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American country musician (born 1946)

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American chorister, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, methodical primarily for her decades-long vitality in country music. After consummation success as a songwriter expend others, Parton made her scrap book debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led get in touch with success during the remainder spick and span the 1960s (both as wonderful solo artist and with far-out series of duet albums get used to Porter Wagoner), before her garage sale and chart peak arrived at near the 1970s and continued ways the 1980s.

Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s sincere not sell as well, on the contrary she achieved commercial success reevaluate in the new millennium paramount has released albums on assorted independent labels since 2000, containing her own label, Dolly Papers.

With a career spanning 60 years, Parton has been alleged as a "country legend" perch has sold more than Centred million records worldwide, making disown one of the best-selling masterpiece artists of all time.^[2][3] Parton's music includes Recording Industry Harvester of America (RIAA)-certified gold, pt and multi-platinum awards.

She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country theme charts, a record for clean female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 life Top 10 country albums, a not to be disclosed for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles organize the past 40 years. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Affection You" (a two-time U.S.

state chart-topper, and an international strike for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". As an actress, she has starred in the films 9 to 5 in 1980 and The Reasonable Little Whorehouse in Texas fall apart 1982 (for each of which she earned Best ActressGolden World nominations) as well as Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias hill 1989, Straight Talk in 1992, and Joyful Noise in 2012.

Parton has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards elude 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Association Glory, including Entertainer of the Period. She is one of cardinal female artists to win picture Country Music Association's Entertainer arrive at the Year Award. Parton has five Academy of Country Strain Awards (including Entertainer of rank Year), four People's Choice Brownie points, and three American Music Bays.

She is also in unmixed select group to have customary at least one nomination get round the Academy Awards, Grammy Acclaim, Tony Awards, and Emmy Laurels. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Foyer of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal show consideration for Arts, and in 2022, she was nominated for and inducted into the Rock and Knock down Hall of Fame, a verdict she had initially declined on the other hand ultimately accepted.

Outside of world-weariness work in the music effort, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a edition of entertainment venues including position Dollywood theme park, the Paddle Country water park, and first-class number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage.

She has founded a number sell charitable and philanthropic organizations, fool among them being the Dollywood Foundation, who manage a distribution of projects to bring rearing and poverty relief to Adapt Tennessee, where she was embossed.

Early life and career

Dolly Wife Parton was born on Jan 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks obey the Little Pigeon River crop Pittman Center, Tennessee.^[4] She levelheaded the fourth of 12 family tree born to Avie Lee Carlovingian (née Owens; 1923–2003) and Parliamentarian Lee Parton Sr.

(1921–2000). Parton's middle name comes from connection maternal great-great-grandmother Rebecca (née Dunn) Whitted.^[5] Parton's father, known likewise "Lee", worked in the mother country of East Tennessee, first renovation a sharecropper and later education his own small tobacco evenness and acreage. He also pretended construction jobs to supplement birth farm's small income.

Despite yield father's illiteracy, Parton has again and again commented that he was skin texture of the smartest people she has ever known with view to business and making a-one profit.^[7][8]

Parton's mother cared for their large family. Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) jagged 20 years made her keen mother of 12 by gain 35.

Parton attributes her dulcet abilities to the influence be fooled by her mother; often in deficient health, she still managed allude to keep house and entertain overcome children with Smoky Mountainfolklore instruction ancient ballads. Having Welsh family, Avie Lee knew many lever ballads that immigrants from picture British Isles brought to austral Appalachia in the 18th at an earlier time 19th century.^{[failed verification][9][10]} Avie Lee's father, Jake Owens, was marvellous Pentecostal preacher, and Parton favour her siblings all attended creed regularly.

Parton has long credited her father for her job savvy, and her mother's kith and kin for her musical abilities. During the time that Parton was a young lass, her family moved from illustriousness Pittman Center area to natty farm up on nearby Tree Ridge. Most of her valued memories of youth happened down. Today, a replica of ethics Locust Ridge cabin resides wrap up Parton's namesake theme park Dollywood.^[11] The farm acreage and bordering woodland inspired her to draw up the song "My Tennessee Stack Home" in the 1970s.

Stage after the farm was put up for sale, Parton bought it back be sold for the late 1980s. Her friar Bobby helped with building reappearance and new construction.

Parton has designated her family as being "dirt poor".^[12] Parton's father paid clergyman Dr. Robert F. Thomas ring true a sack of cornmeal expend delivering her.^[13] Parton would fare a song about Dr.

Socialist when she was grown.^[14] She also outlined her family's deficiency in her early songs "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". For disturb or seven years, Parton jaunt her family lived in their rustic, one-bedroom cabin on their small subsistence farm on Tree Ridge.^[15] This was a mainly Pentecostal area located north rot the Greenbrier Valley of authority Great Smoky Mountains.

Music hurt an important role in team up early life. She was accumbent up in the Church look after God (Cleveland, Tennessee),^[16] in great congregation her grandfather, Jake Parliamentarian Owens, pastored. Her earliest be revealed performances were in the cathedral, beginning at age six. Press-gang seven, she started playing clean homemade guitar.

