Billy parton dolly biography

American country musician (born 1946)

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American balladeer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, pronounce primarily for her decades-long life in country music. After completion success as a songwriter confirm others, Parton made her lp debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led work stoppage success during the remainder bring in the 1960s (both as first-class solo artist and with nifty series of duet albums get together Porter Wagoner), before her deal and chart peak arrived midst the 1970s and continued longdrawnout the 1980s.

Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s plainspoken not sell as well, however she achieved commercial success bis in the new millennium gift has released albums on a variety of independent labels since 2000, counting her own label, Dolly Documents.

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

She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country meeting charts, a record for well-ordered female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 pursuit Top 10 country albums, a epidemic for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles run faster than the past 40 years. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Fondness You" (a two-time U.S.

express chart-topper, and an international success 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 Beat Little Whorehouse in Texas form 1982 (for each of which she earned Best ActressGolden Area nominations) as well as Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias emphasis 1989, Straight Talk in 1992, and Joyful Noise in 2012.

Parton has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards immigrant 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Association Laurels, including Entertainer of the Collection. She is one of septet female artists to win depiction Country Music Association's Entertainer notice the Year Award. Parton has five Academy of Country Medicine Awards (including Entertainer of justness Year), four People's Choice Brownie points, and three American Music Bays.

She is also in adroit select group to have reactionary at least one nomination stranger the Academy Awards, Grammy Brownie points, Tony Awards, and Emmy Bays. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Pass of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal make known Arts, and in 2022, she was nominated for and inducted into the Rock and Curl Hall of Fame, a appointment she had initially declined on the other hand ultimately accepted.

Outside of uncultivated work in the music labour, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a handful of entertainment venues including dignity Dollywood theme park, the Spatter Country water park, and far-out number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage. She has founded a number signify charitable and philanthropic organizations, hefty among them being the Dollywood Foundation, who manage a delivery of projects to bring cultivation and poverty relief to Condition Tennessee, where she was convex.

Early life and career

Dolly Wife Parton was born on Jan 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks firm footing the Little Pigeon River soupзon Pittman Center, Tennessee.^[4] She equitable the fourth of 12 breed born to Avie Lee Carlovingian (née Owens; 1923–2003) and Parliamentarian Lee Parton Sr. (1921–2000).

Parton's middle name comes from on his maternal great-great-grandmother Rebecca (née Dunn) Whitted.^[5] Parton's father, known orang-utan "Lee", worked in the wilderness of East Tennessee, first hoot a sharecropper and later rearing his own small tobacco house and acreage. He also stilted construction jobs to supplement magnanimity farm's small income.

Despite see father's illiteracy, Parton has many times commented that he was only of the smartest people she has ever known with break into to business and making clean up profit.^[7][8]

Parton's mother cared for their large family. Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) barge in 20 years made her a-ok mother of 12 by flavour 35.

Parton attributes her lilting abilities to the influence decompose her mother; often in wet health, she still managed endure keep house and entertain fallow children with Smoky Mountainfolklore suffer ancient ballads. Having Welsh forebears, Avie Lee knew many crumple ballads that immigrants from class British Isles brought to meridional Appalachia in the 18th humbling 19th century.^{[failed verification][9][10]} Avie Lee's father, Jake Owens, was uncut Pentecostal preacher, and Parton captivated her siblings all attended communion regularly.

Parton has long credited her father for her speciality savvy, and her mother's cover for her musical abilities. During the time that Parton was a young lass, her family moved from high-mindedness Pittman Center area to nifty farm up on nearby Tree Ridge. Most of her treasured memories of youth happened take. Today, a replica of loftiness Locust Ridge cabin resides readily obtainable Parton's namesake theme park Dollywood.^[11] The farm acreage and bordering woodland inspired her to get along the song "My Tennessee Clamp Home" in the 1970s.

Ripen after the farm was sell, Parton bought it back space the late 1980s. Her fellowman Bobby helped with building renascence and new construction.

Parton has declared her family as being "dirt poor".^[12] Parton's father paid proselytizer Dr. Robert F. Thomas tighten a sack of cornmeal fetch delivering her.^[13] Parton would transcribe a song about Dr.

Saint when she was grown.^[14] She also outlined her family's dearth in her early songs "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". For cardinal or seven years, Parton shaft her family lived in their rustic, one-bedroom cabin on their small subsistence farm on Tree Ridge.^[15] This was a chiefly Pentecostal area located north clean and tidy the Greenbrier Valley of picture Great Smoky Mountains.

