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DOLLY PARTON BIOGRAPHY

• Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946 to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee (née  Owens) Parton (d. 12/2003) in Sevierville, Tennessee. She is the fourth of 12 children. Her parents came from large families themselves, Avie was one of 10 and Robert was one of 15). Soon after her birth her parents moved to Locust Ridge, Tennessee and lived in a one room cabin on a farm with her entire family.

• Music was always a part of her family’s life.  She was able to play the guitar and banjo by the age of nine.  Four of her other siblings also pursued a career in entertainment: Rachel (Parton) Dennison (singer/actress), Stella Parton (singer/actress), Randy Parton (bass player/singer) and Floyd Parton (musician/song writer).

• Her first taste of fame came in 1958, when she appeared on the Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour, a variety show on a local station in Knoxville (WIVK). The following year she recorded her fist single “Puppy Love” (with Gold Band, a small independent record company) at age 13 and even appeared at the Grand Ole Opry.

• Graduated High School in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1964 and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a country music singer (1964).

• Fell in love with businessman Carl Dean from Nashville in 1965 and they got married in 1966 (May 30^th).  He has stayed out of the limelight during almost all of Dolly’s career. This must have worked, because they are still happily married today.

• She signed a record deal with Mercury records in 1965, but after releasing Its Sure Gonna Hurt, which did not do very well, they let her go.  She did not give up and released two more albums (Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde) with Monument Records in 1967. Fellow country singer Porter Wagoner liked what he heard and hired her to appear on his show The Porter Wagoner Show.  The pairing up of Parton and Wagoner was magic. She appeared on his show for seven years. They released several duet albums together, and they even toured together, including performing at the Grand Ole Opry. The pair had even received Country Music Association (CMA) awards for Best Vocal Duo of the Year in 1970 and 1971.

• In 1968, she signed with RCA records.  In 1970, one of her singles, “Joshua, hit number one on the carts, and her career really began to take off. This is the first of almost 25 top ten hits.

• In 1976, after many appearances on television, she got her own TV show, Dolly, which only lasted one season.

• Her first Grammy Award was awarded in 1977 (Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female) for the song “Here You Come Again” off the New Harvest . . . First Gathering album.  The song not only topped the country music charts, but also made it to #3 on the pop charts.  This marks the spread of her music beyond the traditional country music scene into the mainstream.

• This talented beauty then brought her talents onto the big screen and her movie debut came in 1980, co-staring with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda with Nine to Five.  Dolly also sang and recorded the title songe, “9 to 5,” which won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female and Best Country Song.

• She also appeared in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982 and Rhinestone in 1984. [Note: Believe it or not, Parton sang a duet with Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone.]

• In 1983, she  topped the charts in a duet with country legend Kenny Rogers with the song “Islands in the Stream.” [Note: The song was written by the Bee Gees.]

• In 1984, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• She was never one to slow down and started up Dolly Parton Enterprises in 1986 to control her growing multi-million dollar empire.  In 1986, she also opened up a theme part called Dollywood. (in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)

• Her album with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, which was aptly named Trio, wins Dolly her fourth Grammy Award for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal in 1987.

• In 1989, she appeared in the star-packed movie Steel Magnolias and was exceptional in a cast that included with Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts.

• She was a partner in Sandollar Productions which produced such television shows and movies as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Father of the Bride during the 1990s.  She also put out a line of beauty care products with Revlon in the 1990s.

• In 1991, “I Will Always Love You,” which was written and first sung by Dolly was performed Whitney Houston and released on the soundtrack of the movie The Bodygaurd and went straight to number one.

• Dolly added “author” to her resume in 1994 when she wrote a children’s book entitled Coat of Many Colors and also wrote an autobiography entitled Dolly, My Life and Other Unfinished Business.

• The trio of Dolly, Emmylou and Linda come together again in 1999 with After The Gold Rush and win another Grammy Award (for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals), this is Dolly’s 5^th.  The same year, she was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

• In 2001, she releases The Grass is Blue, and wins Grammy Award #6 for Best Bluegrass Album of the Year.

• Grammy Award number seven is awarded in 2002 for Best Country Female Vocal Performance for the song “Shine” off the Little Sparrow album. [She now also has 42 nominations.]

• Dolly Parton continues to perform and run her entertainment empire.  However, one of her main focuses these days are on childhood literacy and through her Imagination Library, she has donated over one million books to help foster parents to read to their young children.

