1970s: Lynn Forms a Professional Partnership with Conway Twitty
In 1971, Lynn and Conway Twitty began a professional partnership that yielded numerous number-one hits, including the Grammy-winning “After the Fire Is Gone,” “Lead Me On,” “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,” “As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone” and “Feelins’.” She became the first woman to be nominated for and win the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1972. Four years later, Lynn released her best-selling autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter. In 1977, she recorded a tribute album, I Remember Patsy, dedicated to her friend Patsy Cline, who lost her life in a plane crash in 1963.