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Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton attends the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker)
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Dolly Parton with her sisters.
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Dolle Parton as a child
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Career
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1970
Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in circa 1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)
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1970
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1970
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1970
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1972
Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in circa 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)
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1974
Country singer Dolly Parton performs on stage with an acoustic guitar in circa 1974. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)
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1974
Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in circa 1974. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)
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1975
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Country singer Dolly Parton performs on stage wearing a yellow dress in circa 1975 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)
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1976
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Dolly Parton performing live on stage at the United Kingdom Country Music Festival (Photo by Andrew Putler)
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1976
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in September 1976, in New York City, New York. (Photo by David Gahr)
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1976
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait in September 1976, in New York City, New York. (Photo by David Gahr)
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1976
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1977
London, United Kingdom
Dolly Parton in London after performing at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, at a Scottish Royal Jubilee Television Special in the presence of the Queen. (Photo by Keystone)
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1977
Dolly Parton in 1977
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1977
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American musicians Les Paul (1915 - 2009), Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins (1924 - 2001), and Freddie Fender (1937 - 2006), as they pose together during the 19th annual Grammy Awards at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, February 19, 1977. (Photo by Fotos International)
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1977
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Dolly Parton circa 1977 in New York City. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum)
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1978
Promotional portrait of American musician and actress Dolly Parton, 1978. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive)
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1978
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon)
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1978
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon)
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1978
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon)
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1978
Dolly Parton in 1978. (Photo by Chris Walter)
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1980
American actresses Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in a publicity still for "9 to 5," directed by Colin Higgins, 1980. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection)
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1987
Paul Reubens (as Pee Wee Herman) and Dolly Parton. (Photo by Walt Disney Television)
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1988
Dolly Parton at the Dolly Show. (Photo by Walt Disney Television)
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1990
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2010
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Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Backstage at the Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years show at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on April 10, 2010, in Ledyard Center, Connecticut. (Photo by Rick Diamond)
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2014
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Dolly Parton performs on The Pyramid Stage on Day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2014, in Glastonbury. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest)
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2015
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2018
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Dolly Parton performs onstage at a luncheon for the Netflix Film Dumplin' at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer)
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2018
Singer Dolly Parton during an interview at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on November 30, 2018. (Photo by Andrew Lipovsky)
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2018
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Dolly Parton arrives at the premiere of Netflix's "Dumplin'" at the Chinese Theater on December 6, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
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2019
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Dolly Parton attends the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 13, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin)
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2019
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Dolly Parton visits The Cast of "9 To 5" The Musical at The Savoy Theatre on February 17, 2019, in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan)
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2019
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Dolly Parton attends the 61st Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
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2019
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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Dolly Parton in London after performing at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, at a Scottish Royal Jubilee Television Special in the presence of the Queen. (Photo by Keystone)
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
American musicians Les Paul (1915 - 2009), Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins (1924 - 2001), and Freddie Fender (1937 - 2006), as they pose together during the 19th annual Grammy Awards at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, February 19, 1977. (Photo by Fotos International)
American actresses Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in a publicity still for "9 to 5," directed by Colin Higgins, 1980. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection)
39 Norwich-Westerly Rd, Ledyard, CT 06338, United States
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Backstage at the Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years show at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on April 10, 2010, in Ledyard Center, Connecticut. (Photo by Rick Diamond)
Dolly Parton performs on The Pyramid Stage on Day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2014, in Glastonbury. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest)
300 Doheny Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States
Dolly Parton performs onstage at a luncheon for the Netflix Film Dumplin' at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer)
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Dolly Parton arrives at the premiere of Netflix's "Dumplin'" at the Chinese Theater on December 6, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Just the Way I Am: Poetic Selections on "Reasons to Live, Reasons to Love and Reasons to Smile" from the Songs of Dolly Parton
(“Just the Way I Am” is a collection of poetry comprised o...)
“Just the Way I Am” is a collection of poetry comprised of song lyrics from some of her most treasured works. It was published by Blue Mountain Arts in 1979.
(The successful country singer reveals her life since leav...)
The successful country singer reveals her life since leaving home at the age of eighteen to pursue a singing career while discussing her personal philosophies, her marriage, her friendships, and her achievements.
Dolly's Dixie Fixin's: Love, Laughter and Lots of Good Food
(Features more than 125 recipes, including many from Parto...)
Features more than 125 recipes, including many from Parton´s personal collection of southern specialties including her popular banana pudding. Many of the recipes were passed down to Parton from her late mother, Avie Lee Parton, as well as several from her mother-in-law, "Mama (Ginny) Dean".
