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LORETTA LYNN'S LEGENDARY FIRST 45 FROM 1960
Although the instrumental intro is your average C&W fare
for early 1960, once you hear Loretta Lynn sing 'ever since
you left me I've done nothing but wrong' you know you're in
for something special. If you're not completely hooked by
the time you've heard her push those blue notes in the second
line 'many nights I've laid awake and cried' then you'd better
check your pulse.
I'm A Honky Tonk Girl was a startlingly good
debut from one of the Queens of Country Music, recorded for
the tiny little Zero label, originally based in Vancouver.
If you've seen the movie 'Coal Miner's Daughter', you'll know
the story of Loretta and her husband Mooney driving the dusty
US highways, taking that record to every big and little radio
station they could find, finally landing the # 14 spot on
the Billboard C&W chart.
Here's a scarce Canadian Sparton issue of that great 45
- heard on the June 9/08 edition of RRR.
Click here for a
short sound sample of this legendary record.
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