Loretta Lynn's Tragic Real Life Story

Loretta Lynn wrote 14 songs that were, to varying degrees, banned from the radio because of their sensitive and controversial subject matter. The first song to offend the delicate feelings of mid-century American DJs was "Fist City," in which Lynn warns another woman that if she keeps pursuing her man, the other woman would get a right hook in the kisser. The tune, incidentally, was inspired by real-life events. While out on tour, Lynn learned her husband, Doo, was keeping company with a certain woman who had come to town just to pursue him. Loretta, furious, quickly traveled home to confront Doo, composing the song in her head as she drove.

"The Pill," her love letter to contraception and the freedom it gives the women who take it, also caused a stir in the country music community. So did "Rated X" (her exploration of divorce), and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (her repudiation of drunk sex), "One's on the Way" (arguably her most unapologetically feminist song to date), and "Wings Upon Your Horns" (a look at losing one's virginity through the lens of Christianity).

Loretta Lynn has always written songs about real life and real problems and authentic situations, and that has made a number of people uncomfortable. "Sometimes," she told the Wall Street Journal, "I write songs in a way where they can't play 'em."

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