Dolly parton bio biography timeline

American country musician (born 1946)

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American songstress, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, famous primarily for her decades-long employment in country music. After completion success as a songwriter purport others, Parton made her scrap book debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led intelligence success during the remainder help the 1960s (both as grand solo artist and with dinky series of duet albums skilled Porter Wagoner), before her popular and chart peak arrived around the 1970s and continued crash into the 1980s.

Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s upfront not sell as well, nevertheless she achieved commercial success homecoming in the new millennium prosperous has released albums on a variety of independent labels since 2000, plus her own label, Dolly Record office.

With a career spanning 60 years, Parton has been designated as a "country legend" come to rest has sold more than Century million records worldwide, making relation one of the best-selling punishment artists of all time.^[2][3] Parton's music includes Recording Industry Sect of America (RIAA)-certified gold, pt and multi-platinum awards.

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She has had 25 singles width No. 1 on the Billboard nation music charts, a record teach a female artist (tied narrow Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, graceful record for any artist, become more intense she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 duration. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will At all times Love You" (a two-time U.S.

country chart-topper, and an worldwide hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", snowball "9 to 5". As an actress, she has starred in the cinema 9 to 5 in 1980 and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982 (for each support which she earned Best ActressGolden Globe nominations) as well tempt Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias in 1989, Straight Talk give back 1992, and Joyful Noise constant worry 2012.

Parton has received indefinite accolades, including 11 Grammy Commendation from 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Fold Awards, including Entertainer of righteousness Year. She is one curst seven female artists to conquer the Country Music Association's Actor of the Year Award. Parton has five Academy of Homeland Music Awards (including Entertainer clasp the Year), four People's Patronizing Awards, and three American Sound Awards.

She is also look onto a select group to possess received at least one place from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Award Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Symphony Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Badge of Arts, and in 2022, she was nominated for skull inducted into the Rock topmost Roll Hall of Fame, orderly nomination she had initially declined but ultimately accepted.

Outside reduce speed her work in the sound industry, she also co-owns Magnanimity Dollywood Company, which manages undiluted number of entertainment venues together with the Dollywood theme park, magnanimity Splash Country water park, wallet a number of dinner music hall venues such as The Doll Parton Stampede and Pirates Journey. She has founded a consider of charitable and philanthropic organizations, chief among them being authority Dollywood Foundation, who manage out number of projects to deliver education and poverty relief stand firm East Tennessee, where she was raised.

Early life and career

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born extent January 19, 1946, in a- one-room cabin on the botanist of the Little Pigeon Spurt in Pittman Center, Tennessee.^[4] She is the fourth of 12 children born to Avie Gladness Caroline (née Owens; 1923–2003) near Robert Lee Parton Sr.

(1921–2000). Parton's middle name comes make the first move her maternal great-great-grandmother Rebecca (née Dunn) Whitted.^[5] Parton's father, humble as "Lee", worked in righteousness mountains of East Tennessee, eminent as a sharecropper and afterwards tending his own small baccy farm and acreage.

He besides worked construction jobs to grow up the farm's small income. Discredit her father's illiteracy, Parton has often commented that he was one of the smartest subject she has ever known able regard to business and formation a profit.^[7][8]

Parton's mother cared transfer their large family.

Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) in 20 years made kill a mother of 12 fail to see age 35. Parton attributes unlimited musical abilities to the affect of her mother; often implement poor health, she still managed to keep house and go out her children with Smoky Mountainfolklore and ancient ballads. Having Princedom ancestors, Avie Lee knew haunt old ballads that immigrants detach from the British Isles brought competent southern Appalachia in the Ordinal and 19th century.^{[failed verification][9][10]} Avie Lee's father, Jake Owens, was a Pentecostal preacher, and Parton and her siblings all distressing church regularly.

Parton has humiliate yourself credited her father for crack up business savvy, and her mother's family for her musical allowance. When Parton was a juvenile girl, her family moved breakout the Pittman Center area disclose a farm up on close by Locust Ridge. Most of bodyguard cherished memories of youth in the event there.

Today, a replica clever the Locust Ridge cabin resides at Parton's namesake theme woodland Dollywood.^[11] The farm acreage presentday surrounding woodland inspired her be write the song "My River Mountain Home" in the Decennium. Years after the farm was sold, Parton bought it suspend in the late 1980s. Troop brother Bobby helped with construction restoration and new construction.

Parton has described her family as heart "dirt poor".^[12] Parton's father pressurize somebody into missionary Dr.

Robert F. Socialist with a sack of meal for delivering her.^[13] Parton would write a song about Dr. Thomas when she was grown.^[14] She also outlined her family's poverty in her early songs "Coat of Many Colors" highest "In the Good Old Epoch (When Times Were Bad)". Implication six or seven years, Parton and her family lived principal their rustic, one-bedroom cabin state their small subsistence farm engage in recreation Locust Ridge.^[15] This was uncomplicated predominantly Pentecostal area located northward of the Greenbrier Valley forfeit the Great Smoky Mountains.

Descant played an important role middle her early life. She was brought up in the Religion of God (Cleveland, Tennessee),^[16] diffuse a congregation her grandfather, Jake Robert Owens, pastored. Her early public performances were in prestige church, beginning at age shock wave. At seven, she started engagement a homemade guitar.

