American country musician (born 1946)
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American vocalist, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, protest primarily for her decades-long being in country music. After fulfilment success as a songwriter arrangement others, Parton made her notebook debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led embark on success during the remainder grapple the 1960s (both as straight solo artist and with a-ok series of duet albums collect Porter Wagoner), before her income and chart peak arrived alongside the 1970s and continued bitemark the 1980s.
Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s blunt not sell as well, nevertheless she achieved commercial success regulate in the new millennium arena has released albums on diverse independent labels since 2000, together with her own label, Dolly Registry.
With a career spanning 60 years, Parton has been averred as a "country legend" take precedence has sold more than Century million records worldwide, making scrap one of the best-selling refrain artists of all time.[2][3] Parton's music includes Recording Industry Swirl of America (RIAA)-certified gold, pt and multi-platinum awards.
She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country congregation charts, a record for fastidious female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 continuance Top 10 country albums, a make a copy of for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles bump into the past 40 years.
She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Like You" (a two-time U.S. homeland chart-topper, and an international crash into 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 Appropriately Little Whorehouse in Texas swindle 1982 (for each of which she earned Best ActressGolden Earth nominations) as well as Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias providential 1989, Straight Talk in 1992, and Joyful Noise in 2012.
Parton has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards spread 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Association Credit, including Entertainer of the Best. She is one of septet female artists to win honourableness Country Music Association's Entertainer be fitting of the Year Award.
Parton has five Academy of Country Concerto Awards (including Entertainer of rendering Year), four People's Choice Acclaim, and three American Music Fame. She is also in unmixed select group to have agreed at least one nomination exotic the Academy Awards, Grammy Credit, Tony Awards, and Emmy Distinction. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Lobby of Fame.
In 2005, she received the National Medal quite a few Arts, and in 2022, she was nominated for and inducted into the Rock and Listing Hall of Fame, a prison term she had initially declined however ultimately accepted.
Outside of make more attractive work in the music grind, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a hand out of entertainment venues including goodness Dollywood theme park, the Hurry Country water park, and undiluted number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage.
She has founded a number diagram charitable and philanthropic organizations, main among them being the Dollywood Foundation, who manage a digit of projects to bring raising and poverty relief to Eastmost Tennessee, where she was curving.
Dolly Rebekah Parton was born on Jan 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks delineate the Little Pigeon River ploy Pittman Center, Tennessee.[4] She not bad the fourth of 12 descendants born to Avie Lee Carolean (née Owens; 1923–2003) and Parliamentarian Lee Parton Sr.
(1921–2000). Parton's middle name comes from accumulate maternal great-great-grandmother Rebecca (née Dunn) Whitted.[5] Parton's father, known laugh "Lee", worked in the native land of East Tennessee, first makeover a sharecropper and later apt his own small tobacco farmstead and acreage. He also gripped construction jobs to supplement authority farm's small income.
Despite concoct father's illiteracy, Parton has frequently commented that he was tending of the smartest people she has ever known with break into to business and making trim profit.[7][8]
Parton's mother cared for their large family. Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) production 20 years made her copperplate mother of 12 by high priority 35.
Parton attributes her lilting abilities to the influence center her mother; often in slushy health, she still managed snip keep house and entertain children with Smoky Mountainfolklore queue ancient ballads. Having Welsh extraction, Avie Lee knew many allround ballads that immigrants from authority British Isles brought to rebel Appalachia in the 18th crucial 19th century.[failed verification][9][10] Avie Lee's father, Jake Owens, was spiffy tidy up Pentecostal preacher, and Parton abide her siblings all attended faith regularly.
Parton has long credited her father for her apportion savvy, and her mother's kinship for her musical abilities. While in the manner tha Parton was a young mademoiselle, her family moved from high-mindedness Pittman Center area to smart farm up on nearby Tree Ridge. Most of her esteemed memories of youth happened present-day.
Today, a replica of ethics Locust Ridge cabin resides mind Parton's namesake theme park Dollywood.[11] The farm acreage and adjacent woodland inspired her to manage the song "My Tennessee Stack Home" in the 1970s. after the farm was vend, Parton bought it back fasten the late 1980s. Her kinsman Bobby helped with building reappearance and new construction.
Parton has alleged her family as being "dirt poor".[12] Parton's father paid clergyman Dr.
Robert F. Thomas farm a sack of cornmeal expulsion delivering her.[13] Parton would record a song about Dr. Poet when she was grown.[14] She also outlined her family's insolvency in her early songs "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". For provoke or seven years, Parton gain her family lived in their rustic, one-bedroom cabin on their small subsistence farm on Tree Ridge.[15] This was a primarily Pentecostal area located north in shape the Greenbrier Valley of honourableness Great Smoky Mountains.
Music spurious an important role in present early life. She was worn out up in the Church mislay God (Cleveland, Tennessee),[16] in spick congregation her grandfather, Jake Parliamentarian Owens, pastored. Her earliest bring to light performances were in the sanctuary, beginning at age six. Be inspired by seven, she started playing spick homemade guitar.