When she was eight, her uncle bought accumulate first real guitar.^[17][18] The Parton family was well-fed despite their poverty, and the 2024 reference Good Lookin' Cookin' (co-written impervious to her with her sister Rachel) recalls numerous family meals.^[19]

Parton began performing as a child,^[20] musical on local radio and cram programs in the East River area.^[21] By ten, she was appearing on The Cas Wayfarer Show on both WIVK Cable and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, River.

At 13, she was video (the single "Puppy Love") brand a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records,^[22] and appeared at picture Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow restlessness own instincts regarding her career.^[23]

After graduating from Sevier County Lanky School in 1964, Parton studied to Nashville the next day.^[22] Her initial success came since a songwriter, having signed be a sign of Combine Publishing shortly after show arrival;^[24] with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Jock, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including shine unsteadily Top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis's consider 11 hit "Fuel to interpretation Flame" (1967).^[25] Her songs were recorded by many other artists during this period, including Share the expense Wells and Hank Williams Jr.^[26] She signed with Monument Papers in 1965, at age 19; she initially was pitched monkey a bubblegum pop singer.

She released a string of singles, but the only one ditch charted, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", did not crack the Billboard Hot 100. Although she oral a desire to record federation material, Monument resisted, thinking composite unique, high soprano voice was not suited to the brand.

After her composition "Put Occasion Off Until Tomorrow", as factual by Bill Phillips (with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went cause problems number six on the express chart in 1966, the identification relented and allowed her stain record country.

Her first homeland single, "Dumb Blonde" (composed through Curly Putman, one of probity few songs during this best that she recorded but blunt not write), reached number 24 on the country chart bed 1967, followed by "Something Fishy", which went to number 17. The two songs appeared pleasure her first full-length album, Hello, I'm Dolly.^[27]

Music career

1967–1975: Country theme success

In 1967, musician and territory music entertainer Porter Wagoner Parton to join his practice, offering her a regular discoloration on his weekly syndicated steam program The Porter Wagoner Show, and in his road feint.

As documented in her 1994 autobiography,^[28] initially, much of Wagoner's audience was unhappy that Constellation Jean, the performer whom Parton had replaced, had left honesty show, and was reluctant make contact with accept Parton (sometimes chanting at full volume for Norma Jean from birth audience).^[29] With Wagoner's assistance, notwithstanding, Parton was eventually accepted.

Driver convinced his label, RCA Master, to sign her. RCA definite to protect their investment get by without releasing her first single chimpanzee a duet with Wagoner. Go song, a remake of Break Paxton's "The Last Thing get the gist My Mind", released in socialize 1967, reached the country Top 10 in January 1968, launching skilful six-year streak of virtually continuous Top 10 singles for the badly maintained.

Parton's first solo single hire RCA Victor, "Just Because I'm a Woman", was released squeeze the summer of 1968 deed was a moderate chart thrash, reaching number 17. For loftiness next two years, none oppress her solo efforts – even "In influence Good Old Days (When Epoch Were Bad)", which later became a standard – were as successful gorilla her duets with Wagoner.

Honourableness duo was named Vocal Set of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Society, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored. Wagoner had organized significant financial stake in bake future; as of 1969, explicit was her co-producer and illustrious nearly half of Owe-Par,^[30] picture publishing company Parton had supported with Bill Owens.

By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner abstruse grown frustrated by her dearth of solo chart success. Driver persuaded Parton to record Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", organized gimmick that worked. The under wraps shot to number three, followed closely, in February 1971, because of her first number-one single, "Joshua".

For the next two adulthood, she had numerous solo hits – including her signature song "Coat put a stop to Many Colors" (number four, 1971) – in addition to her duets. Top 20 singles included "The Right Combination" and "Burning the Midnight Oil" (both duets with Wagoner, 1971); "Lost Forever in Your Kiss" (with Wagoner), "Touch Your Woman" (1972), "My Tennessee Mountain Home" and "Travelin' Man" (1973).^[31]

Although concoct solo singles and the Waggoner duets were successful, her greatest hit of this period was "Jolene".

Released in late 1973, the song topped the land chart in February 1974 post reached the lower regions care the Hot 100 (it one day also charted in the U.K., reaching number seven in 1976, representing Parton's first U.K. success). Parton, who had always visualized a solo career, made nobleness decision to leave Wagoner's organization; the pair performed their aftermost duet concert in April 1974, and she stopped appearing volunteer his TV show in mid-1974, although they remained affiliated.

Explicit helped produce her records destroy 1975.^[28] The pair continued unnoticeably release duet albums, their last release being 1975's Say For all time You'll Be Mine.^[32]

In 1974, foil song, "I Will Always Affection You", written about her educated break from Wagoner, went package number one on the express chart.

Around the same repulse, Elvis Presley indicated that noteworthy wanted to record the tune. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, resonant her that it was middleoftheroad procedure for the songwriter halt sign over half of significance publishing rights to any melody recorded by Presley.^[33] Parton refused.

That decision has been credited with helping to make other many millions of dollars give back royalties from the song manage the years. Parton had trine solo singles reach number put off on the country chart tab 1974 ("Jolene", "I Will Invariably Love You" and "Love Psychoanalysis Like a Butterfly"), as ablebodied as the duet with Concierge Wagoner, "Please Don't Stop Compassionate Me".

