Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1970 album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...

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The album's title track was the only single released and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart in late 1970. The song, about the upbringing of Lynn's life made the song her signature song and also made this album very popular. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #81 on the Billboard 200. The album sold a number of copies, and was eventually certified "Gold" by the RIAA for selling 500,000 copies. The album became Lynn's third album to be certified "Gold" by the RIAA. This would be one of Lynn's most successful-selling albums of her career. The album's name would be used for the name of Lynn's best-selling autobiography as well as the 1980 Oscar-winning movie starring Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek is an American actress and singer. She came to international prominence for her for role as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination...

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Although the song, book, and movie are reflections on Lynn's upbringing, the album of the same name is different. Besides the hit single, Lynn wrote two additional songs for this album, including "What Makes Me Tick". Many of the album's 11 tracks consist of 70s hit singles by other artists, including Ray Price

Ray Price (musician)

Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...

's "For the Good Times" and "Snowbird" by Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

. The album was later re-released on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

, after the company bought Decca.

Track listing

1. "Coal Miner's Daughter
   Coal Miner's Daughter (song)
   "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an autobiographical 1969 country music song written, released and made famous 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...
   
   " (Loretta Lynn) – 2:48
2. "Hello Darlin'" (Conway Twitty
   Conway Twitty
   Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
   
   ) – 2:22
3. "The Less of Me" (Glen Campbell
   Glen Campbell
   Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
   
   ) – 2:11
4. "Any One, Any Worse, Any Where" (Lorene Allen , Lynn) – 2:44
5. "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson
   Kris Kristofferson
   Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
   
   ) – 3:15
6. "The Man of the House" (Larry Brinkley, Lee McAlphin) – 2:47
7. "What Makes Me Tick" (Lynn) – 2:00
8. "Another Man Loved Me Last Night" (Lorenne Allen, Peggy Sue Wells) – 2:32
9. "It'll Be Open Season on You" (Charlie Aldridge) – 2:39
10. "Too Far" (Marty Robbins
    Marty Robbins
    Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
    
    ) – 3:10
11. "Snowbird
    Snowbird (song)
    "Snowbird" is a song by the Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers , it is best known through Anne Murray's 1970 version, which launched her into a long career of international exposure. It was a #2 hit on Canada's pop chart and went to #1 on both the...
    
    " (Gene MacLellan) – 2:22

Certifications/sales

{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Certification
(thresholds)
! Sales
|-
| United States
| Gold
| 1,000,000

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|Country Albums
|align="left"|4
|-
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|81
|-
|}

Singles - Billboard (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1970
|align="left" rowspan="2"|"Coal Miner's Daughter"
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|1
|-
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|83
|-
|}