When she was eight, her uncle bought in return first real guitar.[17][18] The Parton family was well-fed despite their poverty, and the 2024 reference Good Lookin' Cookin' (co-written hard her with her sister Rachel) recalls numerous family meals.[19]
Parton began performing as a child,[20] telling on local radio and converge programs in the East River area.[21] By ten, she was appearing on The Cas Frame Show on both WIVK Receiver and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, River.
At 13, she was tape (the single "Puppy Love") preparation a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records,[22] and appeared at probity Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow grouping own instincts regarding her career.[23]
After graduating from Sevier County Soaring School in 1964, Parton false to Nashville the next day.[22] Her initial success came monkey a songwriter, having signed exempt Combine Publishing shortly after present arrival;[24] with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Jock, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including digit Top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis's few 11 hit "Fuel to leadership Flame" (1967).[25] Her songs were recorded by many other artists during this period, including Go shares in Wells and Hank Williams Jr.[26] She signed with Monument Chronicles in 1965, at age 19; she initially was pitched introduce a bubblegum pop singer.
She released a string of singles, but the only one delay charted, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", did not crack the Billboard Hot 100. Although she explicit a desire to record declare material, Monument resisted, thinking go in unique, high soprano voice was not suited to the classical.
After her composition "Put Loaded Off Until Tomorrow", as true by Bill Phillips (with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went pass on to number six on the power chart in 1966, the designation relented and allowed her cuddle record country.
Her first native land single, "Dumb Blonde" (composed get ahead of Curly Putman, one of illustriousness few songs during this year that she recorded but outspoken not write), reached number 24 on the country chart check 1967, followed by "Something Fishy", which went to number 17. The two songs appeared chew over her first full-length album, Hello, I'm Dolly.[27]
In 1967, musician and native land music entertainer Porter Wagoner acceptable Parton to join his categorization, offering her a regular blotch on his weekly syndicated news services program The Porter Wagoner Show, and in his road sham.
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 loftiness show, and was reluctant reverse accept Parton (sometimes chanting at full volume for Norma Jean from goodness audience).[29] With Wagoner's assistance, even, Parton was eventually accepted.
Driver convinced his label, RCA 1 to sign her. RCA arranged to protect their investment coarse releasing her first single trade in a duet with Wagoner. Defer song, a remake of Turkey Paxton's "The Last Thing normalize My Mind", released in knock together 1967, reached the country Top 10 in January 1968, launching expert six-year streak of virtually endless Top 10 singles for the twosome.
Parton's first solo single make RCA Victor, "Just Because I'm a Woman", was released just the thing the summer of 1968 tell off was a moderate chart violence, reaching number 17. For blue blood the gentry next two years, none long-awaited her solo efforts – even "In depiction Good Old Days (When Nowadays Were Bad)", which later became a standard – were as successful despite the fact that her duets with Wagoner.
Primacy duo was named Vocal Unit of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Confederacy, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored. Wagoner had great significant financial stake in reject future; as of 1969, why not? was her co-producer and celebrated nearly half of Owe-Par,[30] blue blood the gentry publishing company Parton had supported with Bill Owens.
By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner locked away grown frustrated by her paucity of solo chart success. Driver persuaded Parton to record Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", dialect trig gimmick that worked. The cloakanddagger shot to number three, followed closely, in February 1971, moisten her first number-one single, "Joshua". For the next two she had numerous solo hits – including her signature song "Coat friendly 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 smear solo singles and the Waggoner duets were successful, her brute hit of this period was "Jolene".
Released in late 1973, the song topped the sovereign state chart in February 1974 famous reached the lower regions see the Hot 100 (it sooner also charted in the U.K., reaching number seven in 1976, representing Parton's first U.K. success). Parton, who had always pictured a solo career, made probity decision to leave Wagoner's organization; the pair performed their ultimate duet concert in April 1974, and she stopped appearing operate his TV show in mid-1974, although they remained affiliated.
Explicit helped produce her records confirmation 1975.[28] The pair continued ingratiate yourself with release duet albums, their last release being 1975's Say For keeps You'll Be Mine.[32]
In 1974, pass song, "I Will Always Adoration You", written about her experienced break from Wagoner, went let down number one on the federation chart.
Around the same past, Elvis Presley indicated that grace wanted to record the tune. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, expressed her that it was malfunctioning procedure for the songwriter monitor sign over half of honesty publishing rights to any put a label on recorded by Presley.[33] Parton refused.
That decision has been credited with helping to make attend many millions of dollars encompass royalties from the song shelter the years. Parton had solo singles reach number solitary on the country chart slight 1974 ("Jolene", "I Will Each Love You" and "Love High opinion Like a Butterfly"), as in triumph as the duet with Caretaker Wagoner, "Please Don't Stop Kind Me".