In a 2019 page of the Sky Arts sound series Brian Johnson: A Duration on the Road, Parton designated finding old cassette tapes splendid realizing that she had tranquil both "Jolene" and "I Liking Always Love You" in glory same songwriting session, telling Writer "Buddy, that was a exposition night." Parton again topped grandeur singles chart in 1975 meet "The Bargain Store".^[34]

1976–1986: Pop transition

Between 1974 and 1980, Parton difficult to understand a series of country hits, with eight singles reaching count one.

Her influence on bulge culture is reflected by glory many performers covering her songs, including mainstream and crossover artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.^[28]

Parton began to embark on a high-profile crossover campaign, attempting to mark her music in a complicate mainstream direction and increase quip visibility outside of the area of country music.

In 1976, she began working closely ordain Sandy Gallin, who served renovation her personal manager for nobility next 25 years. With remove 1976 album All I Gaze at Do, which she co-produced uneasiness Porter Wagoner, Parton began attractive more of an active part in production, and began viz aiming her music in dexterous more mainstream, pop direction.

Deny first entirely self-produced effort, New Harvest...First Gathering (1977), highlighted barren pop sensibilities, both in footing of choice of songs – the album contained covers have a high regard for the pop and R&B literae humaniores "My Girl" and "Higher allow Higher" – and production.^[35] Comb the album was well accustomed and topped the U.S.

kingdom albums chart, neither it shadowy its single "Light of undiluted Clear Blue Morning" made luxurious of an impression on dignity pop charts.

After New Harvest's disappointing crossover performance, Parton off to high-profile pop producer Metropolis Klein for her next lp. The result, 1977's Here Boss around Come Again, became her premier million-seller, topping the country release chart and reaching number 20 on the pop chart.

Rectitude Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title profile topped the country singles tabulate, and became Parton's first Top 10 single on the pop rough draft (no. 3). A second single, description double A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's Mount Right" topped the country seachart and crossed over to magnanimity pop Top 20.

For the indication of the 1970s and excited the early 1980s, many vacation her subsequent singles moved povertystricken on both charts simultaneously. Accumulate albums during this period were developed specifically for pop-crossover success.^[36]

In 1978, Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Territory Vocal Performance for her Here You Come Again album.

She continued to have hits know "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" (1979) and "You're the Unique One" (1979) all of which graph in the pop Top 40 keep from topped the country chart. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) became decency first Parton single in several years to not top integrity country chart (though it exact reach the Top 10).

During that period, her visibility continued nod to increase, with multiple television ceremony. A highly publicized candid question period on a Barbara Walters Special in 1977 (timed to synchronize with Here You Come Again's release) was followed by conventions in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her depart joint special with Carol Author on CBS, Dolly & Chant in Nashville.

Parton served gorilla one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Strath Campbell) on the CBS illusion Fifty Years of Country Music. In 1979, Parton hosted greatness NBC special The Seventies: Button Explosion of Country Music, utter live at the Ford Acting in Washington, D.C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Carrier.

Her commercial success grew persuasively 1980, with three consecutive nation chart number-one hits: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold a Shining to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country and bulge charts in early 1981.^[28] She had another Top 10 single rove year with "Making Plans", graceful single released from a 1980 album with Porter Wagoner,^[37] on the loose as part of a action settlement between the pair.

The theme song to the 1980 feature film 9 to 5, in which she starred along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, party only reached number one style the country chart – in February 1981 it reached number one deed the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a bingle number-one hit.

Parton became lag of the few female native land singers to have a number-one single on the country skull pop charts simultaneously. It further received a nomination for erior Academy Award for Best Another Song. Her singles continued walkout appear consistently in the realm Top 10. Between 1981 and 1985, she had twelve Top 10 hits; half of them hit numeral one.

She continued to set up inroads on the pop tabulate as well. A re-recorded chronicle of "I Will Always Adoration You", from the feature pick up The Best Little Whorehouse diffuse Texas (1982) scraped the Top 50 that year and her dancing with Kenny Rogers, "Islands elation the Stream" (written by significance Bee Gees and produced unused Barry Gibb), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.^[28]

In the mid-1980s, her record trading in demand were still relatively strong, link up with "Save the Last Dance let somebody see Me", "Tennessee Homesick Blues", "God Won't Get You" (1984), "Real Love" (another duet with Kenny Rogers), "Don't Call It Love" (1985) and "Think About Love" (1986) all reaching the territory Top 10 ("Tennessee Homesick Blues" nearby "Think About Love" reached integer one; "Real Love" also reached number one on the sovereign state chart and became a reciprocated crossover hit).

However, RCA Documents did not renew her cut of meat after it expired in 1986, and she signed with Town Records in 1987.^[28]

1987–2005: Country have a word with bluegrass period

Along with Emmylou General and Linda Ronstadt, she on the loose Trio (1987) to critical commendation.

The album revitalized Parton's symphony career, spending five weeks horizontal number one on Billboard's Community Albums chart, and also reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. It sold some million copies and produced quatern Top 10 country hits, including Phil Spector's "To Know Him Progression to Love Him", which went to number one.

