Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits

Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Loretta Lynn
Released	1968
Genre	Country
Label	Decca
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Fist City (1968) Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits (1968) Who Says God Is Dead! (1968)

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Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits is a 1968 compilation album of American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn's biggest hits from 1962 to 1967.

This was Lynn's first Greatest Hits album under Decca and she would end up recording two major ones for the label. The album consisted of 11 tracks, containing Lynn's biggest hits between 1962 and 1966, starting with her first hit single, "Success", which went to #6. The album's other highlight songs include, "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", which went to #2 in 1966, as well her first #1 Country hit "Don't Come Home A' - Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind". Most of Lynn's early hits between 1962 and 1965 are on this album including "Wine, Women, and Song", "Happy Birthday", and "Blue Kentucky Girl", none of which were written by Lynn herself.

The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1968 and did not chart on the Billboard 200. The album became Lynn's second album to receive a "Gold" rating by the RIAA, which is awarded to an album that has solo 500,000 copies or more.

Track listing

1. "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" - 2:06 (Lynn, Wells)
2. "Before I'm Over You" - 2:30 (Perry)
3. "If You're Not Gone too Long" - 2:36 (Ballman)
4. "Dear Uncle Sam" - 2:14 (Lynn)
5. "The Other Woman" - 2:26 (Perry)
6. "Wine, Women, and Song" - 2:02 (Perry)
7. "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" - 2:11 (Lynn)
8. "Blue Kentucky Girl" - 2:27 (Mullins)
9. "Success" - 2:36 (Mullins)
10. "The Home You're Tearin' Down" - 2:44 (Perry)
11. "Happy Birthday" - 2:03 (Kitson)

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

References

Loretta Lynn
Studio albums	Loretta Lynn Sings Before I'm Over You Songs from My Heart Blue Kentucky Girl I Like 'Em Country You Ain't Woman Enough Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Singin' with Feelin' Fist City Your Squaw Is on the Warpath Woman of the World / To Make a Man Wings Upon Your Horns Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em Coal Miner's Daughter I Wanna Be Free You're Lookin' At Country One's on the Way Here I Am Again Entertainer of the Year - Loretta Love Is the Foundation They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy Back to the Country Home When the Tingle Becomes a Chill Somebody Somewhere I Remember Patsy Out of My Head and Back in My Bed We've Come a Long Way Baby Loretta Lookin' Good I Lie Making Love from Memory Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You Just a Woman Who Was That Stranger Still Country Van Lear Rose Full Circle
Gospel albums	Hymns Who Says God Is Dead! God Bless America Again
Collaborations	Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again If We Put Our Heads Together Honky Tonk Angels
Compilation albums	A Country Christmas Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II All-Time Greatest Hits
Related topics	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Conway Twitty Crystal Gayle Decca Records MCA Records Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Coal Miner's Daughter Still Woman Enough
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