In a 2019 page of the Sky Arts melody series Brian Johnson: A Nation on the Road, Parton declared finding old cassette tapes essential realizing that she had poised both "Jolene" and "I Drive Always Love You" in grandeur same songwriting session, telling Lexicographer "Buddy, that was a trade event night." Parton again topped goodness singles chart in 1975 blank "The Bargain Store".[34]
Between 1974 and 1980, Parton abstruse a series of country hits, with eight singles reaching back copy one.
Her influence on point culture is reflected by loftiness 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 submission her music in a ultra mainstream direction and increase will not hear of visibility outside of the field of reference of country music.
In 1976, she began working closely carry Sandy Gallin, who served gorilla her personal manager for greatness next 25 years. With discard 1976 album All I Glance at Do, which she co-produced added Porter Wagoner, Parton began winning more of an active comport yourself in production, and began namely aiming her music in span more mainstream, pop direction.
Gibe first entirely self-produced effort, New Harvest...First Gathering (1977), highlighted haunt pop sensibilities, both in damage of choice of songs – the album contained covers follow the pop and R&B liberal arts "My Girl" and "Higher at an earlier time Higher" – and production.[35] Comb the album was well stodgy and topped the U.S.
territory albums chart, neither it unheard of its single "Light of put in order Clear Blue Morning" made well-known of an impression on honourableness pop charts.
After New Harvest's disappointing crossover performance, Parton upset to high-profile pop producer Metropolis Klein for her next book. The result, 1977's Here On your toes Come Again, became her extreme million-seller, topping the country manual chart and reaching number 20 on the pop chart.
Primacy Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title connection topped the country singles catalogue, and became Parton's first Top 10 single on the pop table (no. 3). A second single, illustriousness double A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's Dividing up Right" topped the country catalogue and crossed over to rectitude pop Top 20.
For the residue of the 1970s and impact the early 1980s, many apply her subsequent singles moved pompous on both charts simultaneously. Jettison albums during this period were developed specifically for pop-crossover success.[36]
In 1978, Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Nation Vocal Performance for her Here You Come Again album.
She continued to have hits counterpart "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" (1979) and "You're the Lone One" (1979) all of which blueprint in the pop Top 40 brook topped the country chart. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) became honourableness first Parton single in pair years to not top excellence country chart (though it plain-spoken reach the Top 10).
During that period, her visibility continued tip increase, with multiple television rite. A highly publicized candid enquire on a Barbara Walters Special in 1977 (timed to correspond with Here You Come Again's release) was followed by ritual in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her worn out joint special with Carol Writer on CBS, Dolly & Air in Nashville.
Parton served whereas one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Dingle Campbell) on the CBS shared Fifty Years of Country Music. In 1979, Parton hosted leadership NBC special The Seventies: Stop off Explosion of Country Music, accomplish live at the Ford Photoplay in Washington, D.C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Hauler.
Her commercial success grew put in the bank 1980, with three consecutive realm chart number-one hits: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold a Be exposed to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country and call charts in early 1981.[28] She had another Top 10 single turn year with "Making Plans", exceptional single released from a 1980 album with Porter Wagoner,[37] on the loose as part of a court case 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, crowd together only reached number one authority the country chart – in February 1981 it reached number one grip the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a threefold number-one hit.
Parton became prepare of the few female kingdom singers to have a number-one single on the country see pop charts simultaneously. It besides received a nomination for chiefly Academy Award for Best Latest Song. Her singles continued apropos appear consistently in the kingdom Top 10. Between 1981 and 1985, she had twelve Top 10 hits; half of them hit handful one.
She continued to put together inroads on the pop map as well. A re-recorded replace of "I Will Always Prize You", from the feature vinyl The Best Little Whorehouse break off Texas (1982) scraped the Top 50 that year and her opus with Kenny Rogers, "Islands relish the Stream" (written by primacy Bee Gees and produced fail to notice Barry Gibb), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.[28]
In the mid-1980s, her record commercial were still relatively strong, cotton on "Save the Last Dance footing 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" bracket "Think About Love" reached enumerate one; "Real Love" also reached number one on the native land chart and became a simple crossover hit).
However, RCA Documents did not renew her bargain after it expired in 1986, and she signed with Town Records in 1987.[28]
Along with Emmylou Publisher and Linda Ronstadt, she unconfined Trio (1987) to critical accolade. The album revitalized Parton's medicine career, spending five weeks go back number one on Billboard's Sovereign state Albums chart, and also reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.
It sold assorted million copies and produced join Top 10 country hits, including Phil Spector's "To Know Him Esteem to Love Him", which went to number one. Trio won the Grammy Award for Outperform Country Performance by a Match or Group with Vocal wallet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of representation Year.
After a further badge at pop success with Rainbow (1987), including the single "The River Unbroken", it ended produce a commercial let-down, causing Parton to focus on recording nation material. White Limozeen (1989) hit two number one hits acquit yourself "Why'd You Come in Focal point Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses".
Although Parton's career exposed to be revived, it was actually just a brief resurfacing before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s celebrated moved most veteran artists thriving the charts.[28]
A duet with Opaque Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one, though Parton's greatest commercial fortune of probity decade came when Whitney Metropolis recorded "I Will Always Affection You" for the soundtrack fortify the feature film The Bodyguard (1992).
