she is the queen of country music
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the life and career of
Dolly Parton dolly Rebecca partner was
born on January 19 1946 in Sevierville
Tennessee as a child Parton performed on
radio and television programs before an
encounter with Johnny Cash at the Grand
Ole Opry convinced her to follow her
heart and pursue music by moving to
Nashville after high school graduation
in the mid 1960s she began writing songs
for other singers and these songs
reflected her humble background and the
evangelical Christian beliefs of her
family the success of her track put it
off until tomorrow which was recorded by
Bill Phillips enabled Parton to put out
her own material No
her singles dumb blonde and something
fishy peaked in the top 25 spots on the
country charts and later appeared on her
1967 debut hello I’m dolly this record
caught the attention of country
entertainer Porter Wagoner and sparked
the beginning of a professional
relationship between the two that would
last for several years and here’s a
little gal that I know you’re going to
really learn to love because she’s a
fine singer and one of the finest little
gals that I’ve ever met the pair
performed many duets together and
pardoned even appeared as a regular on
his television program a Porter Wagoner
show their first single together was the
last thing on my mind which reached
number 6 on the country charts
I love
the pair recorded multiple albums
together such as just between you and me
Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca and once
more which generated a number of top-ten
hits two men Parton continued working on
her solo career as well she released
several records like just because I’m a
woman and in the good old days when
times were bad but they received
lackluster success in comparison to her
efforts with Wagoner
things turned around when she released a
cover of the Jimmie Rodgers track mule
Skinner blues which reached number three
on the charts her first number-one
single Joshua began a series of solo
hits including coat of many colors which
later became a trademark song 1973’s
Jolene from the album of the same name
and 1974’s I will always love you
written in tribute to Wagoner also
became mega successes
in the mid-1970s pardon not only starred
in her own variety show dolly but also
attempted to branch out into pop music
this began with the album’s all I can do
in 1976 followed by new harvest first
gathering which contained pop and R&B
covers
the latter topped the country charts but
was a mainstream disappointment her
first crossover success was the
grammy-winning here you come again it
was her first album to sell over a
million copies
the title track hit number one on the
country charts and number three on the
pop charts
partin’s commercial success grew with
pop-oriented hits that still found
country chart success examples include
the duets with Kenny Rogers islands in
the stream and real love
following a number of television
appearances in the late 1970s were
several film roles in the 80s partin’s
first feature film was 9 to 5 for which
she wrote the oscar-nominated hit of the
same name these were followed by roles
and movies such as the best little
whorehouse in Texas rhinestone and steel
magnolias
am i interrupting something no I’m just
screaming at my husband I can do that
any time
in 1987 the critically acclaimed album
trio with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou
Harris generated four top 10 country
hits and was followed by the negatively
reviewed and poorly selling record
rainbow Parton then decided to
concentrate on country music which
resulted in white limousine an effort
that put around the country charts at
number three again back back in 1992 her
commercial fortunes significantly
increased with the massive success of
Whitney Houston’s version of Parton song
I will always love you
next up were collaborative efforts such
as 1994’s honky tonk angels with Loretta
Lynn and Tammy Wynette
and 1999’s Trio – again with Harris and
Ron set these were followed by several
Grammy winning bluegrass albums
precious
2005 saw the release of the cover
compilation those were the days and an
Oscar nomination for the song traveling
through that appeared on the soundtrack
to the film Transamerica her first
single on her own labeled dolly records
would be better get to live in which was
later featured on the 2008 record
backwoods Barbie since 1966 Parton has
been married to Carl Thomas Dean though
he shuns the spotlight rarely appears
with her at events while she is a
philanthropist and a shrewd
businesswoman
Dolly Parton is above all a
singer-songwriter so it is little wonder
that her authentic and heartfelt songs
along with her voluptuous figure and
flamboyant sense of style have made her
one of the most successful country
artists of all time come back now
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the life and career of
Dolly Parton dolly Rebecca partner was
born on January 19 1946 in Sevierville
Tennessee as a child Parton performed on
radio and television programs before an
encounter with Johnny Cash at the Grand
Ole Opry convinced her to follow her
heart and pursue music by moving to
Nashville after high school graduation
in the mid 1960s she began writing songs
for other singers and these songs
reflected her humble background and the
evangelical Christian beliefs of her
family the success of her track put it
off until tomorrow which was recorded by
Bill Phillips enabled Parton to put out
her own material No
her singles dumb blonde and something
fishy peaked in the top 25 spots on the
country charts and later appeared on her
1967 debut hello I’m dolly this record
caught the attention of country
entertainer Porter Wagoner and sparked
the beginning of a professional
relationship between the two that would
last for several years and here’s a
little gal that I know you’re going to
really learn to love because she’s a
fine singer and one of the finest little
gals that I’ve ever met the pair
performed many duets together and
pardoned even appeared as a regular on
his television program a Porter Wagoner
show their first single together was the
last thing on my mind which reached
number 6 on the country charts
I love
the pair recorded multiple albums
together such as just between you and me
Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca and once
more which generated a number of top-ten
hits two men Parton continued working on
her solo career as well she released
several records like just because I’m a
woman and in the good old days when
times were bad but they received
lackluster success in comparison to her
efforts with Wagoner
things turned around when she released a
cover of the Jimmie Rodgers track mule
Skinner blues which reached number three
on the charts her first number-one
single Joshua began a series of solo
hits including coat of many colors which
later became a trademark song 1973’s
Jolene from the album of the same name
and 1974’s I will always love you
written in tribute to Wagoner also
became mega successes
in the mid-1970s pardon not only starred
in her own variety show dolly but also
attempted to branch out into pop music
this began with the album’s all I can do
in 1976 followed by new harvest first
gathering which contained pop and R&B
covers
the latter topped the country charts but
was a mainstream disappointment her
first crossover success was the
grammy-winning here you come again it
was her first album to sell over a
million copies
the title track hit number one on the
country charts and number three on the
pop charts
partin’s commercial success grew with
pop-oriented hits that still found
country chart success examples include
the duets with Kenny Rogers islands in
the stream and real love
following a number of television
appearances in the late 1970s were
several film roles in the 80s partin’s
first feature film was 9 to 5 for which
she wrote the oscar-nominated hit of the
same name these were followed by roles
and movies such as the best little
whorehouse in Texas rhinestone and steel
magnolias
am i interrupting something no I’m just
screaming at my husband I can do that
any time
in 1987 the critically acclaimed album
trio with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou
Harris generated four top 10 country
hits and was followed by the negatively
reviewed and poorly selling record
rainbow Parton then decided to
concentrate on country music which
resulted in white limousine an effort
that put around the country charts at
number three again back back in 1992 her
commercial fortunes significantly
increased with the massive success of
Whitney Houston’s version of Parton song
I will always love you
next up were collaborative efforts such
as 1994’s honky tonk angels with Loretta
Lynn and Tammy Wynette
and 1999’s Trio – again with Harris and
Ron set these were followed by several
Grammy winning bluegrass albums
precious
2005 saw the release of the cover
compilation those were the days and an
Oscar nomination for the song traveling
through that appeared on the soundtrack
to the film Transamerica her first
single on her own labeled dolly records
would be better get to live in which was
later featured on the 2008 record
backwoods Barbie since 1966 Parton has
been married to Carl Thomas Dean though
he shuns the spotlight rarely appears
with her at events while she is a
philanthropist and a shrewd
businesswoman
Dolly Parton is above all a
singer-songwriter so it is little wonder
that her authentic and heartfelt songs
along with her voluptuous figure and
flamboyant sense of style have made her
one of the most successful country
artists of all time come back now
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