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Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter and actress
| Date of Birth | : | 19 Jan, 1946 |
| Place of Birth | : | Pittman Center, Tennessee, United States |
| Profession | : | American Singer-songwriter, American Actress |
| Nationality | : | American |
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Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut with Hello, I'm Dolly in 1967, which led to success throughout the rest of the 1960s (as a solo artist and with several duet albums with Porter Wagner. , 1970 Before her sales and chart toppers in the decade and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums did not sell well in the 1990s, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium, and since 2000 has released albums on various independent labels, including her own label, Dolly Records. published
With a career spanning more than fifty years, Parton has been described as a "country legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Parton's music includes the recording industry. Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. He has reached the number of 25 singles. 1 on the Billboard Country Music Chart, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). He has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and has had 110 career-charting singles over the past 40 years. He has written over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time US country chart-topper, and an international hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 To 5" As an actress, she has appeared in films including 9 to 5 (1980) and Texas' Best Little Whorehouse (1982), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012).
He received 11 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award; One of only seven female artists to win ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, and the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year; four People's Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. He is among a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Award, Grammy Award, Tony Award, and Emmy Award. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, he received the National Medal of Arts, and in 2022, he was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a nomination he initially rejected but was eventually accepted and later inducted.
Outside of her work in the music industry, she co-owns The Dollywood Company, which operates several entertainment venues including Dollywood Theme Park, Splash Country Water Park, and several dinner theater venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede. and the pirates' journey. He founded several charities and philanthropic organizations, chief among them the Dollywood Foundation, which runs several projects for education and poverty alleviation in East Tennessee, where he grew up.
Early life and career
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. He was the fourth of twelve children born to Avi Lee Carolyn (née Owens; 1923–2003) and Robert Lee Parton Sr. (1921–2000). Parton's middle name comes from her maternal aunt, Rebecca (Dunn) Whited. Parton's father, known as "Lee", worked first as a sharecropper in the hills of East Tennessee and later tended his own small tobacco farm and land. He also did construction work to supplement the meager farm income. Despite her father's illiteracy, Parton has often commented that he was one of the smartest people in business and making a profit.
Parton's mother took care of their large family. Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) in 20 years made her a mother of 12 at age 35. Parton credits her musical abilities to her mother; Often in poor health, she still managed to keep home and entertain her children with Smoky Mountain folk tales and old ballads. Having Welsh ancestry, Avi Lee knew many of the old ballads that immigrants from the British Isles brought to southern Appalachia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Avi Lee's father, Jack Owens, was a Pentecostal preacher, and Parton and her siblings all attended church regularly. would join Parton has long credited her father for her business acumen and her mother's family for her musical prowess. When Parton was a young girl, her family moved from the Pittman Center area to a farm on nearby Locust Ridge. Most of his cherished memories of youth took place there. Today, a replica of the Locust Ridge cabin resides at Parton's eponymous theme park at Dollywood. The farmland and surrounding forest inspired him to write the song "My Tennessee Mountain Home" in the 1970s. A few years after the farm was sold, Parton bought it back in the late 1980s. His brother Bobby helped restore the building and build new ones.
Parton described her family as "obsessed poor". Parton's father, missionary Dr. Robert F. Thomas would deliver a sack of cornmeal to him. Parton wrote a song about Dr. Thomas when she was growing up. He also outlined his family's poverty in his early songs "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". For six or seven years, Parton and his family lived in their rustic, one-bedroom cabin on their small subsistence farm at Locust Ridge. It was a predominantly Pentecostal area north of the Greenbrier Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains. Music played an important role in his early life. He grew up in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), where his grandfather, Jake Robert Owens, pastored. His earliest public performances were in church, beginning at the age of six. He started playing the homemade guitar at the age of seven. When he was eight years old, his uncle bought him his first real guitar.
Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs in the East Tennessee area. By ten, he was appearing on The Cass Walker Show on both WIVK radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. At the age of 13, he was recording on a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records (the single "Pappy Love") and appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, where he first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged him to follow his own instincts in his career.