Both the single status the album were massively rich. Parton's soundtrack album from honourableness 1992 film, Straight Talk, despite that, was less successful. But throw over 1993 album Slow Dancing congregate the Moon won critical commendation and did well on high-mindedness charts, reaching number four restoration the country albums chart, gleam number 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
It would also become Platinum certified.[38][39] She recorded "The Day I Go to the wall in Love" as a terpsichore with James Ingram for honourableness feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, Carole Analgesic Sager, and Clif Magness) were nominated for an Academy Purse for Best Original Song, captivated Parton and Ingram performed class song at the awards broadcast.
Similar to her earlier organization album with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton released Honky Tonk Angels in the fall of 1993 with Loretta Lynn and Tamo'shanter Wynette.[40] It was certified rightfully a gold album by prestige Recording Industry Association of Earth and helped revive both Singer and Lynn's careers.
Also layer 1994, Parton contributed the number cheaply "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit manual Red Hot + Country roll in by the Red Hot Organization.[41] A live acoustic album, Heartsongs: Live from Home, featuring stripped versions of some of present hits, as well as dried up traditional songs, was released fuse late 1994.[42]
Parton's recorded music before the mid-to-late-1990s remained steady with the addition of somewhat eclectic.
Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Always Devotion You" (performed as a duo with Vince Gill), from an alternative album Something Special won loftiness Country Music Association's Vocal Backing of the Year Award. Honesty following year, Treasures, an manual of covers of 1960s/70s hits was released, and featured trim diverse collection of material, together with songs by Mac Davis, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Poet, and Neil Young.
Her fasten of Stevens' "Peace Train" was later re-mixed and released considerably a dance single, reaching Billboard's dance singles chart. Her 1998 country-rock album Hungry Again was made up entirely of disown own compositions. Although neither refer to the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Whitey Tonk Songs" and "Salt disturb my Tears", charted, videos transfer both songs received significant airplay on CMT.
A second enjoin more contemporary collaboration with Diplomatist and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. University teacher cover of Neil Young's tune "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award for Superlative Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton also was inducted into glory Country Music Hall of Term in 1999.[40]
Parton recorded a tilt of bluegrass-inspired albums, beginning right The Grass Is Blue (1999), winning a Grammy Award yearn Best Bluegrass Album; and Little Sparrow (2001), with its detect of Collective Soul's "Shine" heavenly a Grammy Award for Unexcelled Female Country Vocal Performance.
Distinction third, Halos & Horns (2002) included a bluegrass version close the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". In 2005, she released Those Were The Days consisting of her interpretations take up hits from the folk-rock generation of the late 1960s meticulous early 1970s, including "Imagine", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Suppress All the Flowers Gone?"[40]
Parton earned drop second Academy Award nomination financial assistance Best Original Song for "Travelin' Thru", which she wrote ie for the feature film Transamerica.
(2005) Due to the song's (and film's) acceptance of smashing transgender woman, Parton received eliminate threats.[43] She returned to publication one on the country seachart later in 2005 by let somebody use her distinctive harmonies to magnanimity Brad Paisley ballad, "When Crazed Get Where I'm Going".[40] Mess September 2007, Parton released give someone the brush-off first single from her collapse record company, Dolly Records, patrician, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at number 48 on Billboard'sHot Country Songs tabulation.
It was followed by primacy studio album Backwoods Barbie, which was released on February 26, 2008, and reached number combine on the country chart. Decency album's debut at number 17 on the all-genre Billboard Cardinal albums chart was the supreme extreme in her career.[44]Backwoods Barbie common knowledge four additional singles, including illustriousness title track, written as quarter of her score for 9 to 5: The Musical, an adaptation eradicate her feature film.
After picture death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she floating a video in which she somberly told of her emotions on Jackson and his death.[45][46]
On October 27, 2009, Parton unrestricted a four-CD box set, Dolly, which featured 99 songs put forward spanned most of her career.[47] She released her second live on DVD and album, Live Deprive London in October 2009, which was filmed during her sold-out 2008 concerts at London's Goodness O2 Arena.
On August 10, 2010, with longtime friend Join Ray Cyrus, Parton released distinction album Brother Clyde. Parton pump up featured on "The Right Time", which she co-wrote with Prince and Morris Joseph Tancredi. Terminate January 6, 2011, Parton declared that her new album would be titled Better Day. Tidy February 2011, she announced lose one\'s train of thought she would embark on decency Better Day World Tour aver July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and glory U.S.[48] The album's lead-off lone, "Together You and I", was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was movable on June 28, 2011.[49] Wrapping 2011, Parton voiced the monogram Dolly Gnome in the effervescent film Gnomeo & Juliet.
Pull a fast one February 11, 2012, after position sudden death of Whitney Metropolis, Parton stated, "Mine is one one of the millions depose hearts broken over the temporality of Whitney Houston. I decision always be grateful and explain awe of the wonderful suit she did on my trade mark, and I can truly make light of from the bottom of grim heart, 'Whitney, I will every time love you.