Dolly Parton, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and producer, brings her skills to picture books for the first time. "I am a Rainbow" is a colorful upbeat picture book that encourages children of all ages to think about their feelings.
(Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who ...)
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who work with him in the grossest manner. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house, they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?
(The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a b...)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson. It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas.
(Trying to get out of her contract with her obnoxious mana...)
Trying to get out of her contract with her obnoxious manager, Freddie (Ron Leibman), country singer Jake Farris (Dolly Parton) bets that she can turn the next person she sees into a Nashville-style crooner.
(A telephone operator's life changes when she innocently w...)
A telephone operator's life changes when she innocently walks through a wrong door at the right time and is mistakenly identified as the station's new on-air psychologist.
(After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance c...)
After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance claims investigator teams with a new female investigator to uncover a massive, homicidal fraud the company seems to be perpetrating on its biggest clients.
also known asThe Smoky Mountain Songbird, The Iron Butterfly, The Queen of Country, The Backwoods Barbie, The Queen of Nashville, The Book Lady, The Leading Lady of Country, Aunt Granny
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American country music singer, guitarist, and actress. She is best known for pioneering the interface between country and pop music styles.
Background
Ethnicity:
Parton's ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.
Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Parton grew up poor in rural Appalachia. She was one of 12 children, and money was always an issue for her family. Her first exposure to music came from family members, including her mother, who sang and played guitar. At an early age, she also learned about music while performing in church.
Education
Parton received her first guitar from a relative and soon began to pen her own tunes. At age 10, she started performing professionally, appearing on local television and radio shows in Knoxville. Parton made her Grand Ole Opry debut three years later. Set on a career in music, she then moved to Nashville after finishing Sevier County High School in 1964.
Parton's singing career really started to take off in 1967. Around this time, she partnered with Porter Wagoner on The Porter Wagoner Show. Parton and Wagoner became a popular duo and the pair recorded a slew of country hits together. Much was made of her shapely curves, petite stature, and warm personality, which to some belied a thoughtful, visionary artist with a strong business sense. Since her early career, Parton has protected the publishing rights to her catalog of songs, which has earned her millions in royalties.
Parton's work with Wagoner also helped her land a contract with RCA Records. After having had several charting singles, Parton scored her first No. 1 country hit in 1971 with "Joshua," a bluegrass-inspired track about two solitary figures who find love. More No. 1 hits followed in the mid-'70s, including "Jolene," a haunting single in which a woman begs another beautiful woman not to take her man, and "I Will Always Love You" - a tribute to Wagoner as the two parted ways professionally. Other country hits from this era included the ethereal "Love Is Like a Butterfly," the provocative "The Bargain Store," the spiritual "The Seeker" and the rollicking "All I Can Do." For the range of her compelling work, she won the Country Music Association award for female vocalist in 1975 and 1976.
In 1977, Parton had her first crossover smash with the bouncy, bittersweet ode to a returning lover, "Here You Come Again." The song reached the top of the country charts as well as No. 3 on the pop charts, and also marked the singer/songwriter's first Grammy Award, specifically for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. More emotionally-driven No. 1 country hits followed including "It's All Wrong, But It's Alright," "Heartbreaker" and "Starting Over Again," a ballad written by disco star Donna Summer.
Parton perhaps reached the apex of her mainstream success in the 1980s. She not only starred with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the 1980 hit comedy 9 to 5, which marked her film debut but also contributed to its soundtrack. The title song, with one of the most memorable opening lines in popular music history, proved to be another No. 1 hit for Parton on both the pop and country charts and earned her an Academy Award nomination. Parton next starred with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982, which helped to introduce a new generation to her song "I Will Always Love You." The following year she scored another major smash with "Islands in the Stream," her duet with Kenny Rogers.
Around this time, Parton branched out in a new direction. She opened her own theme park called Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in 1986. The amusement park remains a popular travel destination to this day.
Over the years, Parton has enjoyed many other successful collaborations. She recorded the Grammy Award-winning album Trio with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in 1987. In 1992, her song “I Will Always Love You” was recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The Bodyguard. Houston’s version catapulted Parton’s song into a new stratosphere of popularity, with the single sitting atop the pop charts for 14 weeks and becoming one of the bestselling singles of all time. “When Whitney did it, I got all the money for the publishing and for the writing, and I bought a lot of cheap wigs,” she told Anderson Cooper when he asked her how she spent her royalties from the song. Then in 1993, Parton teamed up with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette for Honky Tonk Angels. Parton revisited her now-signature song, "I Will Always Love You," in 1995 as a duet with Vince Gill.