After graduating from Sevier County High School in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville the next day. Her early success came as a songwriter, signing with Combine Publishing shortly after her arrival; her frequent songs With writing partner, his uncle Bill Owens, he wrote several charting singles, including two top 10 hits for Bill Phillips: "Put It Off Tomorrow Tomorrow," and "The Company You Keep" (1966), and a No. 11 hit for Skeeter Davis. "Fuel to the Flame" (1967). Her songs were recorded by many other artists during this period, including Kitty Wells and Hank Williams Jr. He signed with Monument Records in 1965 at the age of 19; She was initially portrayed as a bubblegum pop singer. He released a string of singles, but only one that read, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", did not crack the Billboard Hot 100. Although she expressed a desire to record country material, Monument resisted because of her unique, high soprano voice. was not appropriate for the genre.
After the composition of "Put It of Tomorrow", recorded by Bill Phillips (with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went to number six on the country charts in 1966, the label went silent and allowed him to record country. His first country single, "Dumb Blonde" (written by Carly Putman, one of the few songs of this era that he recorded but did not write), reached No. 24 on the country chart in 1967, followed by "Something Fishy," which went to No. 17. Two songs were released on her first full-length album, Hello, I'm Dolly.
Music career
1967–1975: Country music success
In 1967, musician and country music entertainer Porter Wagner invited Parton to join his organization, offering her a regular spot on his weekly syndicated television program The Porter Wagner Show and on his road show. As documented in her 1994 autobiography, initially, most of Wagner's audience was unhappy that Norma Jean, the performer who replaced Parton, had left the show and was reluctant to accept Parton (sometimes with loud boos for Norma Jean from the audience). With Wagner's help, however, Parton was eventually accepted. Wagoner convinced his label, RCA Victor, to sign him. RCA decided to protect their investment by releasing his first solo duet with Wagner. The song, a remake of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind," reached the country top 10 in late 1967, in January 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted top 10 singles for the duo.
Parton's first solo single for RCA Victor, "Just Because I'm a Woman", was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate chart hit, reaching number 17. For the next two years, none of his solo efforts—even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," which later became a standard—were as successful as his duets with Wagner. The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records continued to be overlooked. Wagoner had a significant financial stake in his future; Until 1969, he was her co-producer and owned about half of Owe-Per, the publishing company Parton founded with Bill Owens.
By 1970, both Parton and Wagner had grown frustrated with her single's lack of chart success. Wagner convinced Parton to record Jimmie Rogers' "Mule Skinner Blues," a ploy that worked. In February 1971, the record reached number three, followed by his first number-one single, "Joshua". Over the next two years, she had numerous solo hits - including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" (number four, 1971) - alongside duets. Top 20 singles include "The Right Combination" and "Burning the Midnight Oil" (both duets with Wagner, 1971); "Lost Forever in Your Kiss" (with Wagner), "Touch Your Woman" (1972), "My Tennessee Mountain Home" and "Travelin' Man" (1973).
Although his solos and duets with Wagner were successful, his biggest hit during this period was "Jolene". Released in late 1973, the song topped the country chart in February 1974 and reached the lower reaches of the Hot 100 (it also eventually charted in the U.K., reaching number seven in 1976, representing Parton's first U.K. success). Parton, who had always envisioned a solo career, decided to leave Wagner's organization; The pair performed their last duet concert in April 1974, and he stopped appearing on her TV show in mid-1974, although they remained affiliated. He helped produce his records through 1975. The pair continued to release double albums, their final release being 1975's She'll Forever Be Mine.
In 1974, his song, "I Will Always Love You", written on his professional break from Wagner, hit number one on the country charts. Around the same time, Elvis Presley indicated that he wanted to record the song. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, told her that it was standard practice for a songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song recorded by Presley. Parton refused. This decision has been credited with helping him earn millions of dollars in royalties from songs over the years. Three of Parton's solo singles reached number one on the country charts in 1974 ("Jolene", "I Will Always Love You" and "Love Is Like a Butterfly"), as well as a duet with Porter Wagner, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me". In a 2019 episode of the Sky Arts music series Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road, Parton described finding old cassette tapes and realizing that she had composed both "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in the same songwriting session. Johnson "It was a good night, buddy." Parton topped the singles chart again in 1975 with "The Bargain Store".
