Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a homewife and Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was being telecast on Knoxville TV and at 13 she had already begun recording for an independent label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. She moved to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country-singing career after she had graduated from high school. Carl Dean, a asphalt-paving business owner, was her first lover. They got married on May 30 in 1966. In 1967 , her singing attracted the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed on the show for seven years, her duets became famous, and she sang with the Porter Wagoner group at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and toured. Her biggest hit "Joshua" was released at #1 in 1970 was her biggest hit single. She decided to go solo, even though she still recorded duets with him. She separated from him to be a singer-songwriter on her own in 1974. Dolly was a massive success as a singer/songwriter. Dolly received many Country Music Association awards (1968-70 1971-1972 and 1975-1976 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television. The mid-1970s saw her becoming a regular on TV. she was appearing regularly on talk shows, and even before receiving her own Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song "Here You Go Again." Dolly's film debut came in 9 to 5 (1980) in which she received an Oscar nomination for her songwriting of the title tune. She also received Grammy Awards 2, 3, Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." Her most memorable role was in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the founder of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a 100 million-dollar media empire and in 1986, she established Dollywood which is a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in celebration of her Smoky Mountain upbringing. She appeared in the television show Dolly (1987 TV Series) as herself. In 1988, she received another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio".






 

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