Loretta Lynn's Classic 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Gets Beautiful Cover

Check out this beautiful cover of the Loretta Lynn classic, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter.’ The singer in the video is Rebecca Lynn Howard, and she is singing her rendition of this song live on Larry's Country Diner Season 9. What an impressive cover this is!

‘Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughter
In a cabin, on a hill in Butcher Holler
We were poor but we had love, that's the one thing that daddy made sure of
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar’

Rebecca Lynn Howard is an American country music artist who sounds fantastic singing and playing along with the band to ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter.’ This classic song was written and recorded by singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn and released as a single in 1970. The song tells the story of Loretta Lynn’s coal-mining father in rural Kentucky during the Great Depression and describes her childhood and the circumstances in which she was raised during those years. 

‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ became Loretta Lynn’s signature song and hit the number one spot on the Billboard country chart. It was also released later on an album of the same name.

After listening to Rebecca Lynn Howard’s cover of ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ many people online only had positive things to say about her performance.

“Amazing cover all the way around! Have always loved Loretta and this song. You all nailed it!” comments one person on YouTube after watching the music video.

As for Rebecca Lynn Howard’s music history, she has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released three studio albums. Her highest-charting single is ‘Forgive’, which peaked at No. 12 on the country music charts in 2002. Rebecca Lynn Howard is also a founding member of the country-rock group Loving Mary.

We hope that you enjoyed listening to Rebecca Lynn Howard’s rendition of ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ today!

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