Parton explored the music of her Appalachian roots with The Grass Is Blue (1999) with a little help from such talents as Alison Krauss and Patty Loveless. The record won a Grammy (Parton's sixth) for best bluegrass album in 1999. Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and won another Grammy the following year for the song "Shine" off the 2001 album Little Sparrow.
Continuing to write and record, Parton released Backwoods Barbie in 2008. The album featured two country singles, "Better Get to Livin'" and "Jesus & Gravity."
In 2006, Parton received special recognition for her lifetime contributions to the arts as one of five artists feted at the annual Kennedy Center Honors. She also picked up a second Academy Award nomination for the song "Travelin' Thru," which appeared on the soundtrack for 2005's Transamerica.
Over the years, Parton has continued to work as an actress in an array of films and TV projects that include Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992), Unlikely Angel (1996), Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) and Joyful Noise (2012), has also hosted her own variety show in both 1976 and 1987-88. At the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2016, Parton was honored as the recipient of the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
In early 2018, just before the music icon's 72nd birthday, a Sony Music press release revealed that she was still setting records and sweeping up accolades. Along with receiving gold and platinum certification for some of her songs, Parton was to be honored with the Governors' Award at the 32nd Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards. Additionally, she was recognized in the Guinness World Records 2018 edition for her accomplishments of most decades with a Top 20 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and most hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart by a female artist.
Having already been honored by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, Parton received another tribute during the February 2019 awards show, with artists like Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, and Kacey Musgraves joining her on stage to sing a medley of her hits. Later that year, Parton joined a televised special to celebrate her 50th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
After writing so many of her own hits, Parton penned the songs for a new musical based on her earlier hit workplace comedy, 9 to 5. The show, starring Allison Janney (who won a Tony for the role), ran on Broadway for several months in 2009.
Parton has shown no signs of slowing down. In 2011, she released Better Day, which fared well on the country album charts. In 2012, Parton published her book Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You. She is also the author of the memoir Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business (1994).
The TV movie Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, a biopic about the singer's childhood, aired in 2015. It starred Alyvia Alyn Lind as young Dolly and Sugarland star Jennifer Nettles as Parton's mother. The next year, Parton had her first number 1 country album in more than 25 years with the set Pure & Simple, supported by a North American tour. The 2016 holiday season also saw the airing of the biopic sequel Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.
In June 2018, Netflix announced plans for a Dolly Parton anthology series, with the iconic performer on board to executive produce and appear in select episodes. Heartstrings premiered in November 2019, with each of its eight episodes based on one of Parton's songs.
Parton is Christian, and deeply spiritual. The fact that God is a big part of her life, however, is not up for question. As Dolly says, "God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him."
Her songs certainly reflect that attitude. She’s a big fan of gospel and spirituals, and many of her songs are deeply religious from "Letter to Heaven' to "Hello God." She credits this theme in her songwriting to her childhood:
"My grandpa was a preacher, and I guess at an impressionable age, I believed that through God I could do everything... and that’s why so many of my songs have an inspirational feeling."
She claimed: "I try to just depend on that source that’s bigger than us... and kind of energize my batteries with God and praying every day. And just kind of feeling like Jesus is right here close to me and he’s my friend, and I just talk to him and deal with it that way."
Politics
Parton is not one to discuss politics. Apparently, when conservative talk show host Bill O’Reilly asked her if she was conservative, she said no, that she was “more patriotic than political.” Her patriotic album For God and Country brought that fact home. But that doesn’t mean she won’t talk about any political issues.
The legendary singer is very accepting of her gay fans, saying it’s not her place to judge other people - that’s a task reserved for God. She can also relate to gay people because she felt different and like an outcast growing up. And she also believes in gay people’s right to marry: "Sure, why can’t they get married? They should suffer like the rest of us do."
And despite her blatantly sexual image, Parton has a feminist side too. Her song “9 to 5″ about the plight of working women solidified her place in the movement, and she makes comments, even in jest, that shows she’s an advocate of equal rights for women: "I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."
And even though she never endorsed Barack Obama, she wishes him the best. She said she thought it was wonderful that Americans elected a black president. She said: "I just hate that Obama had to go in with this big burden on him. It’s like, no matter what he does, people are going to slap him around. But we should all pray for him and... be supportive."
