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Loretta Lynn Morgan is an American country music singer. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all of whom are also country music singers. Morgan has been active as a singer since the age of 13, and charted her first single in 1979. She achieved her greatest success between 1988 and 1999, recording for RCA Records Nashville and the defunct BNA Records. Her first two RCA albums (Leave the Light On and Something in Red) and her BNA album Watch Me are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The 1995 compilation Reflections: Greatest Hits is her best-selling album with a double-platinum certification; War Paint, Greater Need, and Shakin' Things Up, also on BNA, are certified gold. Morgan has made over forty chart entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three number-one singles: "Five Minutes", "What Part of No", and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", along with eleven additional top-ten hits. Morgan has recorded in collaboration with her father, as well as Whitley, Randall, Kershaw, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Andy Williams, the New World Philharmonic, and Pam Tillis. She is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Morgan's musical style is defined largely by country pop influences and her dramatic singing voice, with frequent stylistic comparisons to Tammy Wynette.
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2017
A Nashville Christmas
Movie
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2012
Nashville
TV show Herself
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2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Movie Lorrie
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2011
Ghosts of Tennessee
Movie Herself
- 2007
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2004
Country Anthology Classics Volume 2
Movie (archive footage)
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2003
Soundstage
TV show
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1996
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
Movie Self
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1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV show Self
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1995
The Stranger Beside Me
Movie Nancy Halloran
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1991
Hot Country Nights
TV show
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1991
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV show Self
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1971
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
Movie Herself
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1967
CMA Awards
TV show Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self