Music pretended an important role in in trade early life. She was fatigued up in the Church longed-for God (Cleveland, Tennessee),^[16] in exceptional congregation her grandfather, Jake Parliamentarian Owens, pastored. Her earliest the populace performances were in the communion, beginning at age six. To hand seven, she started playing copperplate homemade guitar.

When she was eight, her uncle bought grouping first real guitar.^[17][18] The Parton family was well-fed despite their poverty, and the 2024 reference Good Lookin' Cookin' (co-written make wet her with her sister Rachel) recalls numerous family meals.^[19]

Parton began performing as a child,^[20] melodious on local radio and meet programs in the East River area.^[21] By ten, she was appearing on The Cas Footer Show on both WIVK Beam and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, River.

At 13, she was tape measure (the single "Puppy Love") power a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records,^[22] and appeared at birth Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow discard own instincts regarding her career.^[23]

After graduating from Sevier County Towering absurd School in 1964, Parton distressed to Nashville the next day.^[22] Her initial success came considerably a songwriter, having signed dictate Combine Publishing shortly after link arrival;^[24] with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Jock, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including bend in half Top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and Skeeter Davis's publication 11 hit "Fuel to magnanimity Flame" (1967).^[25] Her songs were recorded by many other artists during this period, including Fall-back Wells and Hank Williams Jr.^[26] She signed with Monument Papers in 1965, at age 19; she initially was pitched whilst a bubblegum pop singer.

She released a string of singles, but the only one focus charted, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", did not crack the Billboard Hot 100. Although she phonetic a desire to record native land material, Monument resisted, thinking move backward unique, high soprano voice was not suited to the exemplary.

After her composition "Put Put a damper on things Off Until Tomorrow", as real by Bill Phillips (with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went get paid number six on the homeland chart in 1966, the name relented and allowed her lecture to record country.

Her first nation single, "Dumb Blonde" (composed timorous Curly Putman, one of loftiness few songs during this epoch that she recorded but exact not write), reached number 24 on the country chart beget 1967, followed by "Something Fishy", which went to number 17. The two songs appeared leak her first full-length album, Hello, I'm Dolly.^[27]

Music career

1967–1975: Country punishment success

In 1967, musician and state music entertainer Porter Wagoner Parton to join his accommodate, offering her a regular trace on his weekly syndicated haste program The Porter Wagoner Show, and in his road point up.

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 depiction show, and was reluctant nurse accept Parton (sometimes chanting deafeningly for Norma Jean from magnanimity audience).^[29] With Wagoner's assistance, on the other hand, Parton was eventually accepted.

Driver convinced his label, RCA Champ, to sign her. RCA certain to protect their investment stop releasing her first single primate a duet with Wagoner. Rove song, a remake of Negro Paxton's "The Last Thing concord My Mind", released in full amount 1967, reached the country Top 10 in January 1968, launching copperplate six-year streak of virtually sustained Top 10 singles for the twosome.

Parton's first solo single acquire RCA Victor, "Just Because I'm a Woman", was released unappealing the summer of 1968 stall was a moderate chart happiness, reaching number 17. For grandeur next two years, none staff her solo efforts – even "In class Good Old Days (When Earlier Were Bad)", which later became a standard – were as successful by the same token her duets with Wagoner.

Primacy duo was named Vocal Agency of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Confederacy, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored. Wagoner had dexterous significant financial stake in bake future; as of 1969, of course was her co-producer and recognized nearly half of Owe-Par,^[30] nobility publishing company Parton had supported with Bill Owens.

By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner confidential grown frustrated by her shortage of solo chart success. Waggoner persuaded Parton to record Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", unadulterated gimmick that worked. The write shot to number three, followed closely, in February 1971, unwelcoming her first number-one single, "Joshua". For the next two discretion, she had numerous solo hits – including her signature song "Coat commemorate 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 shepherd solo singles and the Driver duets were successful, her fundamental hit of this period was "Jolene".

Released in late 1973, the song topped the sovereign state chart in February 1974 enjoin reached the lower regions insinuate the Hot 100 (it ultimately 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 class decision to leave Wagoner's organization; the pair performed their aftermost duet concert in April 1974, and she stopped appearing justification his TV show in mid-1974, although they remained affiliated.

Explicit helped produce her records trace 1975.^[28] The pair continued kindhearted release duet albums, their finishing release being 1975's Say Till the cows come home You'll Be Mine.^[32]

In 1974, quota song, "I Will Always Liking You", written about her out of date break from Wagoner, went pact number one on the kingdom chart.

Around the same securely, Elvis Presley indicated that perform wanted to record the ventilate. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, pressing her that it was poor procedure for the songwriter abut sign over half of magnanimity publishing rights to any ventilate recorded by Presley.^[33] Parton refused.

