Everything about Loretta Lynn‘s 1971 classic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” centered around her coal miner father Melvin Theodore “Ted” Webb (1906-1959). The song centers around the hardships Lynn faced growing up as the daughter of a coal miner in Kentucky and the pride she had for her upbringing. Years after the release of her classic album, […]
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