Loretta Lynn Sings

Infobox Album
Name = Loretta Lynn Sings
Type = Album
Artist = Loretta Lynn


Released = 1963
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Decca
Producer = Owen Bradley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0jfyxqw5ld6e Link]
Last album =
This album = "Loretta Lynn Sings"
(1963)
Next album = "Before I'm Over You"
(1964)

"Loretta Lynn Sings" is the debut album by American country singer, Loretta Lynn.

Released in 1963, "Loretta Lynn Sings" was the first studio album effort for Loretta Lynn. The album was released by Decca Records, her first album since signing with the label in 1962. The album featured Lynn's first hit, released the previous year, "Success", which became a Top 10 hit. It also included her debut single off the label, "World of Forgotten People", a self-penned song by Lynn. The album consists of 12 tracks, three of which were Loretta Lynn compositions, which included "Girl That I Am Now" and "Hundred Proof Heartache". The album also included some cover versions of prior Country hits by other artists, including "Lonesome 7-7203" by Hawkshaw Hawkins and "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens.

Track listing

#"Success" - (Mullins)
#"The Minute You're Gone" - (Gateley)
#"The Other Woman" - (Perry)
#"Alone With You" - (Drusky, Vanadore)
#"Why I'm Walking" - (Endsley, Jackson)
#"The Girl That I Am Now" - (Lynn)
#"Act Naturally" - (Morrison, Russell)
#"The World of Forgotten People" - (Lynn)
#"The Color of the Blues" - (Jones, Williams)
#"Hundred Proof Heartache" - (Lynn)
#"I Walked Away from the Wreck" - (Walker)
#"Lonesome 7-7203" - (Tubb)

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)