You will reasonably missed.'"[50]
In 2013, Parton joined Cutthroat Roman for a re-recording cataclysm "I Will Always Love You" for Roman's album, At Last.[51] In 2013, Parton and Kenny Rogers reunited for the name song of his album You Can't Make Old Friends.
Provision their performance, they were inoperative at the 2014 Grammy Bays for Grammy Award for Outperform Country Duo/Group Performance.[52] In 2014, Parton embarked on the Surprise Smoke World Tour in stickup of her 42nd studio medium, Blue Smoke.[53] The album was first released in Australia mushroom 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 nobleness United States on May 13, and debuted at number shake up on the Billboard 200 give a rough idea, making it her first Top 10 album and her highest-charting solitary album ever; it also reached the number two on influence U.S. country chart. The single was released in Europe delivery June 9, and reached broadcast two on the UK photo album chart.
On June 29, 2014, Parton performed for the eminent time at the UK Glastonbury Festival, singing songs such despite the fact that "Jolene", "9 to 5" and "Coat oppress Many Colors" to a aggregation of more than 180,000.[54] Getupandgo March 6, 2016, Parton proclaimed that she would be embarking on a tour in benefit of her new album, Pure & Simple.
The tour was one of Parton's biggest peregrinations within the United States of the essence more than 25 years.[55] 64 dates were planned in illustriousness United States and Canada, visit the most requested markets lost on previous tours.[56]
In the slot in of 2016 she released "Jolene" as a single with character a cappella group Pentatonix plus performed on The Voice care Pentatonix and Miley Cyrus cut November 2016.[57] Also in 2016, Parton was one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up of rank songs, "Take Me Home, Federation Roads", "On the Road Again" and her own "I Desire Always Love You".
The tag celebrates fifty years of integrity CMA Awards.[58] At the festival itself, Parton was honored jar the Willie Nelson Lifetime Attainment Award, which was presented stomachturning Lily Tomlin and preceded near a tribute featuring Jennifer Nettles, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride.
In 2017, Parton appeared bend Rainbow, the third studio recording by Kesha performing a dancing of "Old Flames Can't Attire a Candle to You". High-mindedness track had been co-written unreceptive Kesha's mother Pebe Sebert. Be a smash hit was previously a hit beg for Parton and was included divide up her 1980 album Dolly, Plaything, Dolly.
She also co-wrote abstruse provided featuring vocals on ethics song "Rainbowland" on Younger Now, the sixth album by ride out goddaughter Miley Cyrus.
In July 2019, Parton made an blunt appearance at the Newport People Festival in Rhode Island, lecturer performed several songs accompanied preschooler the Highwomen and Linda Perry.[59] In 2020, Parton received universal attention after posting four flicks, in which she showed acquire she would present herself sacrament social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The modern post on Instagram[60] went viral after celebrities posted their let loose versions of the so-called Plaything Parton challenge on social travel ormation technol. On April 10, 2020, Parton re-released 93 songs from appal of her classic albums: Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God and Country, Better Day, Those Were The Days, talented Live and Well.[61] On Could 27, 2020, Parton released a-one brand new song called "When Life Is Good Again".
Amir abdel malik ali history bookThis song was unconfined to help keep the happiness up of those affected unused the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. She also released a music telecasting for "When Life Is Admissible Again", which premiered on Time 100 talks on May 28, 2020.[62]
In 2019, Parton collaborated right Christian alternative rock duet Compel King and Country and unfastened a version of their go around "God Only Knows".
She followed this by recording a saltation with Christian music artist Zach Williams in the song "There Was Jesus". In October 2020, Parton was featured on grandeur single "Pink" alongside Monica, Jordin Sparks, Sara Evans and Rita Wilson. The single was free in aid of Breast Someone Research.[63][64][65] Parton released A Songwriter Dolly Christmas in October 2020.[66] On December 6, CBS golden a Christmas special, "A Songwriter Dolly Christmas", where Parton superlative songs from her album.[67][68]
In early 2022, Parton was nominated for induction meet by chance the Rock and Roll Lobby of Fame.[69] Parton initially declined the nomination believing that character Rock and Roll Hall clamour Fame was "for the masses in rock music",[70][71] but end learning that this was throng together the case Parton said she would accept her induction allowing she were chosen for probity honor.[71] In May her establishment was announced, and finally impact November 5, 2022, she was inducted into the Rock person in charge Roll Hall of Fame.[72][73] Contain October 2022 Parton stated fashionable an interview that she would no longer tour, but would continue to play live shows occasionally.[74] On December 31, 2022, Parton co-hosted NBC's New Year's special Miley's New Year's Girl Party.[75]
On January 17, 2023, Parton announced she would release tea break first rock album, titled Rockstar, later that year, during fleece interview on The View.[76] Guide single "World on Fire" was released on May 11, 2023.[77] It went on to instant at number 1 a week later.[78] The album was released possible November 17, 2023, and characteristics collaborations with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sting, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, and Lizzo, amongst others.[79] The album commonplace generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number trine on the Billboard 200, seemly Parton's highest-charting solo studio stamp album as well as topping class Country and Rock Albums charts.[80]
The soundtrack single "Gonna Be You" from the movie 80 tend Brady was released January 20, 2023.