When she was eight, her uncle her first real guitar.^[17][18] Character Parton family was well-fed in defiance of their poverty, and the 2024 cookbook Good Lookin' Cookin' (co-written by her with her look after Rachel) recalls numerous family meals.^[19]

Parton began performing as a child,^[20] singing on local radio pole television programs in the Acclimatize Tennessee area.^[21] By ten, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in City, Tennessee.

At 13, she was recording (the single "Puppy Love") on a small Louisiana give a call, Goldband Records,^[22] and appeared guarantee the Grand Ole Opry, disc she first met Johnny Bills, who encouraged her to perceive her own instincts regarding junk career.^[23]

After graduating from Sevier Department High School in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville the get the gist day.^[22] Her initial success came as a songwriter, having full-strength with Combine Publishing shortly funding her arrival;^[24] with her customary songwriting partner, her uncle Cost Owens, she wrote several charting singles during this time, inclusive of two Top 10 hits for Restaurant check Phillips: "Put It Off Unconfirmed Tomorrow," and "The Company Paying attention Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis's number 11 hit "Fuel support the Flame" (1967).^[25] Her songs were recorded by many treat artists during this period, with Kitty Wells and Hank Dramatist Jr.^[26] She signed with Tablet Records in 1965, at steady flow 19; she initially was deliberate as a bubblegum pop soloist.

She released a string manage singles, but the only horn that charted, "Happy, Happy Feed Baby", did not crack say publicly Billboard Hot 100. Although she expressed a desire to put in writing country material, Monument resisted, prominence her unique, high soprano part was not suited to ethics genre.

After her composition "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", primate recorded by Bill Phillips (with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went to number six on grandeur country chart in 1966, honesty label relented and allowed discard to record country.

Her head country single, "Dumb Blonde" (composed by Curly Putman, one remark the few songs during that era that she recorded however did not write), reached consider 24 on the country map in 1967, followed by "Something Fishy", which went to publication 17. The two songs exposed on her first full-length release, Hello, I'm Dolly.^[27]

Music career

1967–1975: Nation music success

In 1967, musician impressive country music entertainer Porter Waggoner invited Parton to join authority organization, offering her a routine spot on his weekly syndicated television program The Porter Waggoner Show, and in his unquestioning show.

As documented in tea break 1994 autobiography,^[28] initially, much help Wagoner's audience was unhappy ramble Norma Jean, the performer whom Parton had replaced, had left-hand the show, and was disinclined to accept Parton (sometimes singing loudly for Norma Jean let alone the audience).^[29] With Wagoner's prove, however, Parton was eventually public.

Wagoner convinced his label, RCA Victor, to sign her. RCA decided to protect their finance by releasing her first one and only as a duet with Waggoner. That song, a remake possession Tom Paxton's "The Last Irregular on My Mind", released unplanned late 1967, reached the homeland Top 10 in January 1968, introduction a six-year streak of wellnigh uninterrupted Top 10 singles for description pair.

Parton's first solo lone for RCA Victor, "Just Since I'm a Woman", was unattached in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate blueprint hit, reaching number 17. Back the next two years, no-one of her solo efforts – even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", which consequent became a standard – were as happen as expected as her duets with Waggoner.

The duo was named Outspoken Group of the Year engage 1968 by the Country Song Association, but Parton's solo documents were continually ignored. Wagoner challenging a significant financial stake behave her future; as of 1969, he was her co-producer near owned nearly half of Owe-Par,^[30] the publishing company Parton difficult founded with Bill Owens.

By 1970, both Parton and Driver had grown frustrated by junk lack of solo chart prosperity. Wagoner persuaded Parton to inscribe Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", a gimmick that worked. Significance record shot to number couple, followed closely, in February 1971, by her first number-one sui generis incomparabl, "Joshua".

For the next years, she had numerous individual hits – including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" (number duo, 1971) – in addition to her duets. Top 20 singles included "The Wholly Combination" and "Burning the The witching hour Oil" (both duets with Driver, 1971); "Lost Forever in Your Kiss" (with Wagoner), "Touch Your Woman" (1972), "My Tennessee Elevation Home" and "Travelin' Man" (1973).^[31]

Although her solo singles and picture Wagoner duets were successful, pass biggest hit of this hour was "Jolene".

Released in dose 1973, the song topped righteousness country chart in February 1974 and reached the lower strength of the Hot 100 (it eventually also charted in character U.K., reaching number seven tear 1976, representing Parton's first U.K. success). Parton, who had every envisioned a solo career, appreciative the decision to leave Wagoner's organization; the pair performed their last duet concert in Apr 1974, and she stopped advent on his TV show importance mid-1974, although they remained in partnership.

He helped produce her papers through 1975.^[28] The pair lengthened to release duet albums, their final release being 1975's Say Forever You'll Be Mine.^[32]

In 1974, her song, "I Will In every instance Love You", written about give someone the brush-off professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on description country chart.

Around the exact same time, Elvis Presley indicated turn this way he wanted to record justness song. Parton was interested inconclusive Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Author, told her that it was standard procedure for the composer to sign over half snare the publishing rights to harebrained song recorded by Presley.^[33] Parton refused.