That decision has been credited with helping to make cook many millions of dollars in good health royalties from the song see the years. Parton had unite solo singles reach number melody on the country chart overlook 1974 ("Jolene", "I Will Every Love You" and "Love Anticipation Like a Butterfly"), as be a winner as the duet with Concierge Wagoner, "Please Don't Stop Bar Me".

In a 2019 phase of the Sky Arts meeting series Brian Johnson: A Bluff on the Road, Parton designated finding old cassette tapes standing realizing that she had untroubled both "Jolene" and "I Drive Always Love You" in position same songwriting session, telling Lexicographer "Buddy, that was a worthy night." Parton again topped interpretation singles chart in 1975 conform to "The Bargain Store".^[34]

1976–1986: Pop transition

Between 1974 and 1980, Parton difficult to understand a series of country hits, with eight singles reaching integer one.

Her influence on jut culture is reflected by grandeur 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 put into operation her music in a supplementary mainstream direction and increase safe visibility outside of the capacity of country music.

In 1976, she began working closely pick up again Sandy Gallin, who served variety her personal manager for rendering next 25 years. With shrewd 1976 album All I Receptacle Do, which she co-produced glossed Porter Wagoner, Parton began delightful more of an active function in production, and began viz aiming her music in swell more mainstream, pop direction.

Prepare first entirely self-produced effort, New Harvest...First Gathering (1977), highlighted amalgam pop sensibilities, both in particulars of choice of songs – the album contained covers remaining the pop and R&B humanities "My Girl" and "Higher spell Higher" – and production.^[35] Even supposing the album was well commonplace and topped the U.S.

kingdom albums chart, neither it faint its single "Light of graceful Clear Blue Morning" made overmuch of an impression on representation pop charts.

After New Harvest's disappointing crossover performance, Parton low to high-profile pop producer City Klein for her next autograph album. The result, 1977's Here On your toes Come Again, became her principal million-seller, topping the country stamp album chart and reaching number 20 on the pop chart.

Illustriousness Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title course topped the country singles blueprint, and became Parton's first Top 10 single on the pop blueprint (no. 3). A second single, dignity double A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's Stand-up fight Right" topped the country tabulate and crossed over to justness pop Top 20.

For the indication of the 1970s and insert the early 1980s, many show consideration for her subsequent singles moved siding with on both charts simultaneously. Socialize albums during this period were developed specifically for pop-crossover success.^[36]

In 1978, Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female State Vocal Performance for her Here You Come Again album.

She continued to have hits stay "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" (1979) and "You're the Single One" (1979) all of which design in the pop Top 40 abstruse topped the country chart. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) became goodness first Parton single in twosome years to not top grandeur country chart (though it frank reach the Top 10).

During that period, her visibility continued be increase, with multiple television proprieties. A highly publicized candid press conference on a Barbara Walters Special in 1977 (timed to synchronize with Here You Come Again's release) was followed by lip-service in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her unmoved joint special with Carol Author on CBS, Dolly & Song in Nashville.

Parton served on account of one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Dale Campbell) on the CBS muchrepeated Fifty Years of Country Music. In 1979, Parton hosted position NBC special The Seventies: Exceeding Explosion of Country Music, finalize live at the Ford Theatricalism in Washington, D.C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Haulier.

Her commercial success grew bind 1980, with three consecutive territory chart number-one hits: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold a Write off to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country and come through charts in early 1981.^[28] She had another Top 10 single meander year with "Making Plans", first-class single released from a 1980 album with Porter Wagoner,^[37] on the loose as part of a action 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, yell only reached number one party the country chart – in February 1981 it reached number one monitor the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a multiply number-one hit. Parton became tiptoe of the few female express singers to have a number-one single on the country charge pop charts simultaneously.

It besides received a nomination for idea Academy Award for Best Contemporary Song. Her singles continued take over appear consistently in the territory Top 10. Between 1981 and 1985, she had twelve Top 10 hits; half of them hit enumerate one. She continued to sham inroads on the pop map as well. A re-recorded break of "I Will Always Passion You", from the feature coating The Best Little Whorehouse crush Texas (1982) scraped the Top 50 that year and her opus with Kenny Rogers, "Islands load the Stream" (written by righteousness Bee Gees and produced dampen Barry Gibb), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.^[28]

In the mid-1980s, her record trading in demand were still relatively strong, walk off with "Save the Last Dance sense 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 homeland Top 10 ("Tennessee Homesick Blues" charge "Think About Love" reached publication one; "Real Love" also reached number one on the state chart and became a unpretentious crossover hit).

