Loretta Lynn celebrates 85th birthday in Nashville

You knew from the get-go that Loretta Lynn wasn't too keen on her landmark 85th birthday. "Don't sing 'Happy birthday,' " the country legend commanded her audience after her first four songs at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Friday. "This ain't my birthday.... You know I ain't but 26!" Lynn paused, perhaps to reassess reality. "Aw," she declared, "I could work any 26-year-old girl under the table any time." The capacity crowd roared, of course. They'd been invite...

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