On This Day in 1966, Loretta Lynn Scored Her First No. 1 Album With a Record Inspired by a Real-Life Love Triangle

On 14 November 1966, Loretta Lynn’s album *You Ain’t Woman Enough* reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart for the first time in her career. The record’s direct, self-assured songs challenged the image of the demure Southern belle and helped establish the style of forthright country hits she would later become known for.

The title song was inspired by a woman Lynn met backstage, who told her another woman was trying to take her husband. After seeing the couple in the audience, Lynn came up with the song’s famous line and wrote it in about 10 minutes. The album displaced Ray Price’s *Another Bridge to Burn* for two weeks; its title track reached No. 2 on the country songs chart, becoming Lynn’s eighth Top 10 single.