Years Active: 1960s-1980s; Top Female Country Singers of the 70s 8. Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton is a country music superstar known for her songwriting, voice, and larger-than-life personality.

Discover some of the amazing female country music singers you should add to your playlist ... Loretta Lynn became famous in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like Coal Miner’s Daughter, ...

The 1960s and ’70s were a particularly noteworthy time for this, with icons like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton proving how women were not just singers, but powerful songwriters as well.

From 1960s classics to 21st Century hits, ... Here, we look at some of country music’s top male-female duets over the years. These picks range from 1960s classics to 21st century hits, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female singer-songwriter in country music history, has died.She was 90. Lynn ...

Speaking up, singing out. Lynn's rise in the 1960s took place when country music appeared tied to conservative politics. It was a time when Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee," with its attacks ...