A List of Dolly Parton’s Awards & Nominations

10 Country Music Association Awards

1968 Vocal Group of the Year, with Porter Wagoner

1970 Vocal Duo of the Year, with Porter Wagoner (first time given)

1971 Vocal Duo of the Year, with Porter Wagoner

1975 Female Vocalist of the Year
1976 Female Vocalist of the Year

1978 Entertainer of the Year
1988 Vocal Event of the Year (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt)

1993 Country Music Honors

1996 Vocal Event of the Year (with Vince Gill)

2004 International Artist Achievement Award (presented by the BBC)

7 Grammy Awards (and 42 nominations)

1978 Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female for Here You Come Again

1981 Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female for "9 to 5"
1981 Best Country Song for "9 to 5"

1987 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) for Trio

1999 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, (with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris) for “After the Goldrush,"

2000 Best Bluegrass Album, for The Grass is Blue

2001 Best Country Female Vocal Performance for "Shine"

5 Academy of Country Music Awards

1977 Entertainer of The Year
1980 Female Vocalist of The Year
1983 Single of The Year ("Islands In The Stream" with Kenny Rogers)
1983 Vocal Duet of the Year (with Kenny Rogers)

1987 Album of The Year (Trio with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris)

4 Golden Globe Nominations

1981 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical/Comedy, for 9 to 5
1981 Best Original Song, for "9 to 5"
1981 Best New Film Star

1983 Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

3 American Music Association Awards

1978 Favorite Country Album, for New Harvest, First Gathering

1984 Favorite Country Single (with Kenny Rogers), for "Islands in the Stream"

1985 Favorite Country Single (with Kenny Rogers), for "Islands in the Stream"

3 People’s Choice Awards

1981 Favorite Movie Song, "9 to 5"

1988 Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series
1988 Favorite All Around Female Performer

1 Academy Award nomination

1980 Achievement in Music Original Song, "9 to 5"

1 Emmy Award Nomination

1978 Outstanding Continuing Or Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In Variety Or Music, Dolly Parton for Cher . . . Special.

Biography by Ian Ripley, PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer

 

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DOLLY PARTON NEWS

Dolly Parton News Resources

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DOLLY PARTON WEBSITES

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Dolly Parton Official Website: Dollywood.com (Theme Park)

Dolly Parton Fan Sites:

Rating: Highest = 4 J's

Celebrity & Commercial Sites:

Rating: Highest = 4 J's

JJJJ DollyOn-line.com

JJJ ½ DollyMania.net (News Magazine)

JJJ ½ VoiceOfAnAngel.net

JJJ ¼ Acme Dolly!

JJJ ¼ Dolly.net

JJJ Dolly Parton: Frequently Asked Questions

JJJ ½ CMT.com

JJJ ½ IMDb.com

JJJ ¼ EOnline.com

JJJ ¼ Lycos.com

JJJ ¼ Yahoo.com

JJJ RollingStone.com

JJ ½ AllMusic.com

JJ ½ CelebrityWonder.com

JJ ½ www.PopStarsPlus.com

JJ ½ SonyNashville.com

JJ ½ Dolly Parton on TVGuide.com

JJ ¼ AskMen.com – Dolly Parton

JJ CelebrityStorm.com

JJ NetGlimse.com

JJ Opry.com

JJ PerfectPeople.net

JJ Relationships with Dolly Parton

J ¾ Answers.com

J ¾ Spomis.com

J ½ CountryStars.com (bio)

J ½ Salon.com (bio)

J ½ The-Numbers.com

J ½ TVTome.com

J ¼ NNDb.com

J Who2.com

Dolly Parton Articles and Interviews

• Dolly Parton Jumps Up and Down Over Grammy Win (Matt Ashare: Yahoo.com: Feb. 23, 2001)

• Dolly Parton Names $20 Million Water Park (Craig Rosen: Dec. 4, 2000)

• Dolly Parton Shows Her Roots (J. Poet: Yahoo.com: Jan. 19, 2001)

• Dolly Parton Interview: Ears on the Sparrow (Kerry Dexter: BarnesnNoble.com)

• Dolly Parton’s Stairway to Success (NPR.org: Sept 24-25, 2002)

• Hello, Dolly! (Michael McCall: Yahoo.com: Aug. 28, 1998)

Dolly Parton Pictures (pics, photos, photographs, images, gallery, etc.)