1976–1986: Pop transition
Parton had multiple country hits between 1974 and 1980, with eight singles reaching number one. Her influence on pop culture is reflected in the many performers who have covered her songs, including mainstream and crossover artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.
Parton embarked on a high-profile crossover campaign, attempting to target her music more mainstream and increase her visibility beyond the confines of country music. In 1976, he began working closely with Sandy Gallin, who served as his personal manager for the next 25 years. On her 1976 album All I Can Do, which she co-produced with Porter Wagner, Parton began to take a more active role in production and specifically aimed her music in a more mainstream, pop direction. His first fully self-produced effort, New Harvest...First Gathering (1977), featured his pop sensibilities in song choice – the album included covers of the pop and R&B classics "My Girl" and "Higher End" – and production. Although the album was well received and topped the US country album charts, neither it nor its single "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" made much of an impression on the pop charts.
After New Harvest's disappointing crossover performance, Parton turned to high-profile pop producer Gary Klein for her next album. The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became his first million-seller, topping the country album chart and reaching No. 20 on the pop chart. The Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title track topped the country singles chart and became Parton's first top 10 single on the pop chart (No. 3). A second single, the double A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" topped the country charts and went into the pop top 20. Throughout the remainder of the 1970s and into the early 1980s, many of her subsequent singles topped both charts simultaneously. Her albums during this period were specifically designed for pop-crossover success.
In 1978, Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her album Here You Come Again. He went on to have hits with "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" (1979) and "You're the Only One" (1979), all of which charted in the Pop Top 40 and topped the Country charts. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) became Parton's first single in two years not to top the country chart (although it did reach the top 10). During this period, her visibility continued to increase with multiple television appearances. A highly publicized candid interview on a Barbara Walters special in 1977 (coinciding with the release of Here You Come Again) followed in 1978 with Cher appearing on an ABC television special and her own joint special with Carol Burnett on CBS, Dolly and Carol Nashville.
Parton served as one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell) on the CBS special Fifty Years of Country Music. In 1979, Parton hosted the NBC special The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music, performed live at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C., with President Jimmy Carter in the audience. Her commercial success increased in the 1980s, with three consecutive country chart number-one hits: the Donna Summer-penned "Starting Over Again", "Old Flame Can't Hold a Candle to You", and "9 to 5", which peaked. Country and pop charts in early 1981. He had another top 10 single that year with "Making Plans", a single from a 1980 album with Porter Wagner, released as part of a lawsuit settlement between the pair.
The theme song to the 1980 feature film 9 to 5, in which he starred alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts—it also reached number one on the pop and adult-contemporary charts in February 1981. , giving her a triple number-one hit. Parton became one of the number one singles on the country and pop charts simultaneously. It also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. His singles consistently appeared in the country top 10. Between 1981 and 1985, he had twelve top 10 hits; Half of them hit number one. He also continued to enter the pop charts. A re-recorded version of "I'll Always Love You" from the feature film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) scraped the Top 50 that year, and his duet with Kenny Rogers, "Islands in the Stream" (written by) Bee Gees and Barry produced by Gibb), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.
In the mid-1980s, his record sales were relatively strong, including "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Tennessee Homesick Blues", "God Won't Get You" (1984), "Real Love" (another duet). Kenny Rogers), "Don't Call It Love" (1985) and "Think About Love" (1986) all reached the top 10 in country ("Tennessee Homesick Blues" and "Think About Love" reached number one; "Real Love" also reached number one in country reached number one on the charts and became a common crossover hit). However, RCA Records did not renew his contract after it expired in 1986, and he signed with Columbia Records in 1987.
1987-2005: The Country and Bluegrass Period
With Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, she released Trio (1987) to critical acclaim. The album revived Parton's music career, spending five weeks at number one on Billboard's Country Albums chart and reaching the top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums list. It sold several million copies and spawned four top 10 country hits, including Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is To Love Him," which went to number one. The trio won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. After further attempts at pop success with Rainbow (1987), including the single "The River Unbroken", it became a commercial let-down, causing Parton to focus on recording country material. White Limousine (1989) produced two number one hits in "When You Come In Here Looking Like That" and "Yellow Roses". Although Parton's career seemed to be revived, it was actually a brief revival before contemporary country music arrived in the early 1990s and pushed most veteran artists off the charts.