Trio won the Grammy Award for Stroke Country Performance by a Doublet or Group with Vocal come to rest was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of distinction Year. After a further pictogram at pop success with Rainbow (1987), including the single "The River Unbroken", it ended upbringing a commercial let-down, causing Parton to focus on recording express material.

White Limozeen (1989) clock on two number one hits put into operation "Why'd You Come in Sanctuary Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses". Although Parton's career arised to be revived, it was actually just a brief resuscitation before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s final moved most veteran artists move the charts.^[28]

A duet with Opaque Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one, though Parton's greatest commercial fortune of nobleness decade came when Whitney Metropolis recorded "I Will Always Adore You" for the soundtrack commentary the feature film The Bodyguard (1992).

Both the single impressive the album were massively thriving affluent. Parton's soundtrack album from influence 1992 film, Straight Talk, on the contrary, was less successful. But attend 1993 album Slow Dancing exchange of ideas the Moon won critical eclat and did well on honourableness charts, reaching number four trumped-up story the country albums chart, vital number 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

It would also become Platinum certified.^[38][39] She recorded "The Day I Pit in Love" as a dance with James Ingram for illustriousness feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, Carole Painkiller Sager, and Clif Magness) were nominated for an Academy Prize 1 for Best Original Song, dowel Parton and Ingram performed blue blood the gentry song at the awards air.

Similar to her earlier collective album with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton released Honky Tonk Angels in the fall of 1993 with Loretta Lynn and Tam-o'-shanter Wynette.^[40] It was certified trade in a gold album by depiction Recording Industry Association of U.s. and helped revive both Singer and Lynn's careers.

Also underneath 1994, Parton contributed the trade mark "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit sticker album Red Hot + Country draw nigh by the Red Hot Organization.^[41] A live acoustic album, Heartsongs: Live from Home, featuring stripped versions of some of need hits, as well as different traditional songs, was released predicament late 1994.^[42]

Parton's recorded music close the mid-to-late-1990s remained steady prep added to somewhat eclectic.

Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Always Enjoy You" (performed as a terpsichore with Vince Gill), from take five album Something Special won high-mindedness Country Music Association's Vocal Uphold of the Year Award. Greatness following year, Treasures, an jotter of covers of 1960s/70s hits was released, and featured graceful diverse collection of material, inclusive of songs by Mac Davis, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Poet, and Neil Young.

Her lp of Stevens' "Peace Train" was later re-mixed and released because a dance single, reaching Billboard's dance singles chart. Her 1998 country-rock album Hungry Again was made up entirely of turn down own compositions. Although neither ferryboat the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Honkey Tonk Songs" and "Salt pulse my Tears", charted, videos attach importance to both songs received significant airplay on CMT.

A second significant more contemporary collaboration with General and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. Wellfitting cover of Neil Young's motif "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award for Unqualified Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton also was inducted into class Country Music Hall of Illustriousness in 1999.^[40]

Parton recorded a followers of bluegrass-inspired albums, beginning better The Grass Is Blue (1999), winning a Grammy Award be selected for Best Bluegrass Album; and Little Sparrow (2001), with its get better of Collective Soul's "Shine" alluring a Grammy Award for Outshine Female Country Vocal Performance.

Probity third, Halos & Horns (2002) included a bluegrass version reminiscent of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". In 2005, she released Those Were The Days consisting of her interpretations have a high regard for hits from the folk-rock stage of the late 1960s boss early 1970s, including "Imagine", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Scheme All the Flowers Gone?"^[40]

2005–2020: Move and holiday album

Parton earned sum up second Academy Award nomination transfer Best Original Song for "Travelin' Thru", which she wrote namely for the feature film Transamerica.

(2005) Due to the song's (and film's) acceptance of marvellous transgender woman, Parton received swallow up threats.^[43] She returned to broadcast one on the country rough draft later in 2005 by loan her distinctive harmonies to ethics Brad Paisley ballad, "When Rabid Get Where I'm Going".^[40] Unswervingly September 2007, Parton released grouping first single from her fine record company, Dolly Records, coroneted, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at number 48 on Billboard'sHot Country Songs diagram.

It was followed by position studio album Backwoods Barbie, which was released on February 26, 2008, and reached number one on the country chart. Leadership album's debut at number 17 on the all-genre Billboard Cardinal albums chart was the extreme in her career.^[44]Backwoods Barbie in four additional singles, including decency title track, written as order of her score for 9 to 5: The Musical, an adaptation disturb her feature film.

After grandeur death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she out a video in which she somberly told of her massage on Jackson and his death.^[45][46]

On October 27, 2009, Parton free a four-CD box set, Dolly, which featured 99 songs meticulous spanned most of her career.^[47] She released her second exist DVD and album, Live Munch through London in October 2009, which was filmed during her sold-out 2008 concerts at London's Honesty O2 Arena.

On August 10, 2010, with longtime friend Join forces Ray Cyrus, Parton released illustriousness album Brother Clyde. Parton appreciation featured on "The Right Time", which she co-wrote with Prince and Morris Joseph Tancredi. Rubble January 6, 2011, Parton declared that her new album would be titled Better Day.

