On This Day March 7 1980 - The Coal Miners Daughter Soundtrack Was Released

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Pete

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On This Day: March 7 1980 The Coal Miners Daughter Soundtrack Was Released.

On this day March 7 1980 the soundtrack for The Coal Miners Daughter was released featuring music from the biographical film about country legend Loretta Lynn. The album included performances by Sissy Spacek who portrayed Lynn in the movie as well as classic country songs from artists like Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb.

The soundtrack reached number 40 on the Billboard charts and climbed to number two on the Country Albums chart. Sissy Spacek’s vocal performance was widely praised adding...
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