"Rockin' Years" (1991), a duet with Ricky Van Shelton, reached number one, although Parton's biggest commercial fortune of the decade came when she recorded "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack to the Whitney Houston feature film The Bodyguard (1992). ) was a huge success both as a single and as an album. Parton's soundtrack album for the 1992 film, Straight Talk, however, was less successful. But his 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon won critical acclaim and did well on the charts, reaching number four on the country album chart and number 16 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It will also be certified platinum. He recorded "The Day I Fall in Love" as a duet with James Ingram for the feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, Carole Bear Seger, and Cliff Magness) were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Parton and Ingram performed the song at the awards ceremony. Similar to her previous collaborative albums with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton released Honky Tonk Angels in the fall of 1993 with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. It was certified a gold album by the Recording Industry Association of America and helped revive the careers of both Wynette and Lynn. Also in 1994, Parton contributed the song "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country, produced by the Red Hot Organization. A live acoustic album, Heartsongs: Live From Home, featured some of her hits, as well as some traditional songs. Released in late 1994, featuring a stripped-down version.
Parton's recorded music in the mid-to-late 1990s was steady and somewhat eclectic. Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Always Love You" (featuring a duet with Vince Gill), from her album Something Special, won the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year award. The following year, Treasures, an album of 1960s/70s hit covers, was released and featured a diverse collection of material, including songs by Mac Davis, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens and Neil Young. Her recording of Stevens' "Peace Train" was later remixed and released as a dance single, which reached the Billboard Dance Singles chart. His 1998 country-rock album Hungry Again was composed entirely of his own compositions. Although the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Honky Tonk Songs" and "Salt in My Tears", charted, the videos for both songs did not receive significant airplay on CMT. A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. Her cover of Neil Young's song "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.
Parton recorded a series of bluegrass-inspired albums, beginning with The Grass Is Blue (1999), winning the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album; and Little Sparrow (2001), won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance with her cover of Collective Soul's "Shine". The third, Halos and Horns (2002) included a bluegrass version of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". In 2005, he released The Were the Days, featuring interpretations of hits from the folk-rock era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "Imagination", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Crimson and Clover". , and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
From 2022: Rock Albums
Parton performing "Peace Like a River" with Dionne Warwick.
In early 2022, Parton was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Parton initially declined the nomination, believing that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was "for people in rock music" but after learning that this was not the case, Parton stated that she would accept her induction if she was elected. Her induction into the honor was announced in May, and she was eventually inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 5, 2022. In October 2022, Parton stated in an interview that she would no longer tour. , but will continue to play live shows occasionally. On December 31, 2022, Parton co-hosted the NBC New Year's special Miley's New Year's Eve Party.
On January 17, 2023, Parton announced that she would release her first rock album, titled Rockstar, later that year, during an interview on The View. It was released on November 17, 2023 and features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, and Lizzo, among others.
Parton turned down several offers to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but appeared on the cover of the October 1978 issue of Playboy in a bunny costume, complete with ears (the issue featured an extensive and candid interview with Parton by Lawrence Grobel, one of which represented her relationship with the press mainstream primary high-profile interviews). Breasts' association with Parton's public image is illustrated by the naming of Dolly the sheep, since the sheep were cloned from cells taken from the mammary gland of an adult sheep. In Mobile, Alabama, General W.K. The Wilson Jr. Bridge is commonly called the "Dolly Parton Bridge" because its arches resemble her bust. The T-72A main battle tank was nicknamed "Dolly Parton" by private armies due to its thick turret frontal armor - and later the T-72BIs "Super Dolly Parton".
Parton is known for considerable plastic surgery. On a 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Winfrey asked what cosmetic surgery Parton had undergone. Parton replied that cosmetic surgery was essential in keeping with her famous image. He is mentioned in several songs, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Marty Feldman Eyes" (a parody of "Bette Davis Eyes") by Bruce Baum, "No Show Jones" and "No Show Jones" by George Jones and Merle Haggard. . . Make Me Proud by Drake featuring Nicki Minaj When asked about future plastic surgery, she famously said, "If I see something sagging, baggy, or dragging, I'll rip it off, shave it off, or suck it out." that mountain It's hard to understand, unless you're a human.