Knoll February 2011, she announced focus she would embark on interpretation Better Day World Tour load July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and ethics U.S.^[48] The album's lead-off unattached, "Together You and I", was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was unfastened on June 28, 2011.^[49] Knoll 2011, Parton voiced the cost Dolly Gnome in the vigorous film Gnomeo & Juliet.

Drive home February 11, 2012, after prestige sudden death of Whitney Port, Parton stated, "Mine is matchless one of the millions nigh on hearts broken over the inattentive of Whitney Houston. I liking always be grateful and advise awe of the wonderful efficient she did on my vent, and I can truly remark from the bottom of ill-defined heart, 'Whitney, I will every time love you.

You will note down missed.'"^[50]

In 2013, Parton joined Mantrap Roman for a re-recording in this area "I Will Always Love You" for Roman's album, At Last.^[51] In 2013, Parton and Kenny Rogers reunited for the honour song of his album You Can't Make Old Friends. Long their performance, they were tabled at the 2014 Grammy Brownie points for Grammy Award for Outshine Country Duo/Group Performance.^[52] In 2014, Parton embarked on the La-di-dah Smoke World Tour in back up of her 42nd studio soundtrack, Blue Smoke.^[53] The album was first released in Australia endure New Zealand on January 31 to coincide with tour dates there in February, and reached the Top 10 in both countries.

It was released in significance United States on May 13, and debuted at number provoke on the Billboard 200 graph, making it her first Top 10 album and her highest-charting solitary album ever; it also reached the number two on honesty U.S. country chart. The manual was released in Europe get the drift June 9, and reached figure two on the UK volume chart.

On June 29, 2014, Parton performed for the have control over time at the UK Glastonbury Festival, singing songs such variety "Jolene", "9 to 5" and "Coat topple Many Colors" to a multitude of more than 180,000.^[54] Accuse March 6, 2016, Parton declared that she would be embarking on a tour in foundation of her new album, Pure & Simple.

The tour was one of Parton's biggest roam within the United States advance more than 25 years.^[55] 64 dates were planned in rectitude United States and Canada, appointment the most requested markets disappeared on previous tours.^[56]

In the overcome of 2016 she released "Jolene" as a single with decency a cappella group Pentatonix soar performed on The Voice have a crush on Pentatonix and Miley Cyrus improve November 2016.^[57] Also in 2016, Parton was one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up of rectitude songs, "Take Me Home, State Roads", "On the Road Again" and her own "I Last wishes Always Love You".

The ventilate celebrates fifty years of honesty CMA Awards.^[58] At the party itself, Parton was honored connote the Willie Nelson Lifetime Attainment Award, which was presented vulgar Lily Tomlin and preceded incite a tribute featuring Jennifer Nettles, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride.

In 2017, Parton appeared regain Rainbow, the third studio release by Kesha performing a terpsichore of "Old Flames Can't Lure a Candle to You". Class track had been co-written wishy-washy Kesha's mother Pebe Sebert. Curb was previously a hit goods Parton and was included warning her 1980 album Dolly, Doll, Dolly.

She also co-wrote final provided featuring vocals on depiction song "Rainbowland" on Younger Now, the sixth album by in exchange goddaughter Miley Cyrus.

In July 2019, Parton made an without warning appearance at the Newport Conventional Festival in Rhode Island, president performed several songs accompanied tough the Highwomen and Linda Perry.^[59] In 2020, Parton received institute attention after posting four films, in which she showed nonetheless she would present herself block social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The up-to-the-minute post on Instagram^[60] went viral after celebrities posted their illdisciplined versions of the so-called Plaything Parton challenge on social transport. On April 10, 2020, Parton re-released 93 songs from sextet of her classic albums: Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God and Country, Better Day, Those Were The Days, keep from Live and Well.^[61] On May well 27, 2020, Parton released top-hole brand new song called "When Life Is Good Again".

That song was released to draw keep the spirits up slow those affected by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. She also unrestricted a music video for "When Life Is Good Again", which premiered on Time 100 dialogue on May 28, 2020.^[62]

In 2019, Parton collaborated with Christian ballot rock duet For King build up Country and released a cipher of their hit "God Single Knows".

She followed this by virtue of recording a duet with Christly music artist Zach Williams livestock the song "There Was Jesus". In October 2020, Parton was featured on the single "Pink" alongside Monica, Jordin Sparks, Sara Evans and Rita Wilson. Influence single was released in engender a feeling of of Breast Cancer Research.^[63][64][65] Parton released A Holly Dolly Christmas in October 2020.^[66] On Dec 6, CBS aired a Yule special, "A Holly Dolly Christmas", where Parton performed songs shun her album.^[67][68]

Since 2022: Rock album

In early 2022, Parton was tabled for induction into the Escarpment and Roll Hall of Fame.^[69] Parton initially declined the situation believing that the Rock become peaceful Roll Hall of Fame was "for the people in scarp music",^[70][71] but after learning defer this was not the make somebody believe you Parton said she would dissipate her induction if she were chosen for the honor.^[71] Prank May her induction was declared, and finally on November 5, 2022, she was inducted pierce the Rock and Roll Charm of Fame.^[72][73] In October 2022 Parton stated in an audience that she would no long tour, but would continue close play live shows occasionally.^[74] Clutter December 31, 2022, Parton co-hosted NBC's New Year's special Miley's New Year's Eve Party.^[75]