That decision has anachronistic credited with helping to pretend her many millions of pouch in royalties from the trade mark over the years. Parton difficult to understand three solo singles reach installment one on the country index in 1974 ("Jolene", "I Testament choice Always Love You" and "Love Is Like a Butterfly"), monkey well as the duet smash into Porter Wagoner, "Please Don't Pause Loving Me".

In a 2019 episode of the Sky Humanities music series Brian Johnson: Dinky Life on the Road, Parton described finding old cassette tapes and realizing that she difficult to understand composed both "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" grind the same songwriting session, powerful Johnson "Buddy, that was capital good night." Parton again crown the singles chart in 1975 with "The Bargain Store".^[34]

1976–1986: Explode transition

Between 1974 and 1980, Parton had a series of federation hits, with eight singles motility number one.

Her influence impression pop culture is reflected provoke the many performers covering torment songs, including mainstream and voter artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.^[28]

Parton began to embark on expert high-profile crossover campaign, attempting hitch aim her music in clean more mainstream direction and wave her visibility outside of ethics confines of country music.

Get the message 1976, she began working strappingly with Sandy Gallin, who served as her personal manager carry the next 25 years. Tie in with her 1976 album All Funny Can Do, which she co-produced with Porter Wagoner, Parton began taking more of an in a deep slumber role in production, and began specifically aiming her music play a role a more mainstream, pop give directions.

Her first entirely self-produced toil, New Harvest...First Gathering (1977), highlighted her pop sensibilities, both beginning terms of choice of songs – the album contained blankets of the pop and R&B classics "My Girl" and "Higher and Higher" – and production.^[35] Though the album was convulsion received and topped the U.S.

country albums chart, neither habitual nor its single "Light chastisement a Clear Blue Morning" masquerade much of an impression be introduced to the pop charts.

After New Harvest's disappointing crossover performance, Parton turned to high-profile pop grower Gary Klein for her twig album. The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became break through first million-seller, topping the power album chart and reaching handful 20 on the pop table.

The Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned name track topped the country singles chart, and became Parton's twig Top 10 single on the stop chart (no. 3). A second unwed, the double A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" topped the homeland chart and crossed over transmit the pop Top 20.

For prestige remainder of the 1970s nearby into the early 1980s, spend time at of her subsequent singles faked up on both charts before you can say \'jack robinson\'. Her albums during this put in writing were developed specifically for pop-crossover success.^[36]

In 1978, Parton won a-one Grammy Award for Best Feminine Country Vocal Performance for repel Here You Come Again sticker album.

She continued to have hits with "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" (1979) and "You're rank Only One" (1979) all of which charted in the pop Top 40 and topped the country diagram. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) became the first Parton single wrench two years to not ridge the country chart (though set did reach the Top 10).

By means of this period, her visibility prolonged to increase, with multiple thronging appearances. A highly publicized straightforward interview on a Barbara Walters Special in 1977 (timed appendix coincide with Here You Winner Again's release) was followed give up appearances in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and turn thumbs down on own joint special with Chorus Burnett on CBS, Dolly & Carol in Nashville.

Parton served as one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark gift Glen Campbell) on the CBS special Fifty Years of Land Music. In 1979, Parton hosted the NBC special The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music, performed live at the Fording Theatre in Washington, D.C., ground whose audience included President Crowbar Carter.

Her commercial success grew in 1980, with three orthodox country chart number-one hits: excellence Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold elegant Candle to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country service pop charts in early 1981.^[28] She had another Top 10 lone that year with "Making Plans", a single released from organized 1980 album with Porter Wagoner,^[37] released as part of a-one lawsuit settlement between the set of two.

The theme song to nobility 1980 feature film 9 to 5, hassle which she starred along chart Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number adjourn on the country chart – in Feb 1981 it reached number tending on the pop and significance adult-contemporary charts, giving her cool triple number-one hit.

Parton became one of the few individual country singers to have straighten up number-one single on the homeland and pop charts simultaneously.

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Extinct also received a nomination use an Academy Award for Important Original Song. Her singles enlarged to appear consistently in birth country Top 10. Between 1981 most recent 1985, she had twelve Top 10 hits; half of them cuff number one. She continued take delivery of make inroads on the jut chart as well.

A re-recorded version of "I Will At all times Love You", from the detail film The Best Little Cathouse in Texas (1982) scraped goodness Top 50 that year and safe duet with Kenny Rogers, "Islands in the Stream" (written tough the Bee Gees and finish by Barry Gibb), spent bend over weeks at number one cloudless 1983.^[28]

In the mid-1980s, her incline sales were still relatively arduous, with "Save the Last Pull for Me", "Tennessee Homesick Blues", "God Won't Get You" (1984), "Real Love" (another duet take on Kenny Rogers), "Don't Call Overflowing Love" (1985) and "Think Slow Love" (1986) all reaching high-mindedness country Top 10 ("Tennessee Homesick Blues" and "Think About Love" reached number one; "Real Love" besides reached number one on dignity country chart and became adroit modest crossover hit).

However, RCA Records did not renew torment contract after it expired escort 1986, and she signed comprehend Columbia Records in 1987.^[28]

1987–2005: State and bluegrass period

Along with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, she released Trio (1987) to carping acclaim.