However, RCA Registry did not renew her entrust after it expired in 1986, and she signed with Town Records in 1987.^[28]

1987–2005: Country innermost bluegrass period

Along with Emmylou Marshal and Linda Ronstadt, she unattached Trio (1987) to critical approval. The album revitalized Parton's melody career, spending five weeks force number one on Billboard's Native land Albums chart, and also reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.

It sold very many million copies and produced two Top 10 country hits, including Phil Spector's "To Know Him Laboratory analysis to Love Him", which went to number one. Trio won the Grammy Award for Acceptably Country Performance by a Twins or Group with Vocal tell off was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of leadership Year.

After a further demo at pop success with Rainbow (1987), including the single "The River Unbroken", it ended slot in a commercial let-down, causing Parton to focus on recording kingdom material. White Limozeen (1989) get well two number one hits coach in "Why'd You Come in Sagacity Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses". Although Parton's career arrived to be revived, it was actually just a brief reawakening before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s lecture moved most veteran artists tv show the charts.^[28]

A duet with Not easy Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one, though Parton's greatest commercial fortune of justness decade came when Whitney Port recorded "I Will Always Adoration You" for the soundtrack see the feature film The Bodyguard (1992).

Both the single become calm the album were massively gain recognition. Parton's soundtrack album from nobility 1992 film, Straight Talk, nevertheless, was less successful. But mix 1993 album Slow Dancing condemn the Moon won critical commendation and did well on high-mindedness charts, reaching number four harden the country albums chart, advocate number 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

It would also become Platinum certified.^[38][39] She recorded "The Day I Fold down in Love" as a dancing with James Ingram for integrity feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, Carole Salicylate Sager, and Clif Magness) were nominated for an Academy Accolade for Best Original Song, boss Parton and Ingram performed illustriousness song at the awards transmit.

Similar to her earlier pooled 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 kind a gold album by greatness Recording Industry Association of U.s. and helped revive both Vocaliser and Lynn's careers. Also have 1994, Parton contributed the vent "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit publication Red Hot + Country stumble upon by the Red Hot Organization.^[41] A live acoustic album, Heartsongs: Live from Home, featuring stripped versions of some of spurn hits, as well as remorseless traditional songs, was released feigned late 1994.^[42]

Parton's recorded music sooner than the mid-to-late-1990s remained steady captain somewhat eclectic.

Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Always Prize You" (performed as a saltation with Vince Gill), from shepherd album Something Special won righteousness Country Music Association's Vocal Backing of the Year Award. Influence following year, Treasures, an lp of covers of 1960s/70s hits was released, and featured marvellous diverse collection of material, together with songs by Mac Davis, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Filmmaker, and Neil Young.

Her stick of Stevens' "Peace Train" was later re-mixed and released primate a dance single, reaching Billboard's dance singles chart. Her 1998 country-rock album Hungry Again was made up entirely of permutation own compositions. Although neither check the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Caucasian Tonk Songs" and "Salt emit my Tears", charted, videos accompaniment both songs received significant airplay on CMT.

A second suggest more contemporary collaboration with Publisher and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. Warmth cover of Neil Young's trade mark "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award for Total Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton also was inducted into distinction Country Music Hall of Laurels in 1999.^[40]

Parton recorded a panel of bluegrass-inspired albums, beginning debate The Grass Is Blue (1999), winning a Grammy Award provision Best Bluegrass Album; and Little Sparrow (2001), with its conquer of Collective Soul's "Shine" win a Grammy Award for Suitably Female Country Vocal Performance.

Character third, Halos & Horns (2002) included a bluegrass version give a miss the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". In 2005, she released Those Were The Days consisting of her interpretations a choice of hits from the folk-rock days of the late 1960s tell off early 1970s, including "Imagine", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Be endowed with All the Flowers Gone?"^[40]

2005–2020: About and holiday album

Parton earned disclose second Academy Award nomination farm Best Original Song for "Travelin' Thru", which she wrote to wit for the feature film Transamerica.

(2005) Due to the song's (and film's) acceptance of fine transgender woman, Parton received pull off threats.^[43] She returned to back copy one on the country give a rough idea later in 2005 by disposition her distinctive harmonies to blue blood the gentry Brad Paisley ballad, "When Berserk Get Where I'm Going".^[40] Temporary secretary September 2007, Parton released make public first single from her dullwitted record company, Dolly Records, lordly, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at number 48 on Billboard'sHot Country Songs rough idea.

It was followed by birth studio album Backwoods Barbie, which was released on February 26, 2008, and reached number team a few on the country chart. Glory album's debut at number 17 on the all-genre Billboard Cardinal albums chart was the chief in her career.^[44]Backwoods Barbie distributed four additional singles, including depiction title track, written as height of her score for 9 to 5: The Musical, an adaptation enterprise her feature film.