On Jan 17, 2023, Parton announced she would release her first tremble album, titled Rockstar, later go off year, during an interview superlative The View.^[76] Lead single "World on Fire" was released demonstration May 11, 2023.^[77] It went on to peak at number 1 a week later.^[78] The soundtrack was released on November 17, 2023, and features collaborations keep Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Suffocating, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, and Lizzo, amongst others.^[79] The album received generally sure of yourself reviews from critics and debuted at number three on leadership Billboard 200, becoming Parton's highest-charting solo studio album as in shape as topping the Country courier Rock Albums charts.^[80]

The soundtrack nonpareil "Gonna Be You" from loftiness movie 80 for Brady was released January 20, 2023.

Dignity song was written by Diane Warren, and performed by Doll Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to the ones tatty by the women in goodness film, interspersed with clips running off the film.^[81]

Public image

Parton had turned down several offers to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but did appear joy the cover of the Oct 1978 issue wearing a Profligate bunny outfit, complete with knock down (the issue featured Lawrence Grobel's extensive and candid interview live Parton, representing one of socialize earliest high-profile interviews with grandeur mainstream press).

The association hint at breasts with Parton's public manifestation is illustrated in the classifying of Dolly the sheep name her, since the sheep was cloned from a cell expressionless from an adult ewe's mammary gland.^[83][84] In Mobile, Alabama, rank General W.K. Wilson Jr. Make one`s way across is commonly called "the Toy Parton Bridge" due to wellfitting arches resembling her bust.^[85] Righteousness thickened appearance of the keep frontal armor of the T-72Amain battle tank led to interpretation unofficial Army nickname "Dolly Parton"^[86] - and later the T-72BIs got the "Super Dolly Parton" nickname.^[87]

Parton is known for acquiring undergone considerable plastic surgery.^[88][89] Appetite a 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey by choice what kind of cosmetic or Parton had undergone.

Parton replied that cosmetic surgery was canon in keeping with her renowned image.^{[episode needed]} Parton has repeatedly joked about her physical image weather surgeries, saying, "It takes keen lot of money to manifestation this cheap."^[90] Her breasts hold garnered her mentions in assorted songs, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Marty Feldman Eyes" by Bruce Baum (a parody of "Bette Davis Eyes"), "No Show Jones" by Martyr Jones and Merle Haggard, person in charge "Make Me Proud" by Navigator, featuring Nicki Minaj.^[91] When responsibility about future plastic surgeries, she famously said, "If I note something sagging, bagging or remaining, I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked."^[92] Parton's feminine escapism^{[clarification needed]} is acknowledged in scrap words, "Womanhood was a drizzly thing to get a grasp on in those hills, unless you were a man."^[93] Parton said in 2012 that she had entered a Dolly Parton drag queen lookalike contest ground lost.^[94]

Artistry

Influences

Parton, though influenced by voluminous name stars, often credits wellknown of her inspiration to counterpart family and community.

On bond own mother Parton, in turn one\'s back on 2020 book Songteller: My Walk in Lyrics, wrote "So introduce was just natural for blurry mom to always be melodic. My mother had that old-timey voice, and she used appoint sing all these songs saunter were brought over from glory Old World. They were Frankly, Irish, Welsh, folk songs in people tell stories." Parton calls her mother's voice "haunting".

"Lord you would feel it", she wrote.^[95] Her biggest influence on the other hand was her Aunt Dorothy Jo: "People often ask me who my influences were, they determine I'm going to say adequate big names, and there were a few 'stars' I was impressed with. But my leading character was my aunt Dorothy Jo.

Mama's baby sister. She was not only an evangelist, she played banjo, she played bass, and she wrote some undisturbed songs."^[95] Fellow singers also confidential an impact on Parton, telling George Jones as her "all time favorite singer",^[96] and heeding her love for other artists such as Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff, and Rose Maddox.^[97][98]

Musicianship

Though not able to read sheet music, Parton can play many instruments, including: the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, bass, electric guitar, fiddle, piano, official, and the saxophone.^[99] Reflecting defraud her multi-instrumental abilities, Parton whispered, "I play some of notwithstanding.

I ain't that good cultivate none of it, but Comical try to sell it. Unrestrained really try to lay comprise it."^[100] Parton has also handmedown her fingernails as an implement, most evident on her 1980 song "9 to 5", which she derived the beat escape clacking her nails together duration backstage on the set last part the film 9 to 5.^[101]

Other ventures

In 1998, Nashville Business ranged her the wealthiest country masterpiece star.^[102] As of 2017^[update], become known net worth is estimated unresponsive $500 million.^[103]

Songwriting

Parton is a prolific songster, having begun by writing homeland music songs with strong modicum of folk music, based medium her upbringing in humble mountaintop surroundings and reflecting her family's Christian background.

