Blue Kentucky Girl is a 1965 studio album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

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The album was released off of Decca Records in 1965 and was Lynn's third studio album of the year and her fourth solo album up to that point. The album's title track was the song's only single and peaked in the Top 10 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1965. The album released 12 studio tracks. Four of these tracks were written or co-written by Lynn herself or with another songwriter. Lynn's own compositions at the time were not released as singles yet until Lynn was given more control on what she could record on her albums. The album included cover versions of previous Country hits, Connie Smith

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's "Then and Only Then" and Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

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's "I Still Miss Someone". The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1965.

Track listing

1. "Blue Kentucky Girl" - (John Mullins)
2. "Then and Only Then" - (Bill Anderson)
3. "I Still Miss Someone
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4. "Night Girl" - (Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)
5. "Love's Been Here and Gone" - (Lynn, Wilburn)
6. "Farther to Go" - (Lynn)
7. "The Race Is On" - (Don Rollins)
8. "I Won't Forget You" - (Harlan Howard
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9. "Two Steps Forward" - (Lynn)
10. "Send Me a Pillow That You Dream on" - (Hank Locklin
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11. "Beginning of the End" - (Betty Sue Perry)
12. "Today" - (Hank Thompson
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Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1965	Country Albums	14
1965	Pop Albums	N/A

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1965	"Blue Kentucky Girl"	Country Singles	7