After grandeur death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she unconfined a video in which she somberly told of her soul on Jackson and his death.^[45][46]

On October 27, 2009, Parton unattached a four-CD box set, Dolly, which featured 99 songs spell spanned most of her career.^[47] She released her second breathing DVD and album, Live Stranger London in October 2009, which was filmed during her sold-out 2008 concerts at London's Interpretation O2 Arena.

On August 10, 2010, with longtime friend League Ray Cyrus, Parton released high-mindedness album Brother Clyde. Parton task featured on "The Right Time", which she co-wrote with Prince and Morris Joseph Tancredi. Roomy January 6, 2011, Parton proclaimed that her new album would be titled Better Day. Up-to-date February 2011, she announced cruise she would embark on interpretation Better Day World Tour highest July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and picture U.S.^[48] The album's lead-off free, "Together You and I", was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was free on June 28, 2011.^[49] Be sold for 2011, Parton voiced the makeup Dolly Gnome in the vivacious film Gnomeo & Juliet.

Cliquey February 11, 2012, after probity sudden death of Whitney Port, Parton stated, "Mine is one of the millions bequest hearts broken over the fixate of Whitney Houston. I prerogative always be grateful and hem in awe of the wonderful celebration she did on my declare, and I can truly remark from the bottom of adhesive heart, 'Whitney, I will each time love you.

You will break down missed.'"^[50]

In 2013, Parton joined Dilly Roman for a re-recording chastisement "I Will Always Love You" for Roman's album, At Last.^[51] In 2013, Parton and Kenny Rogers reunited for the dub song of his album You Can't Make Old Friends.

Espousal their performance, they were chosen at the 2014 Grammy Commendation for Grammy Award for Unsurpassed Country Duo/Group Performance.^[52] In 2014, Parton embarked on the La-di-dah Smoke World Tour in hindmost of her 42nd studio jotter, Blue Smoke.^[53] The album was first released in Australia challenging 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 influence United States on May 13, and debuted at number outrage on the Billboard 200 diagram, making it her first Top 10 album and her highest-charting unaccompanied album ever; it also reached the number two on character U.S. country chart. The photo album was released in Europe logo June 9, and reached circulation two on the UK sticker album chart.

On June 29, 2014, Parton performed for the foremost time at the UK Glastonbury Festival, singing songs such in the same way "Jolene", "9 to 5" and "Coat lecture Many Colors" to a organization of more than 180,000.^[54] Version March 6, 2016, Parton declared that she would be embarking on a tour in strut of her new album, Pure & Simple.

The tour was one of Parton's biggest about within the United States whitehead more than 25 years.^[55] 64 dates were planned in honesty United States and Canada, stopping over the most requested markets lost on previous tours.^[56]

In the go under of 2016 she released "Jolene" as a single with rectitude a cappella group Pentatonix standing performed on The Voice investigate Pentatonix and Miley Cyrus fasten November 2016.^[57] Also in 2016, Parton was one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up of distinction songs, "Take Me Home, State Roads", "On the Road Again" and her own "I Determination Always Love You".

The expose celebrates fifty years of honourableness CMA Awards.^[58] At the observance itself, Parton was honored exchange the Willie Nelson Lifetime Conclusion Award, which was presented tough Lily Tomlin and preceded by means of a tribute featuring Jennifer Nettles, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride.

In 2017, Parton appeared jump Rainbow, the third studio single by Kesha performing a terpsichore of "Old Flames Can't Keep a tight rein on a Candle to You". Distinction track had been co-written incite Kesha's mother Pebe Sebert. Pipe was previously a hit buy Parton and was included fix on her 1980 album Dolly, Plaything, Dolly.

She also co-wrote cranium provided featuring vocals on righteousness song "Rainbowland" on Younger Now, the sixth album by waste away goddaughter Miley Cyrus.

In July 2019, Parton made an unpredicted appearance at the Newport People Festival in Rhode Island, put up with performed several songs accompanied invitation the Highwomen and Linda Perry.^[59] In 2020, Parton received institute attention after posting four cinema, in which she showed agricultural show she would present herself assertion social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The conniving post on Instagram^[60] went viral after celebrities posted their brighten up versions of the so-called Toy Parton challenge on social travel ormation technol. On April 10, 2020, Parton re-released 93 songs from offend of her classic albums: Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God and Country, Better Day, Those Were The Days, presentday Live and Well.^[61] On Hawthorn 27, 2020, Parton released smashing brand new song called "When Life Is Good Again".

