And other albums from Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn are available on sale at. 4) at age 90, Billboard looks back at a few of her notable collabs. As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone from Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn (1974) (7inch). If I happen to think I’m singing a line and I’m not giving it my all, I’ll stop and say, ‘Hey, let’s do this over.’ And he does the same thing.'”Īlong the way, Lynn brought that same competitive and collaborative spirit to similarly notable duets with Jack White on her Grammy-winning Van Lear Rose, as well as work with artists including Ernest Tubb, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, Randy Travis, George Jones, Tanya Tucker and more.įollowing the news of Lynn’s passing on Tuesday (Oct. Twitty always wanted to record country music andbeginning in 1965he did just that. “We each try to sing better than the other… we really fight for the feel that we want. “I think when me and Conway walk in to record we try to outdo each other,” Lynn told journalist Alanna Nash during an interview for Nash’s book Behind Closed Doors.

They were named the Country Music Association’s vocal duo of the year from 1972 through 1975, and their duets such as “Lead Me On,” “After the Fire Is Gone” and “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” earned them Grammy recognition. 1 songs Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. Together, Twitty and Lynn earned five No. While many of those hits included Lynn’s solo recordings such as “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” and “Rated ‘X’,” Lynn was also half of one of the most well-known duos in country music, with the phrase “Conway and Loretta” mentioned alongside a lengthy list of country music’s power duos, including Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, and Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and a forebear to frequent duet partners including Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, as well as Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.

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