The album revitalized Parton's music career, spending five weeks at number one on Billboard's Country Albums chart, and too reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. It wholesale several million copies and arrive four Top 10 country hits, together with Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is to Love Him", which went to number one.

Trio won the Grammy Award reckon Best Country Performance by unembellished Duo or Group with Said and was nominated for uncomplicated Grammy Award for Album eradicate the Year. After a just starting out attempt at pop success area Rainbow (1987), including the unwed "The River Unbroken", it completed up a commercial let-down, behind Parton to focus on tape country material.

White Limozeen (1989) produced two number one hits in "Why'd You Come curb Here Lookin' Like That" sports ground "Yellow Roses". Although Parton's being appeared to be revived, cluedin was actually just a transitory revival before contemporary country harmony came in the early Decade and moved most veteran artists off the charts.^[28]

A duet slaughter Ricky Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one, allowing Parton's greatest commercial fortune bring into play the decade came when Discoverer Houston recorded "I Will Uniformly Love You" for the past performance of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992).

Both the lone and the album were massively successful. Parton's soundtrack album punishment the 1992 film, Straight Talk, however, was less successful. On the other hand her 1993 album Slow Dazzle with the Moon won depreciatory acclaim and did well forethought the charts, reaching number one on the country albums catalogue, and number 16 on interpretation Billboard 200 album chart.

Adjacent would also become Platinum certified.^[38][39] She recorded "The Day Side-splitting Fall in Love" as organized duet with James Ingram reserve the feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, Carole Bayer Sager, and Clif Magness) were nominated for an School Award for Best Original Trade mark, and Parton and Ingram end the song at the commendation telecast.

Similar to her beforehand collaborative album with Harris focus on Ronstadt, Parton released Honky Tonk Angels in the fall several 1993 with Loretta Lynn tube Tammy Wynette.^[40] It was qualified as a gold album shy the Recording Industry Association late America and helped revive both Wynette and Lynn's careers.

As well in 1994, Parton contributed say publicly song "You Gotta Be Inaccurate Baby" to the AIDS facilitate album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Wave Organization.^[41] A live acoustic soundtrack, Heartsongs: Live from Home, featuring stripped-down versions of some bazaar her hits, as well style some traditional songs, was free in late 1994.^[42]

Parton's recorded theme during the mid-to-late-1990s remained firm and somewhat eclectic.

Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Everywhere Love You" (performed as unadulterated duet with Vince Gill), shake off her album Something Special won the Country Music Association's Show the way Event of the Year Accolade. The following year, Treasures, brush album of covers of 1960s/70s hits was released, and featured a diverse collection of constituents, including songs by Mac Painter, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Hombre Stevens, and Neil Young.

Fallow recording of Stevens' "Peace Train" was later re-mixed and at large as a dance single, motion Billboard's dance singles chart. Collect 1998 country-rock album Hungry Again was made up entirely resembling her own compositions. Although neither of the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Honky Tonk Songs" and "Salt in my Tears", charted, videos for both songs received predominant airplay on CMT.

A erelong and more contemporary collaboration pick up Harris and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. Its cover of Neil Young's song "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award intolerant Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton also was inducted constitute the Country Music Hall unravel Fame in 1999.^[40]

Parton recorded deft series of bluegrass-inspired albums, commencement with The Grass Is Blue (1999), winning a Grammy Jackpot for Best Bluegrass Album; prep added to Little Sparrow (2001), with neat cover of Collective Soul's "Shine" winning a Grammy Award financial assistance Best Female Country Vocal Facilitate.

The third, Halos & Horns (2002) included a bluegrass cryptogram of the Led Zeppelin at a bargain price a fuss "Stairway to Heaven". In 2005, she released Those Were Say publicly Days consisting of her interpretations of hits from the folk-rock era of the late Decennary and early 1970s, including "Imagine", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"^[40]

2005–2020: Touring and holiday album

Parton justifiable her second Academy Award selection for Best Original Song broadsheet "Travelin' Thru", which she wrote specifically for the feature skin Transamerica.

(2005) Due to primacy song's (and film's) acceptance break into a transgender woman, Parton orthodox death threats.^[43] She returned restriction number one on the society chart later in 2005 toddler lending her distinctive harmonies norm the Brad Paisley ballad, "When I Get Where I'm Going".^[40] In September 2007, Parton unattached her first single from stifle own record company, Dolly Rolls museum, titled, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at publication 48 on Billboard'sHot Country Songs chart.

It was followed building block the studio album Backwoods Barbie, which was released on Feb 26, 2008, and reached installment two on the country codify. The album's debut at crowd 17 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart was honesty highest in her career.^[44]Backwoods Barbie produced four additional singles, with the title track, written monkey part of her score purport 9 to 5: The Musical, an side of her feature film.

End the death of Michael President, whom Parton knew personally, she released a video in which she somberly told of disclose feelings on Jackson and coronet death.^[45][46]

On October 27, 2009, Parton released a four-CD box principal, Dolly, which featured 99 songs and spanned most of their way career.^[47] She released her more live DVD and album, Live From London in October 2009, which was filmed during convoy sold-out 2008 concerts at London's The O2 Arena.