That song was released to assistance keep the spirits up flash those affected by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. She also loose a music video for "When Life Is Good Again", which premiered on Time 100 union on May 28, 2020.^[62]

In 2019, Parton collaborated with Christian additional rock duet For King contemporary Country and released a chronicle of their hit "God Solitary Knows".

She followed this stop recording a duet with Religion music artist Zach Williams locked in the song "There Was Jesus". In October 2020, Parton was featured on the single "Pink" alongside Monica, Jordin Sparks, Sara Evans and Rita Wilson. Goodness single was released in facilitate of Breast Cancer Research.^[63][64][65] Parton released A Holly Dolly Christmas in October 2020.^[66] On Dec 6, CBS aired a Xmas special, "A Holly Dolly Christmas", where Parton performed songs munch through her album.^[67][68]

Since 2022: Rock album

In early 2022, Parton was tabled for induction into the Vibrate and Roll Hall of Fame.^[69] Parton initially declined the meeting believing that the Rock instruct Roll Hall of Fame was "for the people in boulder music",^[70][71] but after learning prowl this was not the briefcase Parton said she would appropriate her induction if she were chosen for the honor.^[71] Run to ground May her induction was proclaimed, and finally on November 5, 2022, she was inducted perform the Rock and Roll Porch of Fame.^[72][73] In October 2022 Parton stated in an audience that she would no someone tour, but would continue get snarled play live shows occasionally.^[74] Bring up December 31, 2022, Parton co-hosted NBC's New Year's special Miley's New Year's Eve Party.^[75]

On Jan 17, 2023, Parton announced she would release her first seesaw album, titled Rockstar, later defer year, during an interview regain The View.^[76] Lead single "World on Fire" was released enhance May 11, 2023.^[77] It went on to peak at number 1 a week later.^[78] The past performance was released on November 17, 2023, and features collaborations deal in Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pierce, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, and Lizzo, amongst others.^[79] The album received generally in no doubt reviews from critics and debuted at number three on interpretation Billboard 200, becoming Parton's highest-charting solo studio album as work as topping the Country promote Rock Albums charts.^[80]

The soundtrack unwed "Gonna Be You" from rendering movie 80 for Brady was released January 20, 2023.

Birth song was written by Diane Warren, and performed by Toy Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to the ones gnarled by the women in righteousness film, interspersed with clips alien the film.^[81]

Public image

Parton had turned down several offers to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but did appear wrap up the cover of the Oct 1978 issue wearing a Don juan bunny outfit, complete with shock (the issue featured Lawrence Grobel's extensive and candid interview additional Parton, representing one of other half earliest high-profile interviews with description mainstream press).

The association countless breasts with Parton's public manifestation is illustrated in the designation of Dolly the sheep puzzle out her, since the sheep was cloned from a cell busy from an adult ewe's mammary gland.^[83][84] In Mobile, Alabama, character General W.K. Wilson Jr. Connection is commonly called "the Doll Parton Bridge" due to academic arches resembling her bust.^[85] Goodness thickened appearance of the rear frontal armor of the T-72Amain battle tank led to greatness unofficial Army nickname "Dolly Parton"^[86] - and later the T-72BIs got the "Super Dolly Parton" nickname.^[87]

Parton is known for taking accedence undergone considerable plastic surgery.^[88][89] Shove a 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey gratuitously what kind of cosmetic operation Parton had undergone.

Parton replied that cosmetic surgery was demand in keeping with her celebrated image.^{[episode needed]} Parton has repeatedly joked about her physical image reprove surgeries, saying, "It takes top-notch lot of money to look over this cheap."^[90] Her breasts hold garnered her mentions in indefinite songs, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Marty Feldman Eyes" by Bruce Baum (a parody of "Bette Davis Eyes"), "No Show Jones" by Martyr Jones and Merle Haggard, point of view "Make Me Proud" by Admiral, featuring Nicki Minaj.^[91] When on one\'s own initiative about future plastic surgeries, she famously said, "If I mask something sagging, bagging or long-drawn-out, I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked."^[92] Parton's feminine escapism^{[clarification needed]} is acknowledged in bake words, "Womanhood was a laborious thing to get a obtain on in those hills, unless you were a man."^[93] Parton said in 2012 that she had entered a Dolly Parton drag queen lookalike contest submit lost.^[94]

Artistry

Influences

Parton, though influenced by full name stars, often credits ostentatious of her inspiration to quip family and community.

On afflict own mother Parton, in bitterness 2020 book Songteller: My Brusque in Lyrics, wrote "So in the chips was just natural for nasty mom to always be melodic. My mother had that old-timey voice, and she used authorization sing all these songs delay were brought over from loftiness Old World. They were Reliably, Irish, Welsh, folk songs whirl location people tell stories." Parton calls her mother's voice "haunting".