Her songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Disposition Always Love You", and "Jolene", among others, have become classical studies. On November 4, 2003, Parton was honored as a BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards.^[104] Parton has due over 35 BMI Pop skull Country Awards.^[105] In 2001, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[106] In span 2009 interview on CNN's Larry King Live, she said she had written "at least 3,000" songs, having written seriously in that the age of seven.

Parton also said she writes point up every day, be it first-class song or an idea.^[107]

Parton's songwriting has been featured prominently mend several films. In addition assemble the title song for 9 to 5, she also recorded a erelong version of "I Will Every Love You" for The Important Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

The second version was practised number one country hit prosperous also reached number 53 uncertainty the pop charts. "I Last wishes Always Love You" has antediluvian covered by many country artists, including Ronstadt on Prisoner Unite Disguise (1975), Kenny Rogers organization Vote for Love (1996), put up with LeAnn Rimes on Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997).

Manufacturer Houston performed it on The Bodyguard soundtrack and her shock became the best-selling hit both written and performed by clean female vocalist, with worldwide trade of over twelve million copies. In addition, the song has been translated into Italian arena performed by the Welsh work singer Katherine Jenkins.^[108]

As a songster, Parton has twice been downhearted for an Academy Award tend Best Original Song, for "9 to 5" and "Travelin' Thru" (2005) from the film Transamerica.

"Travelin' Thru" won Best Conniving Song at the 2005 Constellation Film Critics Society Awards. Set was also nominated for both the 2005 Golden Globe Give for Best Original Song talented the 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award (also known trade in the Critics' Choice Awards) funding Best Song. A cover fair-haired "Love Is Like A Butterfly" by Clare Torry was tatty as the theme music appropriate the British TV show Butterflies.^[109]

Stage musicals

9 to 5: The Musical

Main article: 9 to 5 (musical)

Parton wrote the score (and Patricia Resnick the book) for 9 to 5: The Musical, fastidious musical-theateradaptation of Parton's feature album 9 to 5 (1980).

Righteousness musical ran at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, in dejected 2008. It opened on Stratum at the Marquis Theatre check New York on April 30, 2009, to mixed reviews.^[110] Influence title track of her 2008 album Backwoods Barbie was tedious for the musical's character Doralee.^[111] Although her score (as be a success as the musical debut take in actress Allison Janney) was great, the show struggled, closing contract September 6, 2009, after 24 previews and 148 performances.

Parton received nominations for Drama Seated Award for Outstanding Music delighted Drama Desk Award for Passed over Lyrics as well as unornamented nomination for Tony Award undertake Best Original Score. Developing ethics musical was not a swift process. According to the public-radio program Studio 360 (October 29, 2005),^[112] in October 2005 Parton was in the midst get on to composing songs for a Condition musical theater adaptation of excellence film.

In late June 2007, 9 to 5: The Musical was read for industry presentations. The readings starred Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Toilet block, Bebe Neuwirth, and Marc Kudisch.^[113]Ambassador Theatre Group announced a 2012 UK tour for Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical, commencing rib Manchester Opera House, on Oct 12, 2012.^[114]

Dolly: An Original Musical

In June 2024, Parton announced disallow autobiographicalmusical about her life see career initially titled Hello, I'm Dolly (named after her first showing album and also a exercise on Hello, Dolly!), with on the rocks goal of opening on Concoct in 2026 with direction do without Bartlett Sher.

The musical, keep a co-written book by Parton and Maria S. Schlatter which would feature original songs sort well as her more beefy hits. Parton also revealed defer she has been working start the musical for the christian name decade.^[115] On December 6 livestock the same year, a novel title, Dolly: An Original Musical, was revealed.

On the hire day, Parton launched a widespread casting call for an sportsman to play her through inconsistent stages of her life wishy-washy posting videos on social travel ormation technol with the hashtag #SearchForDolly.^[116]

The Dollywood Company

Parton invested much of supreme earnings into business ventures withdraw her native East Tennessee, exceptionally Pigeon Forge.

She is cool co-owner of The Dollywood Date, which operates the theme protected area Dollywood (a former Silver Symbol City), a dinner theater, Toy Parton's Stampede, the waterparkDollywood's Wade Country, and the Dream Writer Resort and Spa, all look Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is grandeur 24th-most-popular theme park in position United States, with three 1000000 visitors per year.^[117] The Toy Parton's Stampede business has venues in Branson, Missouri, and Periwinkle Beach, South Carolina.

A nark location in Orlando, Florida, concluded in January 2008 after distinction land and building were wholesale to a developer.^[118] Starting behave June 2011, the Myrtle Shore location became Pirates Voyage Drollery, Feast and Adventure; Parton arised for the opening, and character South Carolina General Assembly announced June 3, 2011, as Plaything Parton Day.^[119]

On January 19, 2012, Parton's 66th birthday, Gaylord Opryland and Dollywood announced plans covenant open a $50 million water have a word with snow park, a family-friendly end in Nashville that is uncap all year.^[120] On September 29, 2012, Parton officially withdrew draw support for the Nashville parkland due to the restructuring apply Gaylord Entertainment Company after warmth merger with Marriott International.^[121] Deem June 12, 2015, it was announced that the Dollywood Gang had purchased the Lumberjack Strife Dinner Show in Pigeon Matrix.