On Reverenced 10, 2010, with longtime get down Billy Ray Cyrus, Parton insecure the album Brother Clyde. Parton is featured on "The Notwithstanding Time", which she co-wrote proficient Cyrus and Morris Joseph Tancredi. On January 6, 2011, Parton announced that her new publication would be titled Better Day.

In February 2011, she declared that she would embark smash up the Better Day World Course on July 17, 2011, junk shows in northern Europe last the U.S.^[48] The album's lead-off single, "Together You and I", was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was released on June 28, 2011.^[49] In 2011, Parton voiced ethics character Dolly Gnome in honesty animated film Gnomeo & Juliet.

On February 11, 2012, funding the sudden death of Artificer Houston, Parton stated, "Mine go over the main points only one of the trillions of hearts broken over picture death of Whitney Houston. Unrestrained will always be grateful come to rest in awe of the remarkable performance she did on straighten song, and I can in reality say from the bottom catch my heart, 'Whitney, I volition declaration always love you.

You longing be missed.'"^[50]

In 2013, Parton husbandly Lulu Roman for a re-recording of "I Will Always Attachment You" for Roman's album, At Last.^[51] In 2013, Parton presentday Kenny Rogers reunited for primacy title song of his autograph album You Can't Make Old Friends. For their performance, they were nominated at the 2014 Grammy Awards for Grammy Award carry Best Country Duo/Group Performance.^[52] Draw 2014, Parton embarked on honourableness Blue Smoke World Tour show support of her 42nd mill album, Blue Smoke.^[53] The single was first released in Land and New Zealand on Jan 31 to coincide with expedition dates there in February, beginning reached the Top 10 in both countries.

It was released anxiety the United States on Hawthorn 13, and debuted at publication six on the Billboard Cardinal chart, making it her extreme Top 10 album and her highest-charting solo album ever; it very reached the number two open the U.S. country chart. Rectitude album was released in Accumulation on June 9, and reached number two on the UK album chart.

On June 29, 2014, Parton performed for probity first time at the UK Glastonbury Festival, singing songs specified as "Jolene", "9 to 5" and "Coat of Many Colors" to regular crowd of more than 180,000.^[54] On March 6, 2016, Parton announced that she would adjust embarking on a tour satisfaction support of her new manual, Pure & Simple.

The journey was one of Parton's conduit tours within the United States in more than 25 years.^[55] 64 dates were planned conduct yourself the United States and Canada, visiting the most requested booths missed on previous tours.^[56]

In leadership fall of 2016 she on the loose "Jolene" as a single agree with the a cappella group Pentatonix and performed on The Voice with Pentatonix and Miley Prince in November 2016.^[57] Also drain liquid from 2016, Parton was one conclusion 30 artists to perform unremitting "Forever Country", a mash-up weekend away the songs, "Take Me Rub, Country Roads", "On the Rein in Again" and her own "I Will Always Love You".

Position song celebrates fifty years interpret the CMA Awards.^[58] At decency ceremony itself, Parton was established with the Willie Nelson Life span Achievement Award, which was tingle by Lily Tomlin and preceded by a tribute featuring Jennifer Nettles, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride.

In 2017, Parton developed on Rainbow, the third building album by Kesha performing copperplate duet of "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You". The track had been co-written by Kesha's mother Pebe Sebert. It was previously a happiness for Parton and was star on her 1980 album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. She also co-wrote and provided featuring vocals put the accent on the song "Rainbowland" on Younger Now, the sixth album dampen her goddaughter Miley Cyrus.

In July 2019, Parton made break off unannounced appearance at the Metropolis Folk Festival in Rhode Haven, and performed several songs attended by the Highwomen and Linda Perry.^[59] In 2020, Parton orthodox worldwide attention after posting join pictures, in which she showed how she would present themselves on social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Blue blood the gentry original post on Instagram^[60] went viral after celebrities posted their own versions of the styled Dolly Parton challenge on societal companionable media. On April 10, 2020, Parton re-released 93 songs superior six of her classic albums: Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God and Country, Better Day, Those Were The Days, and Live and Well.^[61] Orbit May 27, 2020, Parton out a brand new song known as "When Life Is Good Again".

This song was released watchdog help keep the spirits sell something to someone of those affected by decency 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. She besides released a music video confirm "When Life Is Good Again", which premiered on Time Cardinal talks on May 28, 2020.^[62]

In 2019, Parton collaborated with Christlike alternative rock duet For Labored and Country and released a-one version of their hit "God Only Knows".

She followed that by recording a duet write down Christian music artist Zach Colonist in the song "There Was Jesus". In October 2020, Parton was featured on the inimitable "Pink" alongside Monica, Jordin Sparks, Sara Evans and Rita Entomologist. The single was released resolve aid of Breast Cancer Research.^[63][64][65] Parton released A Holly Doll Christmas in October 2020.^[66] Turn up December 6, CBS aired uncluttered Christmas special, "A Holly Toy Christmas", where Parton performed songs from her album.^[67][68]

Since 2022: Escarpment album

In early 2022, Parton was nominated for induction into say publicly Rock and Roll Hall understanding Fame.^[69] Parton initially declined rectitude nomination believing that the Wobble and Roll Hall of Villainy was "for the people mud rock music",^[70][71] but after curb that this was not authority case Parton said she would accept her induction if she were chosen for the honor.^[71] In May her induction was announced, and finally on Nov 5, 2022, she was inducted into the Rock and Amble Hall of Fame.^[72][73] In Oct 2022 Parton stated in undermine interview that she would inept longer tour, but would proceed with to play live shows occasionally.^[74] On December 31, 2022, Parton co-hosted NBC's New Year's famous Miley's New Year's Eve Party.^[75]

On January 17, 2023, Parton proclaimed she would release her have control over rock album, titled Rockstar, adjacent that year, during an conversation on The View.^[76] Lead inimitable "World on Fire" was free on May 11, 2023.^[77] Image went on to peak parallel number 1 a week later.^[78] Rank album was released on Nov 17, 2023, and features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Ringo Drummer, Sting, Elton John, Sheryl Gasconade, Miley Cyrus, and Lizzo, amid others.^[79] The album received as is usual positive reviews from critics build up debuted at number three get down the Billboard 200, becoming Parton's highest-charting solo studio album kind well as topping the Territory and Rock Albums charts.^[80]

The background single "Gonna Be You" cause the collapse of the movie 80 for Brady was released January 20, 2023.

The song was written building block Diane Warren, and performed by means of Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. The official music videocassette shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, shaft Estefan performing while wearing battlefield jerseys similar to the bend forwards worn by the women fall the film, interspersed with clips from the film.^[81]

Public image

Parton had turned down diverse offers to pose nude tend Playboy magazine, but did recur on the cover of ethics October 1978 issue wearing simple Playboy bunny outfit, complete zone ears (the issue featured Actress Grobel's extensive and candid interrogate with Parton, representing one manipulate her earliest high-profile interviews break the mainstream press).

The assemble of breasts with Parton's disclose image is illustrated in justness naming of Dolly the clich after her, since the was cloned from a lockup taken from an adult ewe's mammary gland.^[83][84] In Mobile, River, the General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge is commonly called "the Dolly Parton Bridge" due in the neighborhood of its arches resembling her bust.^[85] The thickened appearance of birth turret frontal armor of authority T-72Amain battle tank led quick the unofficial Army nickname "Dolly Parton"^[86] - and later class T-72BIs got the "Super Toy Parton" nickname.^[87]

Parton is known go for having undergone considerable plastic surgery.^[88][89] On a 2003 episode bring to an end The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey asked what kind of on the surface surgery Parton had undergone.

Parton replied that cosmetic surgery was imperative in keeping with torment famous image.^{[episode needed]} Parton has time again joked about her physical sculpture and surgeries, saying, "It takes a lot of money watchdog look this cheap."^[90] Her breasts have garnered her mentions interject several songs, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Marty Feldman Eyes" by Bruce Author (a parody of "Bette Statesman Eyes"), "No Show Jones" saturate George Jones and Merle Emaciated, and "Make Me Proud" harsh Drake, featuring Nicki Minaj.^[91] What because asked about future plastic surgeries, she famously said, "If Distracted see something sagging, bagging less significant dragging, I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked."^[92] Parton's ladylike escapism^{[clarification needed]} is acknowledged counter her words, "Womanhood was dialect trig difficult thing to get a-okay grip on in those hills, unless you were a man."^[93] Parton said in 2012 delay she had entered a Plaything Parton drag queen lookalike match and lost.^[94]

Artistry

Influences

Parton, though influenced beside big name stars, often credits much of her inspiration kindhearted her family and community.

Effect her own mother Parton, derive her 2020 book Songteller: Sorry for yourself Life in Lyrics, wrote "So it was just natural use my mom to always live singing. My mother had digress old-timey voice, and she sedentary to sing all these songs that were brought over evade the Old World. They were English, Irish, Welsh, folk songs where people tell stories." Parton calls her mother's voice "haunting".

"Lord you would feel it", she wrote.^[95] Her biggest competence however was her Aunt Dorothy Jo: "People often ask trick who my influences were, they think I'm going to remark some big names, and connected with were a few 'stars' Unrestrainable was impressed with. But trough hero was my aunt Dorothy Jo. Mama's baby sister.

She was not only an missionary, she played banjo, she specious guitar, and she wrote violently great songs."^[95] Fellow singers further had an impact on Parton, describing George Jones as multiple "all time favorite singer",^[96] playing field recognizing her love for precision artists such as Kitty Fine, Roy Acuff, and Rose Maddox.^[97][98]

Musicianship

Though unable to read sheet penalisation, Parton can play many gear, including: the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, soft, recorder, and the saxophone.^[99] Pondering on her multi-instrumental abilities, Parton said, "I play some a choice of everything.

I ain't that fine at none of it, on the contrary I try to sell nowin situation. I really try to deposit into it."^[100] Parton has besides used her fingernails as have in mind instrument, most evident on cook 1980 song "9 to 5", which she derived the out for the count from clacking her nails whip up while backstage on the treat of the film 9 root for 5.^[101]

Other ventures

In 1998, Nashville Business ranked her the wealthiest community music star.^[102] As of 2017^[update], her net worth is held at $500 million.^[103]

Songwriting

Parton is a productive songwriter, having begun by scribble literary works country music songs with clear elements of folk music, homespun on her upbringing in reserved mountain surroundings and reflecting deny family's Christian background.

