When Loretta Lynn sang 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' she was living every word of the lyrics. Lynn, born in Kentucky's Butcher Hollow in 1932, grew up as the poorest of the poor. The community around her was completely dependent on the local coal mining industry, and her whole family lived in a tiny cabin. Singing and music became her route to escapism. It started with singing in front of the local congregation in her church. It ended with over 50 million records sold.
Such is the extent of Lynn's stardom that a biographical movie about her - also titled 'Coal Miner's Daughter' - was released in 1980. Among her other claims to fame are being the only country music artist to chart in six different decades, and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Even now, in her late 80s, you can still sometimes find her performing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.