"Lord you would feel it", she wrote.^[95] Her biggest influence on the other hand was her Aunt Dorothy Jo: "People often ask me who my influences were, they deem I'm going to say wearisome big names, and there were a few 'stars' I was impressed with. But my champion was my aunt Dorothy Jo. Mama's baby sister. She was not only an evangelist, she played banjo, she played bass, and she wrote some cumulative songs."^[95] Fellow singers also difficult an impact on Parton, recounting George Jones as her "all time favorite singer",^[96] and wont her love for other artists such as Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff, and Rose Maddox.^[97][98]

Musicianship

Though incapable to read sheet music, Parton can play many instruments, including: the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, bass, electric guitar, fiddle, piano, annalist, and the saxophone.^[99] Reflecting assiduousness her multi-instrumental abilities, Parton voiced articulate, "I play some of yet.

I ain't that good console none of it, but Wild try to sell it.

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I really try to space into it."^[100] Parton has along with used her fingernails as public housing instrument, most evident on show 1980 song "9 to 5", which she derived the conquer from clacking her nails franchise while backstage on the bother of the film 9 acquaintance 5.^[101]

Other ventures

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

Songwriting

Parton is a generative songwriter, having begun by vocabulary country music songs with vivid elements of folk music, family circle on her upbringing in unpretentious mountain surroundings and reflecting stress family's Christian background.

Her songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You", become calm "Jolene", among others, have junction classics. On November 4, 2003, Parton was honored as top-notch BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards.^[104] Parton has earned over 35 BMI Protrude and Country Awards.^[105] In 2001, she was inducted into authority Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[106] Interchangeable a 2009 interview on CNN's Larry King Live, she articulated she had written "at slightest 3,000" songs, having written much since the age of septet.

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

Parton's songwriting has been featured eminently in several films. In check out of to the title song use 9 to 5, she also recorded keen second version of "I Prerogative Always Love You" for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

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The second version was a number one country beat and also reached number 53 on the pop charts. "I Will Always Love You" has been covered by many federation 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 have a feeling The Bodyguard soundtrack and deny version became the best-selling avoid both written and performed insensitive to a female vocalist, with club sales of over twelve mint copies. In addition, the expose has been translated into European and performed by the Principality opera singer Katherine Jenkins.^[108]

As systematic songwriter, Parton has twice antediluvian nominated for an Academy Bestow for Best Original Song, compel "9 to 5" and "Travelin' Thru" (2005) from the pelt Transamerica.

"Travelin' Thru" won Important Original Song at the 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Distinction. It was also nominated engage in both the 2005 Golden Orb Award for Best Original Aerate and the 2005 Broadcast Husk Critics Association Award (also illustrious as the Critics' Choice Awards) for Best Song. A recover of "Love Is Like Skilful Butterfly" by Clare Torry was used as the theme sound for the British TV indicate Butterflies.^[109]

Stage musicals

9 to 5: High-mindedness Musical

Main article: 9 to 5 (musical)

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

The musical ran at integrity Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, of the essence late 2008. It opened achieve Broadway at the Marquis Auditorium in New York on Apr 30, 2009, to mixed reviews.^[110] The title track of bond 2008 album Backwoods Barbie was written for the musical's breathing space Doralee.^[111] Although her score (as well as the musical opening of actress Allison Janney) was praised, the show struggled, terminal on September 6, 2009, name 24 previews and 148 archives.

Parton received nominations for Stage production Desk Award for Outstanding Sound and Drama Desk Award make available Outstanding Lyrics as well rightfully a nomination for Tony Give for Best Original Score. Thriving the musical was not spruce up quick process. According to prestige public-radio program Studio 360 (October 29, 2005),^[112] in October 2005 Parton was in the halfway point of composing songs for pure Broadway musical theater adaptation medium the film.

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

Dolly: An New Musical

In June 2024, Parton proclaimed an autobiographicalmusical about her sure of yourself and career initially titled Hello, I'm Dolly (named after faction debut album and also smashing play on Hello, Dolly!), meet a goal of opening ascertain Broadway in 2026 with aiming by Bartlett Sher.

The harmonious, with a co-written book gross Parton and Maria S. Schlatter which would feature original songs as well as her explain well-known hits. Parton also decipher that she has been compatible on the musical for excellence last decade.^[115] On December 6 of the same year, span new title, Dolly: An Modern Musical, was revealed.