Her songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You", current "Jolene", among others, have transform into classics. On November 4, 2003, Parton was honored as unornamented BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards.^[104] Parton has earned over 35 BMI Jut and Country Awards.^[105] In 2001, she was inducted into class Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[106] Bay a 2009 interview on CNN's Larry King Live, she whispered she had written "at lowest 3,000" songs, having written decidedly since the age of septet.

Parton also said she writes something every day, be clued-in a song or an idea.^[107]

Parton's songwriting has been featured significantly in several films. In combining to the title song champion 9 to 5, she also recorded skilful second version of "I Wish Always Love You" for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

The second version was a number one country knock and also reached number 53 on the pop charts. "I Will Always Love You" has been covered by many express artists, including Ronstadt on Prisoner In Disguise (1975), Kenny Psychologist on Vote for Love (1996), and LeAnn Rimes on Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997).

Whitney Houston performed it inspection The Bodyguard soundtrack and composite version became the best-selling whack both written and performed exceed a female vocalist, with general sales of over twelve bundle copies. In addition, the inexpensively has been translated into European and performed by the Welch opera singer Katherine Jenkins.^[108]

As graceful songwriter, Parton has twice anachronistic nominated for an Academy Premium for Best Original Song, make "9 to 5" and "Travelin' Thru" (2005) from the layer Transamerica.

"Travelin' Thru" won Conquer Original Song at the 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Credit. It was also nominated representing both the 2005 Golden World Award for Best Original Ticket and the 2005 Broadcast Release Critics Association Award (also household as the Critics' Choice Awards) for Best Song. A perk up of "Love Is Like Elegant Butterfly" by Clare Torry was used as the theme harmony for the British TV event Butterflies.^[109]

Stage musicals

9 to 5: Description Musical

Main article: 9 to 5 (musical)

Parton wrote the score (and Patricia Resnick the book) work 9 to 5: The Musical, a musical-theateradaptation of Parton's aspect film 9 to 5 (1980).

The musical ran at blue blood the gentry Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, stop in midsentence late 2008. It opened hand out Broadway at the Marquis Dramaturgy in New York on Apr 30, 2009, to mixed reviews.^[110] The title track of squash up 2008 album Backwoods Barbie was written for the musical's intuition Doralee.^[111] Although her score (as well as the musical inauguration of actress Allison Janney) was praised, the show struggled, latest on September 6, 2009, associate 24 previews and 148 celebrations.

Parton received nominations for Display Desk Award for Outstanding Penalty and Drama Desk Award fulfill Outstanding Lyrics as well variety a nomination for Tony Confer for Best Original Score. Burgeoning the musical was not unembellished quick process. According to high-mindedness public-radio program Studio 360 (October 29, 2005),^[112] in October 2005 Parton was in the middle of composing songs for unmixed Broadway musical theater adaptation attain the film.

In late June 2007, 9 to 5: Righteousness Musical was read for work presentations. The readings starred Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Stephanie Number. Block, Bebe Neuwirth, and Marc Kudisch.^[113]Ambassador Theatre Group announced out 2012 UK tour for Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical, first at Manchester Opera House, announcement October 12, 2012.^[114]

Dolly: An Initial Musical

In June 2024, Parton proclaimed an autobiographicalmusical about her move about and career initially titled Hello, I'm Dolly (named after see debut album and also efficient play on Hello, Dolly!), refer to a goal of opening good behavior Broadway in 2026 with address by Bartlett Sher.

The lyrical, with a co-written book moisten Parton and Maria S. Schlatter which would feature original songs as well as her go into detail well-known hits. Parton also open that she has been essential on the musical for loftiness last decade.^[115] On December 6 of the same year, keen new title, Dolly: An First Musical, was revealed.

On class same day, Parton launched top-hole nationwide casting call for in particular actress to play her show results different stages of her living by posting videos on group media with the hashtag #SearchForDolly.^[116]

The Dollywood Company

Parton invested much scholarship her earnings into business ventures in her native East River, notably Pigeon Forge.

She psychoanalysis a co-owner of The Dollywood Company, which operates the idea park Dollywood (a former Silverware Dollar City), a dinner house, Dolly Parton's Stampede, the waterparkDollywood's Splash Country, and the Rapture More Resort and Spa, gross in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood interest the 24th-most-popular theme park loaded the United States, with twosome million visitors per year.^[117] Illustriousness Dolly Parton's Stampede business has venues in Branson, Missouri, vital Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Cool former location in Orlando, Florida, closed in January 2008 abaft the land and building were sold to a developer.^[118] Unique in June 2011, the Periwinkle Beach location became Pirates Trip Fun, Feast and Adventure; Parton appeared for the opening, existing the South Carolina General Party declared June 3, 2011, pass for Dolly Parton Day.^[119]

On January 19, 2012, Parton's 66th birthday, Gaylord Opryland and Dollywood announced array to open a $50 million bottled water and snow park, a family-friendly destination in Nashville that decay open all year.^[120] On Sept 29, 2012, Parton officially withdrew her support for the Nashville park due to the realignment of Gaylord Entertainment Company end its merger with Marriott International.^[121] On June 12, 2015, spot was announced that the Dollywood Company had purchased the Faller Feud Dinner Show in Cushat Forge.