Dolly has a passion for literacy considering her father, who she says was very smart, never learned how to read. Her program, Imagination Library, sends one book a month to preschool children. It’s grown since 1996 from a local project in her hometown to operating in three countries.
Views
Parton has worked with charitable organizations in support of numerous causes over the years and established her own Dollywood Foundation in 1996. With the goal of improving literacy among young children, she created Dolly’s Imagination Library, a program that donates more than 10 million books to children annually. "They call me the Book Lady. That's what the little kids say when they get their books in the mail,” she told The Washington Post in 2006. "They think I bring them and put them in the mailbox myself, like Peter Rabbit or something.”
Though many of her charitable contributions are anonymous, Parton has used her success to give back to her community by providing scholarships for children, donating thousands to hospitals and providing technology and supplies for classrooms.
Quotations:
"I think that I’ve been at this so long that [my audience has] come to know me, they know I’m not judgmental. They know I like everybody. I want to be accepted myself, and I not only accept, but celebrate, the difference in everyone."
"As soon as I could, I started my own publishing company, got my own record label. I think it's important, if you can, to keep all of your goods close to home where you can control them and know what's happening with them."
"My songs are like children, I conceive a thought, I carry it in my mind for a time, and then labor to give it birth. Hope you like my kids."
"Everything was music to me… if someone was hammering on the other hill at the sawmill, I’d start writing a song with that rhythm,” she added. “I still write [songs]. I still have to have my yellow legal pads and my cassette player, and I have to order them off eBay.”
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap."
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
"Storms make trees take deeper roots."
"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."
"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."
"It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen."
"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."
"If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words."
Personality
Dolly has a huge obsession with colorful butterflies.
The first cloned sheep Dolly was named after her in reference to her rare breast implant.
She reportedly has her breasts insured for $600,000.
The children's television series Sesame Street (1969) introduced a character in homage to Dolly Parton. She had purple skin and blonde hair and went by the name of Polly Darton.
She and her husband Carl Dean raised five of her younger siblings.
After Dolly came out with “I Will Always Love You,” Elvis Presley’s manager reached out to her in hopes of having Presley cover it. Part of the deal, however, was that Dolly give up half of the publishing rights to the song. Dolly said something in her heart was telling her not to do it, so she turned him down. Instead, Whitney Houston covered the song in 1992.
With as much as she travels on tour, it’s quite surprising that Dolly doesn’t sleep in hotels. It’s not that she doesn’t like them, she just finds it more convenient to sleep on her tour bus. She hates packing and unpacking all of her clothes and makes the tour bus her home when she’s on the road. “We just pull right up to the stage door, pull on up and do our show, get back on, and I go to bed! And roll over to the next show,” the country singer said.
Physical Characteristics:
Parton's height is 4 ft 11 in or 150 cm, her weight is 50 kg or 110 lbs.
She has blonde hair, green eyes. Her distinctive features are curved lips, a mole below her lips (left side), arched eyebrows and bright long nails.
She was unable to have her own children because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth-control pills when she was younger.
Parton loves butterflies so much that she admitted she has some butterfly tattoos, even though she doesn’t show them off publicly.
Interests
charity, writing
Connections
Parton has been married to Carl Dean since 1966. The couple met at a Nashville laundromat, the Wishy Washy, two years earlier. On their 50th anniversary, the two renewed their vows. "My husband is not one who wants to be just thrown out there," she has said about Dean. "He’s very private, and I’ve always respected that for him and about him."
Parton is the godmother of pop singer and actress Miley Cyrus.