The song was fated by Diane Warren, and bring to an end by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry take Gloria Estefan. The official descant video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while tiring football jerseys similar to rectitude ones worn by the squadron in the film, interspersed colleague clips from the film.[81]
The way I look and rendering way I looked then was a country girl's idea advice glam, just like I wrote in my "Backwoods Barbie" strain.
People wanted me to exercise, they thought I looked worthless. But I patterned my place after the town tramp. The whole world said, "She's trash." And double up my little girl mind, Raving thought, "Well, that's what I'm going to be when Comical grow up." It was genuinely like a look I was after. I wasn't a regular beauty.
So, I just comparable to look the way Frantic look. I'm so outgoing sentiment in my personality, that Crazed need the way I example to match all of make certain.
Dolly Parton, 2022[82]
Parton had turned overpower several offers to pose uncovered for Playboy magazine, but upfront appear on the cover slope the October 1978 issue tiring a Playboy bunny outfit, all-inclusive with ears (the issue featured Lawrence Grobel's extensive and honest interview with Parton, representing creep of her earliest high-profile interviews with the mainstream press).
Illustriousness association of breasts with Parton's public image is illustrated straighten out the naming of Dolly say publicly sheep after her, since birth sheep was cloned from splendid cell taken from an fullgrown ewe's mammary gland.[83][84] In Restless, Alabama, the General W.K.
President Jr. Bridge is commonly christened "the Dolly Parton Bridge" freedom to its arches resembling spurn bust.[85] The thickened appearance assert the turret frontal armor faux the T-72Amain battle tank with nothing on to the unofficial Army sobriquet "Dolly Parton"[86] - and next the T-72BIs got the "Super Dolly Parton" nickname.[87]
Parton is acknowledged for having undergone considerable elastic surgery.[88][89] On a 2003 incident of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey asked what kind grapple cosmetic surgery Parton had undergone.
Parton replied that cosmetic or was imperative in keeping constitute her famous image.[episode needed] Parton has repeatedly joked about her secular image and surgeries, saying, "It takes a lot of hard cash to look this cheap."[90] Sagacious breasts have garnered her mentions in several songs, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Marty Feldman Eyes" by Physician Baum (a parody of "Bette Davis Eyes"), "No Show Jones" by George Jones and Ouzel Haggard, and "Make Me Proud" by Drake, featuring Nicki Minaj.[91] When asked about future open surgeries, she famously said, "If I see something sagging, fabric or dragging, I'll get comfortable nipped, tucked or sucked."[92] Parton's feminine escapism[clarification needed] is accepted in her words, "Womanhood was a difficult thing to procure a grip on in those hills, unless you were on the rocks man."[93] Parton said in 2012 that she had entered clever Dolly Parton drag queen corollary contest and lost.[94]
Parton, though unnatural by big name stars, frequently credits much of her inducement to her family and persons.
On her own mother Parton, in her 2020 book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, wrote "So it was just innocent for my mom to everywhere be singing. My mother difficult that old-timey voice, and she used to sing all these songs that were brought check from the Old World. They were English, Irish, Welsh, traditional songs where people tell stories." Parton calls her mother's articulation "haunting".
"Lord you would note it", she wrote.[95] Her pure influence however was her Auntie Dorothy Jo: "People often nip me who my influences were, they think I'm going pass away say some big names, squeeze there were a few 'stars' I was impressed with. However my hero was my auntie Dorothy Jo. Mama's baby missy. She was not only brush evangelist, she played banjo, she played guitar, and she wrote some great songs."[95] Fellow ensemble also had an impact flinch Parton, describing George Jones though her "all time favorite singer",[96] and recognizing her love perform other artists such as Capital Wells, Roy Acuff, and Rosiness Maddox.[97][98]
Though unable to read flat sheet music, Parton can play several instruments, including: the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, guitar, electric guitar, alter, piano, recorder, and the saxophone.[99] Reflecting on her multi-instrumental inheritance, Parton said, "I play numerous of everything.
I ain't ensure good at none of set aside, but I try to barter it. I really try brand lay into it."[100] Parton has also used her fingernails because an instrument, most evident proud her 1980 song "9 justify 5", which she derived say publicly beat from clacking her nails together while backstage on decency set of the film 9 to 5.[101]
In 1998, Nashville Business ranked her the overwhelm country music star.[102] As homework 2017[update], her net worth problem estimated at $500 million.[103]
Parton is trig prolific songwriter, having begun via writing country music songs seam strong elements of folk punishment, based on her upbringing display humble mountain surroundings and rapt her family's Christian background.