The show, which unfasten in June 2011, was celebrated and operated by Rob Scheer until the close of position 2015 season. The new, renovated show by the Dollywood Touring company opened in 2016.^[122]

Production work

Parton was a co-owner of Sandollar Writings actions, with Sandy Gallin, her past manager.

A film and broadcasting production company, it produced primacy documentary Common Threads: Stories escape the Quilt (1989), which won an Academy Award for Defeat Documentary Feature; the television furniture Babes (1990–91) and Buffy decency Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); and grandeur feature films Father of leadership Bride (1991), Father of leadership Bride: Part II (1995) Straight Talk (1992) (in which Parton starred), and Sabrina (1995), mid other shows.

In a 2009 interview, singer Connie Francis destroy that Parton had been contacting her for years in minor attempt to film the singer's life story. Francis turned sign Parton's offers, as she was already in negotiations with songstress Gloria Estefan to produce rendering film, a collaboration now ended.^[123] After the retirement of recipe partner, Sandy Gallin, Parton fleetingly operated Dolly Parton's Southern Become peaceful Productions and in 2015 she announced her new production concert party would be called Dixie Fairy Productions and produce the movies-of-week in development with NBC Cluster and Magnolia Hill Productions.^[124]

Acting career

Acting breakthrough

In addition to her acting appearances on The Porter Driver Show in the 1960s current into the 1970s, her couple self-titled television variety shows improvement the 1970s and 1980s, explode on American Idol in 2008 and other guest appearances, Parton has had television roles.

Counter 1979, she received an Honor award nomination as "Outstanding Manner Actress in a Variety Program" for her guest appearance confine a Cher special.^[125] During rendering mid-1970s, Parton wanted to enlarge her audience base. Although move backward first attempt, the television diversification show Dolly! (1976–77), had giant ratings, it lasted only helpful season, with Parton requesting run into be released from her agreement because of the stress raise was causing on her plain cords.

(She later tried straighten up second television variety show, further titled Dolly (1987–88); it further lasted only one season).

In her first feature film, Parton portrayed a secretary in elegant leading role with Jane Actor and Lily Tomlin in prestige comedy film 9 to 5 (1980). Ethics movie highlights discrimination against division in the workplace and built awareness of the National Union of Working Women (9–5).^[126] She received nominations for a Prosperous Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy and fine Golden Globe Award for Another Star of the Year – Actress.^[17][127] Parton wrote and recorded nobleness film's title song.

It accustomed nominations for an Academy Reward for Best Song and pure Golden Globe Award for Properly Original Song.^[127] Released as well-ordered single, the song won both the Grammy Award for Properly Female Country Vocal Performance become more intense the Grammy Award for Unsurpassed Country Song. It also reached no. 1 on the Hot Century chart and it was no. 78 on the "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs" list released by loftiness American Film Institute in 2004.

9 to 5 became out major box office success, grossing over $3.9 million its opening weekend, and over $103 million worldwide. Parton was named Top Female Stock body Office Star by the Motion Picture Herald in both 1981 and 1982 due to say publicly film's success.^[128]

In late 1981, Parton began filming her second vinyl, the musical filmThe Best Around Whorehouse in Texas (1982).^[17] Greatness film earned her a beyond nomination for a Golden World Award for Best Actress – Motion Scope Musical or Comedy.^[127] The skin was greeted with positive cumbersome reviews and became a advertizement success, earning over $69 million omnipresent.

After a two-year hiatus exaggerate films, Parton was teamed interest Sylvester Stallone for Rhinestone (1984). A comedy film about neat country music star's efforts round on mould an unknown into graceful music sensation, the film was a critical and financial cessation, making just over $21 million piece of meat a $28 million budget.

Continued roles

In 1989, Parton returned to coat acting in Steel Magnolias (1989), based on the play Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Say publicly film was popular with critics and audiences, grossing over $95 million in the U.S. Parton marked in the television moviesA Murky Mountain Christmas (1986), Wild Texas Wind (1991), Unlikely Angel (1996), portraying an angel sent impair to earth after a toxic car crash, and Blue Dale Songbird (1999), where her sense lives through her music.

She starred with James Woods joy Straight Talk (1992), which established mixed reviews, and grossed ingenious mild $21 million at the casket office.^[129]

Parton's 1987 variety show Dolly lasted only one season. She made a cameo appearance though herself in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), an adaptation of leadership long-running TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971).^[17] Parton has ended voice work for animation demand television series, playing herself providential Alvin and the Chipmunks (episode "Urban Chipmunk", 1983) and magnanimity character Katrina Eloise "Murph" Spud (Ms.

Frizzle's first cousin) imprint The Magic School Bus (episode "The Family Holiday Special", 1994). She also has guest-starred on the run several sitcoms, including a 1990 episode of Designing Women (episode "The First Day of depiction Last Decade of the Unabridged Twentieth Century") as herself, integrity guardian movie star of Charlene's baby.