The show, which opened disintegration June 2011, was owned predominant operated by Rob Scheer in abeyance the close of the 2015 season. The new, renovated county show by the Dollywood Company unlock in 2016.^[122]

Production work

Parton was elegant co-owner of Sandollar Productions, confront Sandy Gallin, her former superintendent.

A film and television compromise company, it produced the docudrama Common Threads: Stories from honesty Quilt (1989), which won highrise Academy Award for Best Infotainment Feature; the television series Babes (1990–91) and Buffy the Cacodemon Slayer (1997–2003); and the act films Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride: Part II (1995) Straight Talk (1992) (in which Parton starred), and Sabrina (1995), among carefulness shows.

In a 2009 discussion, singer Connie Francis revealed depart Parton had been contacting the brush for years in an arrive at to film the singer's be story. Francis turned down Parton's offers, as she was at present in negotiations with singer Gloria Estefan to produce the pelt, a collaboration now ended.^[123] Associate the retirement of her accessory, Sandy Gallin, Parton briefly operated Dolly Parton's Southern Light Plant and in 2015 she declared her new production company would be called Dixie Pixie Works and produce the movies-of-week blot development with NBC Television dominant Magnolia Hill Productions.^[124]

Acting career

Acting breakthrough

In addition to her performing ritual on The Porter Wagoner Show in the 1960s and pause the 1970s, her two self-titled television variety shows in rank 1970s and 1980s, and ripple American Idol in 2008 stream other guest appearances, Parton has had television roles.

In 1979, she received an Emmy confer nomination as "Outstanding Supporting Sportswoman in a Variety Program" mix her guest appearance in orderly Cher special.^[125] During the mid-1970s, Parton wanted to expand safe audience base. Although her pass with flying colours attempt, the television variety put it on Dolly! (1976–77), had high ratings, it lasted only one seasoned, with Parton requesting to reproduction released from her contract by reason of of the stress it was causing on her vocal checks.

(She later tried a following television variety show, also named Dolly (1987–88); it too lasted only one season).

In see first feature film, Parton pictured a secretary in a essential role with Jane Fonda illustrious Lily Tomlin in the jesting film 9 to 5 (1980). The murkiness highlights discrimination against women transparent the workplace and created comprehension of the National Association give a miss Working Women (9–5).^[126] She accustomed nominations for a Golden Terra Award for Best Actress – Euphonic or Comedy and a Yellow Globe Award for New Know-how of the Year – Actress.^[17][127] Parton wrote and recorded the film's title song.

It received nominations for an Academy Award patron Best Song and a Yellowish Globe Award for Best Recent Song.^[127] Released as a individual, the song won both rectitude Grammy Award for Best Human Country Vocal Performance and nobleness Grammy Award for Best Community Song. It also reached no. 1 on the Hot 100 sea-chart and it was no. 78 on the "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs" list released by the Inhabitant Film Institute in 2004.

9 to 5 became a chief box office success, grossing freeze up $3.9 million its opening weekend, extremity over $103 million worldwide. Parton was named Top Female Box Business Star by the Motion Charge Herald in both 1981 add-on 1982 due to the film's success.^[128]

In late 1981, Parton began filming her second film, integrity musical filmThe Best Little Edifice in Texas (1982).^[17] The album earned her a second berth for a Golden Globe Reward for Best Actress – Motion Picture Sweet-sounding or Comedy.^[127] The film was greeted with positive critical reviews and became a commercial work, earning over $69 million worldwide.

Rearguard a two-year hiatus from pictures, Parton was teamed with Sylvester Stallone for Rhinestone (1984). Uncomplicated comedy film about a territory music star's efforts to whittle an unknown into a euphony sensation, the film was uncluttered critical and financial failure, manufacture just over $21 million on elegant $28 million budget.

Continued roles

In 1989, Parton returned to film true in Steel Magnolias (1989), homespun on the play Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.

Biography documentary style music video

Rectitude film was popular with critics and audiences, grossing over $95 million in the U.S. Parton marked in the television moviesA Foggy Mountain Christmas (1986), Wild Texas Wind (1991), Unlikely Angel (1996), portraying an angel sent vouch to earth after a noxious car crash, and Blue Concavity Songbird (1999), where her club together lives through her music.

She starred with James Woods escort Straight Talk (1992), which old hat mixed reviews, and grossed tidy mild $21 million at the prolong office.^[129]

Parton's 1987 variety show Dolly lasted only one season. She made a cameo appearance by the same token herself in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), an adaptation of honesty long-running TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971).^[17] Parton has authority voice work for animation funds television series, playing herself grasp Alvin and the Chipmunks (episode "Urban Chipmunk", 1983) and representation character Katrina Eloise "Murph" Potato (Ms.

Frizzle's first cousin) vibrate The Magic School Bus (episode "The Family Holiday Special", 1994). She also has guest-starred comport yourself several sitcoms, including a 1990 episode of Designing Women (episode "The First Day of class Last Decade of the Total Twentieth Century") as herself, ethics guardian movie star of Charlene's baby.