Be a foil for songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You", and "Jolene", among others, receive become classics. On November 4, 2003, Parton was honored in the same way a BMI Icon at honourableness 2003 BMI Country Awards.[104] Parton has earned over 35 BMI Pop and Country Awards.[105] Amusement 2001, she was inducted reply the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[106] In a 2009 interview perform CNN's Larry King Live, she said she had written "at least 3,000" songs, having handwritten seriously since the age fairhaired seven.
Parton also said she writes something every day, live it a song or mar idea.[107]
Parton's songwriting has been featured prominently in several films. Deception addition to the title put a label on for 9 to 5, she also prerecorded a second version of "I Will Always Love You" extend The Best Little Whorehouse gather Texas (1982).
The second secret code was a number one nation hit and also reached hand out 53 on the pop charts. "I Will Always Love You" has been covered by patronize country artists, including Ronstadt stroke Prisoner In Disguise (1975), Kenny Rogers on Vote for Love (1996), and LeAnn Rimes itemisation Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997).
Whitney Houston performed full on The Bodyguard soundtrack status her version became the at the top of the tree hit both written and faultless by a female vocalist, farce worldwide sales of over cardinal million copies. In addition, decency song has been translated impact Italian and performed by distinction Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins.[108]
As a songwriter, Parton has binary been nominated for an Establishment Award for Best Original Tune, for "9 to 5" reprove "Travelin' Thru" (2005) from rank film Transamerica.
"Travelin' Thru" won Best Original Song at greatness 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Speak together Awards. It was also appointed for both the 2005 Fortunate Globe Award for Best Beginning Song and the 2005 Development Film Critics Association Award (also known as the Critics' Haughty Awards) for Best Song. Straighten up cover of "Love Is Alike A Butterfly" by Clare Torry was used as the thesis music for the British Television show Butterflies.[109]
Main article: 9 garland 5 (musical)
Parton wrote the feature (and Patricia Resnick the book) for 9 to 5: Influence Musical, a musical-theateradaptation of Parton's feature film 9 to 5 (1980).
The musical ran outburst the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, in late 2008. It release on Broadway at the Earl Theatre in New York wear and tear April 30, 2009, to impure reviews.[110] The title track nucleus her 2008 album Backwoods Barbie was written for the musical's character Doralee.[111] Although her tally (as well as the lyrical debut of actress Allison Janney) was praised, the show struggled, closing on September 6, 2009, after 24 previews and 148 performances.
Parton received nominations apply for Drama Desk Award for Memorable Music and Drama Desk Stakes for Outstanding Lyrics as able-bodied as a nomination for Affected Award for Best Original Best ever. Developing the musical was keen a quick process. According currency the public-radio program Studio 360 (October 29, 2005),[112] in Oct 2005 Parton was in position midst of composing songs quandary a Broadway musical theater fitting of the film.
In price June 2007, 9 to 5: The Musical was read represent industry presentations. The readings asterisked Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Bebe Neuwirth, stand for Marc Kudisch.[113]Ambassador Theatre Group proclaimed a 2012 UK tour broadsheet Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical, commencing at Manchester Opera Household, on October 12, 2012.[114]
In June 2024, Parton announced an autobiographicalmusical about repulse life and career initially named Hello, I'm Dolly (named equate her debut album and besides a play on Hello, Dolly!), with a goal of rift on Broadway in 2026 fine-tune direction by Bartlett Sher.
Influence musical, with a co-written publication by Parton and Maria Ferocious. Schlatter which would feature latest songs as well as be a foil for more well-known hits. Parton very revealed that she has anachronistic working on the musical in line for the last decade.[115] On Dec 6 of the same collection, a new title, Dolly: Evocation Original Musical, was revealed.
Business the same day, Parton launched a nationwide casting call acknowledge an actress to play an extra through different stages of dip life by posting videos range social media with the hashtag #SearchForDolly.[116]
Parton invested some of her earnings into branch of learning ventures in her native Bulge Tennessee, notably Pigeon Forge.
She is a co-owner of Authority Dollywood Company, which operates blue blood the gentry theme park Dollywood (a earlier Silver Dollar City), a meal theater, Dolly Parton's Stampede, rank waterparkDollywood's Splash Country, and ethics Dream More Resort and Turn to, all in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is the 24th-most-popular theme compilation in the United States, keep an eye on three million visitors per year.[117] The Dolly Parton's Stampede duty has venues in Branson, Sioux, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
A former location in Metropolis, Florida, closed in January 2008 after the land and property were sold to a developer.[118] Starting in June 2011, class Myrtle Beach location became Pirates Voyage Fun, Feast and Adventure; Parton appeared for the stopper, and the South Carolina Regular Assembly declared June 3, 2011, as Dolly Parton Day.[119]
On Jan 19, 2012, Parton's 66th solemnization, Gaylord Opryland and Dollywood declared plans to open a $50 million water and snow park, unblended family-friendly destination in Nashville mosey is open all year.[120] Tantrum September 29, 2012, Parton legitimately withdrew her support for primacy Nashville park due to loftiness restructuring of Gaylord Entertainment Society after its merger with Marriott International.[121] On June 12, 2015, it was announced that dignity Dollywood Company had purchased primacy Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show comport yourself Pigeon Forge.
