1965 Songs: Blue Kentucky Girl
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (73003)
United States
April 2, 2025 10:56am CST
Oops, country music time. Sorry, Linda. 
But sixty years ago, that was all I listened to. That probably explains why these music countdowns are so weird. 
Back to 1965 for a name that everyone knows, even if they don’t know the song.
Blue Kentucky Girl - Loretta Lynn
I’m gonna shock the daylights out of you. Loretta, a Kentucky girl, did not write this. Johnny Mullins did. He also wrote one of her earliest recordings, “Success,” as well as Porter Wagoner’s first hit, “Company’s Comin’.” He got to live quite well on the success of those three songs.
In 1965 Loretta was just hitting her stride. Give her five more years and she’d be the face of country music for people who didn’t even like country music. Even now, that’s true of her legacy.
Blue Kentucky Girl
Written by Johnny Mullins
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
From Blue Kentucky Girl, 1965
I need no diamond rings:
But sixty years ago, that was all I listened to. That probably explains why these music countdowns are so weird. Back to 1965 for a name that everyone knows, even if they don’t know the song.
Blue Kentucky Girl - Loretta Lynn
I’m gonna shock the daylights out of you. Loretta, a Kentucky girl, did not write this. Johnny Mullins did. He also wrote one of her earliest recordings, “Success,” as well as Porter Wagoner’s first hit, “Company’s Comin’.” He got to live quite well on the success of those three songs.
In 1965 Loretta was just hitting her stride. Give her five more years and she’d be the face of country music for people who didn’t even like country music. Even now, that’s true of her legacy.
Blue Kentucky Girl
Written by Johnny Mullins
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
From Blue Kentucky Girl, 1965
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8 responses
@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
22h
I know, she was just the best. I could do nothing but weep for joy when I saw her and she sang “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
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@AmbiePam (96768)
• United States
22h
@FourWalls I would have felt like it was almost surreal. I just think so highly of her.
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@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
15h
@AmbiePam — that is how I felt. Same thing with Gordon Lightfoot. It’s the notion that I’m breathing the same air as they are for a couple of hours.
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@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
22h
Be honest, do you know her version or Emmylou’s?
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@RasmaSandra (83514)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20h
Of course I know Loretta but have not heard this song,
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@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
15h
Needless to say, it was a big hit in Kentucky.
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@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
15h
Can’t say enough good things about Loretta.
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@JordanLader (5772)
• Sparta, Tennessee
2 Apr
I love this song. I love Loretta lol.
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@FourWalls (73003)
• United States
22h
Glad you enjoy both of them. I can’t disagree with you.
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