AbsoluteNow.com

Dolly Parton pictures at Celevs.com

CMT.com

DollyMania.net

DollyOn-Line.com

Google.com

RollingStone.com

Yahoo.com

Dolly Parton Song Lyrics

AnySongLyrics.com

CowboyLyrics.com

DollyOn-Line.com

LyricsCafe.com

LyricsFreak.com

MetroLyrics.com

Sing365.com

Dolly Parton Multimedia (Downloads, Wallpaper, Videos, Screen Savers, etc.)

AnyDesktopThemes.com

ArtistDesktopThemes.com

ArtistDirect.com

CMT.com (videos)

DollyMania.net (screensavers)

DollyMania.net (wallpapers)

DollyOn-Line.com (downloads: wallpaper, icons & skins)

Eonline.com (video)

GoDesktop.com

MP3.com

SonyNashville.com (sound clips)

Yahoo.com (videos)

Dolly Parton Links Pages

Celebrity-Link.com

Clago.com

WomenCelebs.com

Dolly Parton Quotations

AmusingQuotes.com

BrainyQuote.com

Dolly Parton quotes at CelebsQuotes.com

CreativeQuotations.com

ThinkExist.com

Dolly Parton Related Websites

Dollywood.com (Theme Park)

DOLLY PARTON DISCOGRAPHY: ALBUMS, SINGLES, COMPILATIONS, BOXED SETS, ETC.

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1. Dumb Blonde
2. Your Ole Handy Man
3. I Don't Wanna Throw Rice
4. Put It Off Until Tomorrow
5. I Wasted My Tears
6. Something Fishy
7. Fuel To The Flame
8. The Giving And The Taking
9. I'm In No Condition
10. The Company You Keep
11. I've Lived My Life
12. The Little Things

1. Because One Of Us Was Wrong
2. The Last Thing On My Mind
3. Love Is Worth Living
4. Just Between You And Me
5. Mommie, Ain't That Daddy
6. Four O Thirty Three
7. Sorrow's Tearing Down The House (That Happiness Once Built)
8. This Time Has Gotta Be Our Last Time
9. Before I Met You
10. Home Is Where The Hurt Is
11. Two Sides To Every Story
12. Put It Off Until Tomorrow

1. You're Gonna Be Sorry
2. I Wish I Felt This Way At Home
3. False Eyelashes
4. I'll Oilwells Love You
5. The Only Way Out (Is To Walk Over Me)
6. Little Bit Slow To Catch On
7. The Bridge
8. Love And Learn
9. I'm Running Out Of Love
10. Just Because I'm A Woman
11. Baby Sister
12. Try Being Lonely

1. Closer By The Hour
2. I Washed My Face In The Morning
3. Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark
4. Holding On To Nothin'
5. Slip Away Today
6. Dark End Of The Street
7. Just The Two Of Us
8. Afraid To Love Again
9. We'll Get Ahead Someday
10. Somewhere Between
11. Party
12. I Can

1. Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind
2. He's A Go Getter
3. In The Good Old Days
4. It's My Time
5. Harper Valley P.T.A.
6. Little Bird
7. Mine
8. Carroll County Accident
9. Fresh Out Of Forgiveness
10. Mama Say A Prayer
11. Always The First Time
12. D-I-V-O-R-C-E

1. Milwaukee Here I Come
2. Yours Love
3. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
4. Malena
5. The House Where Love Lives
6. Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
7. Always, Always
8. There Never Was A Time
9. Good As Gold
10. My Hands Are Tied
11. No Reason To Hurry Home
12. Anything's Better Than Nothing

1. In The Ghetto
2. Games People Play
3. ‘Til Death Do Us Part
4. Big Wind
5. Evening Shade
6. I'm Fed Up With You
7. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
8. Daddy
9. We Had All The Good Things Going
10. The Monkey's Tale
11. Gypsy, Joe and Me
12. Home For Pete's Sake

1. Daddy Come And Get Me
2. Chas
3. When Possession Gets Too Strong
4. Before You Make Up Your Mind
5. I'm Doing This For Your Sake
6. But You Loved Me Then
7. Just The Way I Am
8. More Than Their Share
9. Mammie
10. Down From Dover
11. Robert

1. Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff
2. Tomorrow Is Forever
3. Just Someone I Used to Know
4. Each Season Changes You
5. We Can't Let This Happen To Us
6. Mendy Never Sleeps
7. Silver Sandals
8. No Love Left
9. It Might As Well Be Me
10. Run That By Me One More Time
11. I'm Wasting Your Time And You're Wasting Mine

1. Why, Why, Why
2. I Wound Easy
3. I Don't Want You Around Me Anymore
4. Hillbilly Willy
5. This Boy Has Been Hurt
6. Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore
7. As Long As I Love
8. A Habit I Can't Break
9. I'm Not Worth The Tears
10. I Don't Trust Me Around You
11. I Couldn't Wait Forever
12. Too Lonely Too Long

1. Introduction By Cas Walker

2. Wabash Cannon Ball

3. You Gotta Be My Baby

4. Tall Man

Medley:

5. Dumb Blond

6. Something Fishy

7. Put It Off Until Tommorow

8. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

9. Y'All Come

10. Bloody Bones (A Story for Kids)

11. Don Howser Makes Presentation

12. Comedy By Speck Rhodes

13. Run That By Me One More Time

14. Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark

15. Tomorrow Is Forever

16. Two Sides To Every Story

17. How Great Thou Art

1. Daddy Was An Ole Time Preacher Man
2. I Know You're Married But I Love You Still
3. Thoughtfulness
4. Fight And Scratch
5. Before Our Weakness Gets Too Strong
6. Once More
7. One Day At A Time
8. Ragged Angel
9. A Good Understanding
10. Let's Live For Tonight

1. Mule Skinner Blues
2. Down From Dover
3. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
4. In The Good Old Days
5. Gypsy Joe & Me
6. In The Ghetto
7. Just Because I'm A Woman
8. Daddy Come And Get Me
9. How Great Thou Art
10. Just The Way I Am

1. Pain Of Loving You
2. Possum Holler
3. Is It Real
4. Flame
5. Fighting Kind
6. Two Of A Kind
7. All I Need Is You
8. Curse Of The Wild Weed Flower
9. Today, Tomorrow & Forever
10. There'll Be Love

1. I Believe
2. Yes I See God
3. Master's Hand
4. Heaven's Just a Prayer Away
5. Golden Streets of Glory
6. How Great Thou Art
7. I'll Keep Climbing
8. Book Of Life
9. Wings Of A Dove
10. Lord, Hold My Hand

1. Joshua
2. Last One To Touch Me
3. Walls Of My Mind
4. It Ain't Fair That It Ain't
5. J J Sneed
6. You Can't Reach Me Anymore
7. Daddy's Moonshine Still
8. Chicken Every Sunday
9. Fire's Still Burning
10. Letter To Heaven

1. Just Someone I Used To Know
2. Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man
3. Tomorrow Is Forever
4. Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark
5. Last Thing On My Mind
6. The Pain Of Loving You
7. Better Move It On Home
8. Holding On To Nothin'
9. Run That By Me One More Time
10. We'll Get Ahead Someday

1. Coat Of Many Colors
2. Traveling Man
3. My Blue Tears
4. If I Lose My Mind
5. The Mystery Of The Mystery
6. She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like)
7. Early Morning Breeze
8. The Way I See You
9. Here I Am
10. A Better Place To Live

Volume 1

1. Dumb Blonde

2. Your Ole Handy Man

3. I Don't Want To Throw Rice

4. Put It Off Until Tomorrow

5. I Wasted My Tears

6. Something Fishy

7. Fuel To The Flame

8. The Giving And The Taking

9. I'm In No Condition

10. The Company You Keep

11. I've Lived My Life

12. The Little Things

Volume 2

1. Why, Why, Why

2. I Would Easy

3. I Don't Want You Around Me Anymore

4. Hillbilly Willy

5. This Boy Has Been Hurt

6. Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore

7. As Long As I Love

8. A Habit I Can't Break

9. I'm Not Worth The Tears

10. I Don't Trust Me Around You

11. I Couldn't Wait Forever

12. Too Lonely Too Long

1. Together Always
2. Love's All Over
3. Christina
4. Poor Folks Town
5. Take Away
6. Ten Four Over & Out
7. Lost Forever In Your Kiss
8. Anyplace You Want To Go
9. Looking Down
10. You & Me, Her & Him

