LORETTA LYNN - LYNN TO BE HONOURED BY MUSIC COLLEGE

LYNN TO BE HONOURED BY MUSIC COLLEGE

Country music star LORETTA LYNN is to be honoured by Berklee College of Music in Boston. The 72-year-old singer will be awarded an honorary doctorate for her contribution to contemporary music at a ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday (17MAR07). Lynn has also been praised for penning lyrics about real-life situations facing women across the world. She explains, "You put out a song that isn't life, nobody is going to care for it, because if nobody is living that life, how are you going to sell a record if it's just RING AROUND THE ROSIE? "You know, you've got to put your whole heart into a song, and that's what I did with every song that I wrote." DUKE ELLINGTON, ARETHA FRANKLIN and BONNIE RAITT have been past recipients of honorary doctorates from the college.