1970 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Top Vocal Group
1977 - Entertainer of the Year
1980 - Top Female Vocalist
1983 - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Top Vocal Duet; Islands in the Stream - Single Record of the Year shared with Kenny Rogers
1987 - Trio - Album of the Year shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
2005 - When I Get Where I'm Going - Vocal Event of the Year shared with Brad Paisley, Video of the Year shared with Brad Paisley
2006 - Dolly Parton - Cliffe Stone Pioneer Award
2008 - Dolly Parton - Jim Reeves International Award
2015 - Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colours - Tex Ritter Film Award
2017 - Herself - Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award
1970 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Top Vocal Group
1977 - Entertainer of the Year
1980 - Top Female Vocalist
1983 - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Top Vocal Duet; Islands in the Stream - Single Record of the Year shared with Kenny Rogers
1987 - Trio - Album of the Year shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
2005 - When I Get Where I'm Going - Vocal Event of the Year shared with Brad Paisley, Video of the Year shared with Brad Paisley
2006 - Dolly Parton - Cliffe Stone Pioneer Award
2008 - Dolly Parton - Jim Reeves International Award
2015 - Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colours - Tex Ritter Film Award
1978 - New Harvest, First Gathering - Favorite Country Album
1984 - "Islands In The Stream" - Favorite Country Single
1985 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Favorite Country Single
1978 - New Harvest, First Gathering - Favorite Country Album
1984 - "Islands In The Stream" - Favorite Country Single
1985 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Favorite Country Single
1966 - "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" (performed by Bill Phillips) - Country Award
1971 - "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacherman" - Country Award, "Joshua" - Country Award
1972 - "The Last One To Touch Me" - Country Award
1974 - "Jolene" - Country Award, Pop Award; "Traveling Man" - Country Award
1975 - "Love Is Like A Butterfly" - Country Award; "I Will Always Love You" - Country Award, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" - Country Award, "Kentucky Gambler" (performed by Merle Haggard) - Country Award
1976 - "The Seeker" - Country Award; "The Bargain Store" Country Award; "Say Forever You'll Be Mine" Country Award
1977 - "All I Can Do" - Country Award
1978 - "Two Doors Down" - Country Award; "Light Of A Clear Blue Morning" - Country Award; "Two Doors Down" - Pop Award
1979 - "Two Doors Down" - Country Award; "Baby I'm Burning" - Country Award; "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" - Country Award; "Baby I'm Burning" - Pop Award
1981 - "9 To 5" - Country Award, Pop Award, Pop Song of the Year, Country Song of the Year
1982 - "9 To 5" Country Award; "Heartbreak Express" - Pop Award; "I Will Always Love You" - Pop Award
1983 - Country Award, "Heartbreak Express" - Country Award; "Everything's Beautiful" - Country Award, Pop Award
1985 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Country Award
1993 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award; Pop Song of the Year
1994 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award
1995 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award
2003 - Dolly Parton - Icon Award
1966 - "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" (performed by Bill Phillips) - Country Award
1971 - "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacherman" - Country Award, "Joshua" - Country Award
1972 - "The Last One To Touch Me" - Country Award
1974 - "Jolene" - Country Award, Pop Award; "Traveling Man" - Country Award
1975 - "Love Is Like A Butterfly" - Country Award; "I Will Always Love You" - Country Award, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" - Country Award, "Kentucky Gambler" (performed by Merle Haggard) - Country Award
1976 - "The Seeker" - Country Award; "The Bargain Store" Country Award; "Say Forever You'll Be Mine" Country Award
1977 - "All I Can Do" - Country Award
1978 - "Two Doors Down" - Country Award; "Light Of A Clear Blue Morning" - Country Award; "Two Doors Down" - Pop Award
1979 - "Two Doors Down" - Country Award; "Baby I'm Burning" - Country Award; "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" - Country Award; "Baby I'm Burning" - Pop Award
1981 - "9 To 5" - Country Award, Pop Award, Pop Song of the Year, Country Song of the Year
1982 - "9 To 5" Country Award; "Heartbreak Express" - Pop Award; "I Will Always Love You" - Pop Award
1983 - Country Award, "Heartbreak Express" - Country Award; "Everything's Beautiful" - Country Award, Pop Award
1985 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Country Award
1993 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award; Pop Song of the Year
1994 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award
1995 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Pop Award
2003 - Dolly Parton - Icon Award
British Country Music Awards,
United Kingdom
1976 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1977 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1978 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1979 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1980 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
2000 - International Independent Artist
1976 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1977 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1978 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1979 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1980 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
2000 - International Independent Artist
Broadway.com Audience Awards,
United States
2009 - "Get Out and Stay Out" - Favorite New Broadway Song
2009 - "Get Out and Stay Out" - Favorite New Broadway Song
Canadian Country Music Association Awards,
Canada
1985 - Once Upon A Christmas (with Kenny Rogers) - Top Selling Album of the Year
1985 - Once Upon A Christmas (with Kenny Rogers) - Top Selling Album of the Year
CMT Music Awards,
United States
1968 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet; Dolly Parton - Most Promising Female
1969 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet
1970 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet
1971 - The Porter Wagoner Show - Television Series
1988 - Trio - Vocal Collaboration shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
1992 - Rockin' Years - Vocal Collaboration shared with Ricky Van Shelton; Music Video shared with Ricky Van Shelton
1994 - Romeo - Vocal Event shared with Billy Ray Cyrus & Friends; Dolly Parton - Living Legend Award, Minnie Pearl Award
2000 - After The Goldrush - Video Event of the Year shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
1968 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet; Dolly Parton - Most Promising Female
1969 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet
1970 - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - Vocal Duet
1971 - The Porter Wagoner Show - Television Series
1988 - Trio - Vocal Collaboration shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
1992 - Rockin' Years - Vocal Collaboration shared with Ricky Van Shelton; Music Video shared with Ricky Van Shelton
1994 - Romeo - Vocal Event shared with Billy Ray Cyrus & Friends; Dolly Parton - Living Legend Award, Minnie Pearl Award
2000 - After The Goldrush - Video Event of the Year shared with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
1968 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Group of the Year
1970 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Duo of the Year
1971 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Duo of the Year
1975 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1976 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1978 - Dolly Parton - Entertainer of the Year
1988 - Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) - Vocal Event of the Year
1996 - "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton with special guest Vince Gill) - Vocal Event of the Year
2006 - "When I Get Where I'm Going" (Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton) - Vocal Event of the Year
2016 - Dolly Parton - Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
1968 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Group of the Year
1970 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Duo of the Year
1971 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Vocal Duo of the Year
1975 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1976 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
1978 - Dolly Parton - Entertainer of the Year
1988 - Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) - Vocal Event of the Year
1996 - "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton with special guest Vince Gill) - Vocal Event of the Year
2006 - "When I Get Where I'm Going" (Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton) - Vocal Event of the Year
2016 - Dolly Parton - Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
1979 - Here You Come Again - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
1982 - "9 to 5" - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, Best Country Song
1988 - Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt) - Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
2000 - "After the Gold Rush" (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt) - Best Country Vocal Collaboration
2001 - The Grass Is Blue - Best Bluegrass Album
2002 - "Shine" Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2011 - Dolly Parton - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 - "Jolene" (Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton) - Best Country Duo/Group Performance
2019 - Dolly Parton - MusiCares Person of the Year
2020 - "God Only Knows" (For King & Country and Dolly Parton) - Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
1979 - Here You Come Again - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
1982 - "9 to 5" - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, Best Country Song
1988 - Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt) - Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
2000 - "After the Gold Rush" (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt) - Best Country Vocal Collaboration
2001 - The Grass Is Blue - Best Bluegrass Album
2002 - "Shine" Best Female Country Vocal Performance
2011 - Dolly Parton - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 - "Jolene" (Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton) - Best Country Duo/Group Performance
2019 - Dolly Parton - MusiCares Person of the Year
2020 - "God Only Knows" (For King & Country and Dolly Parton) - Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
European Country Music Association Awards
2001 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
2006 - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (with Roy Rivers) - Vocal Collaboration of the Year
2008 - Backwoods Barbie - Indie Album of the Year
2001 - Dolly Parton - Female Vocalist of the Year
2006 - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (with Roy Rivers) - Vocal Collaboration of the Year
2008 - Backwoods Barbie - Indie Album of the Year
Nashville Songwriters Association International Awards,
United States
1968 - "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" (performed by Bill Phillips) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1971 - "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacherman" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1972 - "Coat of Many Colors" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1974 - "Jolene" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1975 - Songwriter Achievement Award; "Love Is Like A Butterfly" - Songwriter Achievement Award; "Kentucky Gambler" (performed by Merle Haggard) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1976 - "The Seeker" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1979 - "Two Doors Down" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1982 - "9 To 5" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1991 - "Eagle When She Flies" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1992 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1995 - "I Will Always Love You" (duet with Vince Gill) - Songwriter Achievement Award
2012 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Song of the Year
1968 - "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" (performed by Bill Phillips) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1971 - "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacherman" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1972 - "Coat of Many Colors" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1974 - "Jolene" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1975 - Songwriter Achievement Award; "Love Is Like A Butterfly" - Songwriter Achievement Award; "Kentucky Gambler" (performed by Merle Haggard) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1976 - "The Seeker" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1979 - "Two Doors Down" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1982 - "9 To 5" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1991 - "Eagle When She Flies" - Songwriter Achievement Award
1992 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Songwriter Achievement Award
1995 - "I Will Always Love You" (duet with Vince Gill) - Songwriter Achievement Award
2012 - "I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston) - Song of the Year
1981 - "9 to 5" - Favorite Song from a Motion Picture
1988 - Dolly - Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program Won; Dolly Parton - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
1981 - "9 to 5" - Favorite Song from a Motion Picture
1988 - Dolly - Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program Won; Dolly Parton - Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer