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| Dolly Parton |
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"I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde."
-Dolly Parton
| Date of Birth: January 19th, 1946 |
| Birthplace: Sevierville |
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| Parton first gained national notice hosting her own syndicated television variety show back in the '70s. After a decade as a country star, she crossed over to the mainstream with hits such as "9 to 5" and "Islands In The Stream" during the early '80s. She also starred in several motion pictures, including The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982) and Steel Magnolias (1989). |
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| Dolly Parton's a good ol' country gal from the smoky hills of Tennessee, who's made good on her career in Nashville, Hollywood and internationally. Her infectious Southern charm and accent are irresistible. |
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Dolly Rebecca Parton, the fourth of twelve children, was born January 19th, 1946 in Sevierville, and raised in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, just next to the Smoky Mountains National Forest. Music was an important part of her Appalachian family's life. Dolly's half-Cherokee mother sang and played guitar, while her grandfather was a fiddling preacher. Of her eleven siblings, four have also found their way into the music industry.
Dolly received a guitar from her grandfather when she was nine, and she also learned to play the banjo. Her start in show business came when she was just 12 years old, as she became a regular on WIVK Knoxville's The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour, a television variety show. She made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 13, in 1959. Her first single, "Puppy Love," was released on the independent Goldband label that same year. With the potential for stardom, Parton moved to country music's capital, Nashville, following her high-school graduation in 1964.
Despite the failure of her debut album with Mercury Records, It's Sure Gonna Hurt, and Mercury subsequently dropping her, Dolly Parton and a couple of country hits on the Monument label attracted the attention of country star Porter Wagoner. He invited her to appear as a regular on The Porter Wagoner Show, his television variety program, in 1967. Together, they forged a successful musical partnership over the next seven years, resulting in many hit singles and a dozen albums. The Country Music Association (CMA) awarded the pair the Vocal Duo of the Year prize in 1970 and 1971.
Wagoner convinced RCA to sign his new partner to the label. The single "Dumb Blonde" was followed by her debut album for RCA, appropriately entitled Hello, I'm Dolly (1967). She scored her first solo No. 1 country smash with "Joshua" in 1971. That same year, she released what would become her signature song, "Coat of Many Colors," which made the top five. More country hits followed, including 1974 chart-toppers like "Jolene," which became a surprise top ten hit in the UK, and "I Will Always Love You", which was later covered by Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard soundtrack in 1992.
By 1975, Dolly had left her singing partner of the past seven years. Establishing herself as a solo artist proved no problem for the flamboyant performer, as she won the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year Award in 1975 and the following year. She hosted her own syndicated music television show, Dolly, which premiered in 1976. She even scored her first big pop crossover hit with "Here You Come Again" in late 1977. The song topped the country chart for five weeks, and reached No. 3 on the pop charts. The album of the same name went on to sell over a million copies, and earned Parton another CMA for Entertainer of the Year, plus her first Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. |
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