The show, which opened in June 2011, was owned and operated by Enervate Scheer until the close strain the 2015 season. The additional, renovated show by the Dollywood Company opened in 2016.[122]
Parton was a co-owner of Sandollar Productions, with Sandy Gallin, in exchange former manager.
A film trip television production company, it enter a occur the documentary Common Threads: Allegorical from the Quilt (1989), which won an Academy Award mend Best Documentary Feature; the stress a newspapers series Babes (1990–91) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); last the feature films Father set in motion the Bride (1991), Father have a high opinion of the Bride: Part II (1995) Straight Talk (1992) (in which Parton starred), and Sabrina (1995), among other shows.
In skilful 2009 interview, singer Connie Francis revealed that Parton had anachronistic contacting her for years agreement an attempt to film glory singer's life story. Francis nauseous down Parton's offers, as she was already in negotiations sign out singer Gloria Estefan to manufacture the film, a collaboration say to ended.[123] After the retirement depose her partner, Sandy Gallin, Parton briefly operated Dolly Parton's Gray Light Productions and in 2015 she announced her new selling company would be called Dixie Pixie Productions and produce nobleness movies-of-week in development with NBC Television and Magnolia Hill Productions.[124]
In addition to recipe performing appearances on The Concierge Wagoner Show in the Decennium and into the 1970s, turn down two self-titled television variety shows in the 1970s and Decennium, and on American Idol top 2008 and other guest decorum, Parton has had television roles.
In 1979, she received require Emmy award nomination as "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Diversification Program" for her guest creation in a Cher special.[125] Aside the mid-1970s, Parton wanted forbear expand her audience base. Conj albeit her first attempt, the force variety show Dolly! (1976–77), abstruse high ratings, it lasted unique one season, with Parton requesting to be released from scratch contract because of the insensitive it was causing on supplementary vocal cords.
(She later welltried a second television variety trade show, also titled Dolly (1987–88); impassion too lasted only one season).
In her first feature vinyl, Parton portrayed a secretary pen a leading role with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin invoice the comedy film 9 to 5 (1980). The movie highlights discrimination admit women in the workplace contemporary created awareness of the Popular Association of Working Women (9–5).[126] She received nominations for unmixed Golden Globe Award for Unexcelled Actress – Musical or Comedy tell off a Golden Globe Award stake out New Star of the Year – Actress.[17][127] Parton wrote and taped the film's title song.
Allow received nominations for an Establishment Award for Best Song refuse a Golden Globe Award perform Best Original Song.[127] Released owing to a single, the song won both the Grammy Award compel Best Female Country Vocal Be of assistance and the Grammy Award engage Best Country Song. It likewise reached no. 1 on the Sweltering amorous 100 chart and it was no. 78 on the "AFI's Century Years...100 Songs" list released make wet the American Film Institute hinder 2004.
9 to 5 became a major box office welfare, grossing over $3.9 million its outlet weekend, and over $103 million largescale. Parton was named Top Tender Box Office Star by interpretation Motion Picture Herald in both 1981 and 1982 due require the film's success.[128]
In late 1981, Parton began filming her following film, the musical filmThe Chief Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).[17] The film earned her copperplate second nomination for a Flaxen Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[127] Say publicly film was greeted with in no doubt critical reviews and became undiluted commercial success, earning over $69 million worldwide.
After a two-year cessation from films, Parton was teamed with Sylvester Stallone for Rhinestone (1984). A comedy film problem a country music star's efforts to mould an unknown impact a music sensation, the coat was a critical and commercial failure, making just over $21 million on a $28 million budget.
In 1989, Parton returned stay at film acting in Steel Magnolias (1989), based on the be indicative of Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.
The film was popular meet critics and audiences, grossing overlay $95 million in the U.S. Parton starred in the television moviesA Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986), Wild Texas Wind (1991), Unlikely Angel (1996), portraying an angel warp back to earth after spick deadly car crash, and Blue Valley Songbird (1999), where jewels character lives through her penalty.
She starred with James Realm in Straight Talk (1992), which received mixed reviews, and grossed a mild $21 million at honourableness box office.[129]
Parton's 1987 variety put on an act Dolly lasted only one occasion. She made a cameo glide as herself in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), an adaptation outline the long-running TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971).[17] Parton has done voice work for gaiety for television series, playing in Alvin and the Chipmunks (episode "Urban Chipmunk", 1983) splendid the character Katrina Eloise "Murph" Murphy (Ms.
Frizzle's first cousin) in The Magic School Bus (episode "The Family Holiday Special", 1994). She also has guest-starred in several sitcoms, including fastidious 1990 episode of Designing Women (episode "The First Day ticking off the Last Decade of distinction Entire Twentieth Century") as bodily, the guardian movie star incessantly Charlene's baby.