On justness same day, Parton launched straighten up nationwide casting call for include actress to play her habit different stages of her viability by posting videos on collective media with the hashtag #SearchForDolly.^[116]

The Dollywood Company

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

She research paper a co-owner of The Dollywood Company, which operates the subject matter park Dollywood (a former Silverware Dollar City), a dinner fleeting, Dolly Parton's Stampede, the waterparkDollywood's Splash Country, and the Fantasy More Resort and Spa, vagrant in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood obey the 24th-most-popular theme park undecided the United States, with million visitors per year.^[117] Rectitude Dolly Parton's Stampede business has venues in Branson, Missouri, deliver Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Grand former location in Orlando, Florida, closed in January 2008 subsequently the land and building were sold to a developer.^[118] Basic in June 2011, the Periwinkle Beach location became Pirates Navigate Fun, Feast and Adventure; Parton appeared for the opening, forward the South Carolina General Convergence declared June 3, 2011, kind Dolly Parton Day.^[119]

On January 19, 2012, Parton's 66th birthday, Gaylord Opryland and Dollywood announced score to open a $50 million bottled water and snow park, a family-friendly destination in Nashville that wreckage 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 tail its merger with Marriott International.^[121] On June 12, 2015, record was announced that the Dollywood Company had purchased the Labourer Feud Dinner Show in Bird Forge.

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

Production work

Parton was a co-owner of Sandollar Shop, with Sandy Gallin, her pester manager.

A film and crowd production company, it produced loftiness documentary Common Threads: Stories steer clear of the Quilt (1989), which won an Academy Award for Get the better of Documentary Feature; the television pile Babes (1990–91) and Buffy probity Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); and glory feature films Father of character Bride (1991), Father of interpretation Bride: Part II (1995) Straight Talk (1992) (in which Parton starred), and Sabrina (1995), halfway other shows.

In a 2009 interview, singer Connie Francis beat that Parton had been contacting her for years in forceful attempt to film the singer's life story. Francis turned circumvent Parton's offers, as she was already in negotiations with chanteuse Gloria Estefan to produce magnanimity film, a collaboration now ended.^[123] After the retirement of concoct partner, Sandy Gallin, Parton tersely operated Dolly Parton's Southern Luminosity Productions and in 2015 she announced her new production troop would be called Dixie Brownie Productions and produce the movies-of-week in development with NBC Press and Magnolia Hill Productions.^[124]

Acting career

Acting breakthrough

In addition to her implementation appearances on The Porter Driver Show in the 1960s humbling into the 1970s, her pair self-titled television variety shows serve the 1970s and 1980s, humbling on American Idol in 2008 and other guest appearances, Parton has had television roles.

Essential 1979, she received an Laurels award nomination as "Outstanding Carriage Actress in a Variety Program" for her guest appearance grind a Cher special.^[125] During integrity mid-1970s, Parton wanted to spread out her audience base. Although mix first attempt, the television division show Dolly! (1976–77), had tall ratings, it lasted only get someone on the blower season, with Parton requesting go down with be released from her commitment because of the stress quicken was causing on her oral cords.

(She later tried a- second television variety show, as well titled Dolly (1987–88); it likewise lasted only one season).

In her first feature film, Parton portrayed a secretary in shipshape and bristol fashion leading role with Jane Player and Lily Tomlin in picture comedy film 9 to 5 (1980).

Depiction movie highlights discrimination against corps in the workplace and authored awareness of the National Harvester of Working Women (9–5).^[126] She received nominations for a Luxurious Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy and skilful Golden Globe Award for Virgin Star of the Year – Actress.^[17][127] Parton wrote and recorded excellence film's title song.

It common nominations for an Academy Jackpot for Best Song and clean up Golden Globe Award for Unsurpassed Original Song.^[127] Released as spick single, the song won both the Grammy Award for Outdistance Female Country Vocal Performance suggest the Grammy Award for Superb 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 say publicly American Film Institute in 2004.

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

In late 1981, Parton began filming her second single, the musical filmThe Best About Whorehouse in Texas (1982).^[17] Class film earned her a alternate nomination for a Golden Planet Award for Best Actress – Motion Knowledge Musical or Comedy.^[127] The single was greeted with positive depreciatory reviews and became a advertisement success, earning over $69 million oecumenical.

After a two-year hiatus stay away from films, Parton was teamed assemble Sylvester Stallone for Rhinestone (1984). A comedy film about first-class country music star's efforts be mould an unknown into skilful music sensation, the film was a critical and financial deficit, making just over $21 million raptness a $28 million budget.

Continued roles

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

She starred with James Woods fragment Straight Talk (1992), which reactionary mixed reviews, and grossed wonderful mild $21 million at the go on with office.^[129]

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

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