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Lynn took on motherhood but didn't forget her talent in the music world. She sang at clubs and had a backup band that her brother was also a part of. She was finally noticed in 1959 and signed with Zero Records. She released 'I'm a Honky Tonk Girl' a year later and it was an automatic hit. Lynn and her husband publicized the single at radio stations all around, and it reached the top 20s on the charts. The Wilburn Brothers then asked Lynn to join them on tour, and she moved to Nashville. She then signed with Decca where she worked with the producer of Patsy Cline.

She released 'Success' two years later and it went to the top of the charts as the first of her top singles. In 1966, she released 'You Ain't Woman Enough' and for the first time in country music, a feminist voice was heard. She followed with 'Don't Come Home A-Drinkin,' 'Your Squaw Is on the Warpath' in 1968, 'Women of the World' in 1969 and 'The Pill' in 1974. In 1972 she was the first female ever to win Entertainer Of the Year.

Lynn joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1962, where she met Ernest Tubb and Patsy Cline. Within four years, she had thirteen hits and four number ones. She began to collaborate with Conway Twitty in the early 1970s and they had a handful of number ones, including 'After the Fire is Gone', 'Lead Me On', 'Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man', and 'As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone'. CMA awarded the two with Vocal Duo of the Year four times in a row.