Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in Pittman Center on January 19 1946. She was born in Sevierville to Avie Lee Parton (a housewife) and Robert Lee Parton (a tobacco farmer). At the age of 12, she was already appearing on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording on a label of a small size and singing at Grand Ole Opry. She relocated to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country-singing career after she had graduated from high school. She became a fan of Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving company. They were married on May 30th June, 1966, and they are still together. In 1967 , her singing attracted the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to be a part of his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets were a hit and she was a part of his band on the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. In 1970, when her hit song "Joshua" was ranked at #1, her fame was just too big to be able to compete with his. In 1974, she set out on her own and recorded duets alongside the singer. In 1974, she parted ways with him to be a solo artist. Dolly was a massive success as a singer/songwriter. Dolly received numerous Country Music Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971 1975, 1976). She was a small (5'0") beauty who was an ideal choice for television. In the late 1970s, Dolly was often seen on Talk-shows and television specials, before receiving her own show, Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her hit song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's first appearance in a film was in 9-to-5 (1980) In the film, she was awarded an Oscar nomination for her song title and Grammy awards 2 and 3. Also, she won Grammy awards 2 and 3 Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the track "Nine to Five." Her most notable role was in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the founder of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media company, and in 1986, she established Dollywood, a theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to honor her Smoky Mountain childhood. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1987) television series. For "Trio" she was awarded the Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.






 

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