cast the part yet. Rydell recalled, ""He came back to my house in Los Angeles and started"
"title track ""erases the initial feelings of mistrust, the kind that accompanies any singing work from a professional actress"". Tuber also praised Rodney Crowell's production. Hangin' Up My Heart Hangin' Up My Heart is the 1983 debut album of actress Sissy Spacek. The album produced three singles: ""Lonely but Only for You"", which reached number 15 on Hot Country Songs, along with ""If I Can Just Get Through the Night"" and ""If You Could Only See Me Now"". An uncredited review in ""People"" magazine said that Spacek's ""vocals are amazingly strong and sensuous"". The reviewer also called it an ""auspicious"
"but given a human being to play, given a director concerned with acting, she makes that woman exist. She sings the songs herself, nicely, and she has mastered the Appalacian accent."" Spacek also was nominated for a Grammy Award for her singing on the film's soundtrack album. She followed this with her own country album, ""Hangin' Up My Heart"" (1983); the album spawned one hit single, ""Lonely But Only For You"", a song written by K. T. Oslin, which reached No. 15 on the Billboard Country chart. In the film ""Heart Beat"" (1980), Spacek played Carolyn Cassady, who slipped (under"
"the album the second best of 2004. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album of the Year. Late in 2010, Sony Music released a new album, titled """", featuring stars like Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Paramore, and Carrie Underwood performing Loretta's classic hits over the past 50 years. The CD produced a Top 10 music video hit on GAC with the lead single, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", that Lynn recorded with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow. The single cracked the Billboard singles chart making Lynn the only female Country artist to chart in six decades. In May 2010 Lynn"
"Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as ""You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"", ""Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"", ""One's on the Way"", ""Fist City"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music"
"legend. The film starred Sissy Spacek as Loretta and Tommy Lee Jones as Mooney Lynn. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress Oscar for Spacek and a slew of other top honors, including a gold album for the soundtrack album, a Grammy nomination for Spacek's singing as Lynn, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards, plus several Golden Globe awards. The 1980s featured more hits: (""Pregnant Again"", ""Naked in the Rain"", and ""Somebody Led Me Away""). Her 1980 and 1981 albums ""Loretta"" and ""Lookin' Good"" spawned these hits. Lynn was the first woman in"
"a more expansive vocal palette than she’s displayed in the past"". The EP has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, ""People Magazine"", and on Perez Hilton's popular website. Rissi Palmer Rissi Palmer (born August 19, 1981) is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single ""Country Girl"", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. ""Country Girl"" peaked at No. 54 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 59"
"Rissi Palmer Rissi Palmer (born August 19, 1981) is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single ""Country Girl"", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. ""Country Girl"" peaked at No. 54 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 59 hit ""Hold on to Me"". Also in 2008, Palmer covered ""No Air"", an R&B hit originally performed by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. Palmer was born in Sewickley, a suburb"
"Beverly D'Angelo Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress and singer, who starred as Ellen Griswold in the ""National Lampoon's Vacation"" films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as Patsy Cline in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980), and for an Emmy Award for her role as Stella Kowalski in the TV film ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (1984). Her other film roles include Sheila Franklin in ""Hair"" (1979) and Doris Vinyard in ""American History X"" (1998). D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of"
"the home of the legendary country music entertainer Loretta Lynn and her family. Loretta Lynn currently owns the entire historic district, with the exception of the public cemetery. The unincorporated Hurricane Mills community, including most of the resources in this historic district, has been used as a background set in numerous entertainment productions, including country music videos, television commercials and specials, and country music album covers. Hurricane Mills was also featured prominently in the Oscar-winning movie ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980). Hurricane Mills has been a popular site for outdoor recreation for the local community since its establishment; however, this property,"
"wrote the iconic ""True Blue""), Lee Kernaghan (whose hits include ""Boys from the Bush"" and ""The Outback Club""), Gina Jeffreys, Forever Road and Sara Storer. In the United States, Olivia Newton-John, Sherrié Austin and Keith Urban have attained great success. During her time as a country singer in the 1970s, Newton-John became the first (and to date only) non-American winner of the Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year which many considered a controversial decision by the CMA; after starring in the rock-and-roll musical film ""Grease"" in 1978, Newton-John (mirroring the character she played in the film)"
"appeared in a string of hit movies in the late 1970,s including ""Every Which Way But Loose"", ""Hair"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", the last earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Patsy Cline. She won a Country Music Association award for Album of the Year. Her biggest break came in 1983 starring with Chevy Chase in ""National Lampoon's Vacation"" in the role of Ellen Griswold. She reprised this role in four ""Vacation"" sequels and a short film between 1985 and 2015. In the 1980s she starred in many other major comedy films; in"
"Cincinnati and enrolled because, as he says, ""I had always liked movies."" One year later, he began acting professionally in plays and television commercials. In 1980, he landed his first role in a major motion picture, playing Bobby Day the DJ in the Academy Award-winning ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones. Elkins has appeared in other movies and television productions through the years, including ""Tattered Angel"" with Lynda Carter and Sandra Seacat, and ""The Pennsylvania Miners' Story"" on ABC Television. In 2003, he received the award for Best Actor in the Dublin Film and Music Festival"
"#32. On the 2010 CMA Awards Loretta Lynn was honored for her 50-year career and the three women performed ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" on the awards telecast. Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn is a tribute album compiled by various music artists that is dedicated to country music icon Loretta Lynn. It was released in the United States on November 9, 2010 through Columbia Records. The release celebrates Lynn's 50th anniversary in the music industry. The album features cover songs from Lynn's back catalogue by various artists, including a duet on"
"Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1996. Patsy Montana Ruby Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song ""I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"", and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ruby Blevins (she added an ""e"" to Ruby in her late teens) was born in Beaudry, Arkansas and grew up near Hope. She had ten siblings, all of them boys, However, two died early"
"provide a better understanding of Lynn, and led to the widespread fascination with her life story. The song was listed at No. 185 on RIAA's list of ""Songs of the Century"" and was also listed in 2003's TV special at No. 13 on ""CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music"". In 2010 the Library of Congress put ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" on the National Recording Registry. Few singers have released cover versions of Lynn's hit, as it is a biographical song about Lynn's life. However, there have been several karaoke sing-along versions made in the past ten years. The most famous"