1. Just The Way I Am
2. Little Bird
3. Mama Say A Prayer
4. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
5. In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
6. In The Ghetto
7. Daddy Come And Get Me
8. The Carroll County Accident
9. Gypsy, Joe And Me

1. Lonely Comin' Down
2. Do You Hear The Robins Sing
3. What Ain't To Be, Just Might Happen
4. The Bird That Never Flew
5. Comes And Goes
6. Washday Blues
7. When I Sing For Him
8. He Left Me Love
9. Oh, He's Everywhere
10. Still On Your Mind

1. Love City
2. Between Us
3. We Found It
4. Satan's River
5. I've Been Married Just As Long As You Have
6. I Am Always Waiting
7. Sweet Rachel Ann
8. That's When Love Will Mean The Most
9. Love Have Mercy On Us
10. How Close They Must Be

1. The Letter
2. I Remember
3. Old Black Kettle
4. Daddy's Working Boots
5. Dr. Robert F. Thomas
6. In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
7. My Tennessee Mountain Home
8. Wrong Direction Home
9. Back Home
10. Better Part Of Life
11. Down On Music Row

1. If Teardrops Were Pennies

2. Sounds Of Night

3. Laugh The Years Away

4. You

5. Wasting Love

6. Come To Me

7. Love Is Out Tonight

8. In The Presence Of You

9. I Get Lonesome By Myself

10. There'll Always Be Music

1. Bubbling Over
2. Traveling Man
3. Alabama Sundown
4. Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying
5. Love With Me
6. My Kind Of Man
7. Sometimes And Old Memory Gets In My Eye
8. Pleasant As May
9. In The Beginning
10. Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight

1. Mine
2. Chas
3. When Possession Gets Too Strong
4. I'm Doing This For Your Sake
5. But You Loved Me Then
6. Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind
7. More Than Their Share
8. Mama Say A Prayer
9. Down From Dover

1. Please Don't Stop Loving Me
2. The Fire That Keeps You Warm
3. Too Far Gone
4. We'd Have To Be Crazy
5. The Power Of Love
6. Sixteen Years
7. Together You And I
8. Without You
9. Two
10. Sounds Of Nature

1. Love Is Like A Butterfly
2. If I Cross Your Mind
3. My Eyes Can Only See You
4. Take Me Back
5. Blackie Kentucky
6. Gettin' Happy
7. You're The One That Taught Me
8. Highway Headin' South
9. Once Upon A Memory
10. Sacred Memories

1. Bargain Store
2. Kentucky Gambler
3. When I'm Gone
4. Only Hand You'll Need to Hold
5. On My Mind Again
6. I Want to Be What You Need
7. Love To Remember
8. You'll Always Be Special to Me
9. He Would Know
10. I'll Never Forget

1. Say Forever You'll Be Mine
2. Something To Reach For Again
3. Our Love
4. Beginning
5. I Have No Right To Care
6. If You Were Mine
7. Love To See Us Through
8. How Can I
9. Life Rides The Train

1. We Used To
2. The Love I Used To Call Mine
3. Hold Me
4. Most Of All Why
5. Bobby's Arms
6. The Seeker
7. My Heart Started Breaking
8. Because I Love You
9. Only The Memory Remains
10. I'll Remember You As Mine

1. All I Can Do
2. Fire That Keeps You Warm
3. When The Sun Goes Down Tomorrow
4. I'm A Drifter
5. Falling Out Of Love With Me
6. Shattered Image
7. Boulder To Birmingham
8. Preacher Tom
9. Life's Like Poetry
10. Hey, Lucky Lady

1. Light Of A Clear Blue Morning
2. Applejack
3. My Girl (My Love)
4. Holdin' On To You
5. You Are
6. How Does It Feel
7. Where Beauty Lives In Memory
8. Higher And Higher
9. Getting In My Way
10. There

1. Starting Over Again
2. Same Old Fool
3. Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You)
4. You're The Only One I Ever Needed
5. Say Goodnight
6. Fool For Your Love
7. Even A Fool Would Let Go
8. Sweet Agony
9. I Knew You When
10. Packin' It Up

1. 20 Fans
2. A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place
3. Sneakin' Around
4. Watchdog Report/Texas Has A Whorehouse In It
5. Courtyard Shag
6. The Aggie Song
7. The Sidestep
8. Hard Candy Christmas
9. I Will Always Love You