Dolly Parton
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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and
appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her
country-singing career.
She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an
asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together.
In 1967 her singing caught the attention of
Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program,
The Porter Wagoner Show (1961).
She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and
she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and
sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame
had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still
recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist
in 1974.
Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous
Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). This
petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she
was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows before getting her
own, Dolly (1976).
In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal
Performance for her song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's movie debut was in
9 to 5 (1980), where she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title
tune, and also Grammy awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female
Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame
for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song
"Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a
$100 million media empire, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme
park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing.
She appeared as herself in the
Dolly (1987) TV series. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country
Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed
picture
Steel Magnolias (1989) with
Julia Roberts, and went on to
appear in 15 movies and TV-movies for the 1990s, and garnered more
more Country Music Association awards. In 2000, Dolly received her 5th
Grammy award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. She also released
a Bluegrass Album. Dolly is known for beautiful songs such as "Coat of
Many Colors," "Jolene," and "I Will Always Love You". Dolly said in
an interview, "My music is what took me everywhere I've been and
everywhere I will go. It's my greatest love. I can't abandon it. I'll
always keep making records."
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Known for
TV Series
- Soundtrack("The Last One to Touch Me", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Bargain Store", "The Seeker", "Early Morning Breeze", "Sacred Memories", "My Kind of Man", "Together Always", "Bubbling Over", "I Will Always Love You", "That's When Love Will Mean The Most", "I Will Always Love You", "Love Is Like a Butterfly", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "The Pain of Loving You", "The Crawdad Song", "I Will Always Love You", "The Pain of Loving You", "Jolene", "Sacred Memories", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "I Believe", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Joshua", "I Will Always Love You", "Sacred Memories", "Touch Your Woman", "Traveling Man", "Jolene", "The Right Combination", "Love With Me", "Lost Forever In Your Kiss", "I Will Always Love You", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "I Will Always Love You", "When I Sing For Him", "Coat of Many Colors", "Sacred Memories", "Jolene", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "The Right Combination", "Sacred Memory", "Coat of Many Colors", "We Found It", "Gypsy, Joe and Me", "Love With Me", "Satan's River", "The Crawdad Song", "Love With Me", "Jolene", "I Am Always Waiting", "Bubbling Over", "In the Garden", "Jolene", "Lost Forever in Your Kiss", "Bubbling Over", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "Coat of Many Colors", "The Pain of Loving You", "Milwaukee Here I Come", "Jolene", "God's Coloring Book", "Jolene", "God's Coloring Book", "Joshua", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Joshua", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "Poison Love (partial)", "My Kind of Man", "When I Sing For Him", "My Kind of Man", "Coat of Many Colors", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Washday Blues", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "How Great Thou Art", "Traveling Man", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Traveling Man", "When I Sing For Him", "Traveling Man", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Golden Streets of Glory", "She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)", "Traveling Man", "The Right Combination", "He Is Real", "Traveling Man", "He Is Real", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "We Found It", "The Crawdad Song", "He's Everywhere", "Touch Your Woman", "The Right Combination", "Touch Your Woman", "Just the Way I Am", "I Am Always Waiting", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "Lonely Comin' Down", "Together Always", "Together Always", "Traveling Man", "The Pain of Loving You", "Lost Forever In Your Kiss", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "The Pain of Loving You", "Traveling Man", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "Touch Your Woman", "Golden Streets of Glory", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Right Combination", "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "The Last One to Touch Me", "Joshua", "Take Away", "Lonely Coming Down", "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home", "Washday Blues", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Golden Streets of Glory", "Just The Way I Am", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "I'm Doing This For Your Sake", "The Pain of Loving You", "The Fire's Still Burning", "The Pain of Loving You", "Crawdad Song", "The Fire's Still Burning", "The Pain of Loving You", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "Better Move It On Home", "He's A Go Getter", "He's A Go Getter", "The Last One to Touch Me", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "Holding On To Nothin'", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "Comin' For To Carry Me Home" (version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), "Joshua", "Comin' For To Carry Me Home" (version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), "The Tender Touch of Love", "The Right Combination", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Tall Man", "If You Want to Be My Baby", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "The Crawdad Song" (extended version), "Run That By Me One More Time", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "Run That By Me One More Time", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy", "It's My Time", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Cryin' Time", "Once More", "Where The Roses Never Fade", "Break My Mind", "Tall Man", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Take Me Back to Tulsa", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Just the Way I Am", "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man", "Just the Way I Am", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Who At My Door Is Standing?", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Run That Be Me One More Time", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "We Had All The Good Things Going", "I'm In No Condition", "Just The Way I Am", "How Great Thou Art", "Just The Way I Am", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Mine", "Tomorrow Is Forever", "Just The Way I Am", "Run That By Me One More Time", "Robert", "Cryin' Time", "Put It Off Until Tommorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "I'm In No Condition", "Put It Off Until Tommorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "I'm In No Condition", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Dumb Blonde", "Daddy Come and Get Me", "Fairchild", "There's Better Things In Life", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Just Someone I Used To Know", "Chas", "Chas", "The Crawdad Song", "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Each Season Changes You", "Little Bird", "Fairchild", "Little Bird", "A Better Place to Live", "Where No One Stands Alone", "A Better Place to Live", "Dumb Blonde", "Baby Sister", "Something Fishy", "Yours Love", "Foggy Mountain Top", "Something Fishy", "The World Needs a Washin'", "Daddy", "Malena", "Daddy", "Malena", "Big Wind", "I'm Doing This for Your Sake", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "I'm Doing This for Your Sake", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Mama Say A Prayer", "Milwaukee Here I Come", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Mama Say A Prayer", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Jeannie's Afraid of The Dark", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "Jeannie's Afraid of The Dark", "False Eyelashes", "I'm In No Condition", "I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew", "Daddy", "Daddy", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "Who At My Door Is Standing?", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "Mine", "Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus", "Mine", "You're Gonna Be Sorry", "Jeanne's Afraid of the Dark", "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)", "Jeanne's Afraid of the Dark", "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)", "He Is Real", "Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)", "He Is Real", "Try Being Lonely", "Holding On To Nothin'", "He Is Real", "He Is Real", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Just Because I'm a Woman", "Dumb Blonde", "Holding On To Nothin'", "Lonesome Road Blues", "Ode to Billie Joe", "Mommie, Ain't That Daddy", "Baby Sister", "Dumb Blonde", "I'll Oilwells Love You", "Holding On To Nothin'", "I'll Oilwells Love You", "The Only Way Out (Is To Walk Over Me)", "Walk Through This World With Me", "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home", "The Last Thing On My Mind", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "I'm Not Worth The Tears", "The World Needs A Washin'", "Your Ole Handy Man", "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)", "I'm Not Worth the Tears", "Why, Why, Why", "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", "Your Ole Handy Man", "Dumb Blonde", "I've Lived My Life", "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)", "Acuff Rose", "Try Being Lonely", "Before I Met You", "Acuff Rose", "Why, Why, Why?", "Why, Why, Why?", "Fuel To The Flame", "How Great Thou Art", "Fuel To The Flame", "I Couldn't Wait Forever", "Before I Met You", "Dumb Blonde", "Something Fishy")
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