World of Forgotten People
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| "World of Forgotten People" | ||||
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| Single by Loretta Lynn | ||||
| from the album Loretta Lynn Sings | ||||
| B-side | "Get Set for a Heartache" | |||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Recorded | February 5, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Columbia, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
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| Length | 2:00 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Loretta Lynn | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"World of Forgotten People" is a song written and originally recorded by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in 1962 via Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was among Lynn's first single releases in her career and would be the start of a series of single releases during her career.
By 1962, Loretta Lynn had two major hits as a recording artist. In 1961, she had signed with Decca Records where she had her first top ten hit, "Success". At Decca, producer Owen Bradley took notice of Lynn as both a singer and a songwriter. With the encouragement of Bradley and The Wilburn Brothers (who also encouraged her career at this time), Lynn began recording more of her own material.[2] This included "World of Forgotten People". Lynn cut the track in her second studio session with Bradley as her producer. It was recorded on February 5, 1962 at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Lynn also cut two additional sides at the same session: "The Other Woman" and "A Hundred Proof Heartache". "World of Forgotten People" was her only self-penned song recorded at the session. The song was Lynn's second composition to be recorded with Decca.[3] Lynn is accompanied on this recording, as she was on most of her recordings, by the background vocal group The Jordanaires,