Released December, 1963 Release date December 1963 Genre Country music | Artist Loretta Lynn Label Decca Records | |
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Loretta Lynn Sings
(1963) Before I'm Over You
(1964) Producers Owen Bradley, Jay Lee Webb Similar Loretta Lynn albums, Country music albums | ||
Loretta Lynn Sings is the debut album by American country singer, Loretta Lynn.
Contents
Released in 1963, Loretta Lynn Sings was the first studio album effort for Loretta Lynn. The album was released by Decca Records, her first album since signing with the label in 1962. The album featured Lynn's first hit, released the previous year, "Success", which became a Top 10 hit. It also included her debut single off the label, "World of Forgotten People", a self-penned song by Lynn. The album consists of 12 tracks, three of which were Loretta Lynn compositions, which included "Girl That I Am Now" and "Hundred Proof Heartache". The album also included some cover versions of prior Country hits by other artists, including "Lonesome 7-7203" by Hawkshaw Hawkins and "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens.
Track listing
- "Success" (John Mullins)
- "The Minute You're Gone" (Jimmy Gateley)
- "The Other Woman" (Betty Sue Perry)
- "Alone with You" (Roy Drusky, Lester Vanadore)
- "Why I'm Walking" (Melvin Endsley, Stonewall Jackson)
- "The Girl That I Am Now" (Lynn)
- "Act Naturally" (Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell)
- "The World of Forgotten People" (Lynn)
- "The Color of the Blues" (George Jones, Lawton Williams)
- "Hundred Proof Heartache" (Lynn)
- "I Walked Away from the Wreck" (Cindy Walker)
- "Lonesome 7-7203" (Justin Tubb)
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Success2:37
2The Minute You’re Gone2:30
3The Other Woman2:26