The Darkest Day

"The Darkest Day"
Single by Loretta Lynn
B-side"Gonna Pack My Troubles"
ReleasedMay 1961 (1961-05)
Recorded1960
StudioWestern Recorders
Genre
Length2:20
LabelZero
Songwriter(s)Loretta Lynn
Producer(s)Don Grashey
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues"
(1960)
"The Darkest Day"
(1961)
"I Walked Away from the Wreck"
(1961)

"The Darkest Day" is a song written and originally recorded by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released as her third single in her career and was issued on the Zero Records label. The song was later re-recorded by Lynn in 1966 for the album You Ain’t Woman Enough, and also again for her 2018 album Wouldn’t It Be Great.

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