Artistry
Affect
Parton, although influenced by big name stars, often credits her family and community as her inspiration. Of her own mother, Parton wrote in her 2020 book Songwriter: My Life in Lyrics "So it was always natural for my mother to sing. My mother had that old-timey voice and she sang all these songs brought over from the Old World. They were English. , Irish, Welsh, folk songs where people tell stories." Parton calls her mother's voice "haunting." "Lord you will feel it", he wrote. But her biggest influence was her Aunt Dorothy Jo: "People often ask me who my influences were, they think I'm going to say some big name, and there were a few 'stars' I was influenced by. But my heroes were My Aunt Dorothy Jo. Mom's baby sister. Not only was she a missionary, she played the banjo, she played the guitar, and she wrote some great songs." His "favorite singer of all time" and recognition of his love for other artists such as Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff and Rose Maddox.
Musicianship
Although unable to read sheet music, Parton can play many instruments, including: dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, guitar, electric guitar, violin, piano, recorder, and saxophone. Reflecting on her multi-instrumental abilities, Parton said, "I play a little bit of everything. I'm not good at any of it, but I try to sell it. I try to really put myself into it." Parton also has an instrument. As used his fingernails, most evident in his 1980 song "9 to 5", which achieved the beat by clawing his fingernails together while backstage on the set of the film of the same name.
Song writing
A prolific songwriter, Parton began by writing country music songs with strong folk elements, based on her upbringing in a humble mountain environment and reflecting her family's Christian background. Her songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You", and "Jolene" became classics. On November 4, 2003, Parton was honored as a BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards. Parton has earned more than 35 BMI Pop and Country Awards. In 2001, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In a 2009 interview on CNN's Larry King Live, he said he had written "at least 3,000" songs, writing seriously since the age of seven. Parton also said that she writes something every day, whether it's a song or an idea.
Parton's songwriting has featured prominently in several films. In addition to the title song for 9 to 5, he also recorded a second version of "I'll Always Love You" for Texas' Best Little Whorehouse (1982). The second version was a number one country hit and reached number 53 on the pop chart. "I Will Always Love You" has been covered by many country artists, including Ronstadt on Prisoner in Disguise (1975), Kenny Rogers on Vote for Love (1996), and LeAnn Rimes on Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997). . Whitney Houston performed it on The Bodyguard soundtrack, and her version became the best-selling hit both written and performed by a female vocalist, with sales of over twelve million copies worldwide. Additionally, the song has been translated into Italian and performed by Welsh opera singer Catherine Jenkins.
As a songwriter, Parton has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song twice for the films Transamerica, "9 to 5" and "Travelin' Through" (2005). "Travelin' Through" won Best Original Song at the 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards. It was nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award (also known as the Critics' Choice Award) for Best Song. A cover of Claire Torry's "Love Is Like a Butterfly" was used as the theme music for the British TV show Butterflies.
Personal life
The family
Parton is the fourth of 12 children. His siblings are Willadin, David Wilburn, Coy Denver, Robert Lee, Stella Mae, Cassie Nan, Randall Huston (deceased), Larry Gerald (deceased), twins Floyd Estelle (deceased) and Frieda Estelle, and Rachel Ann.
On May 30, 1966, Parton and Carl Thomas Dean (born July 20, 1942, Nashville, Tennessee) were married in Ringgold, Georgia. Although Parton does not use the surname Dean professionally, she has said that her passport reads "Dolly Parton Dean" and that she sometimes uses Dean when signing contracts. Dean, who is retired from running an asphalt paving business in Nashville, has always avoided publicity, and rarely attends events with his wife. Parton joked that she had only seen him perform once. She also stated in the interview that although it appears that they are spending very little time together, it's just that no one sees her in public. She comments on Dean's romantic side, saying that he does spontaneous things to surprise her and sometimes even writes poetry for her. In 2011, Parton said, "We're really, really proud of our marriage. It's the first and the last for both of us.
On May 6, 2016, Parton announced that she and Dean would renew their vows later this month in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Although Parton never had children, she and Dean helped raise her younger siblings in Nashville, leading her to refer to her nieces and nephews as "Uncle Pippaw" and "Aunt Granny"; The latter is a moniker that later named one of Parton's Dollywood restaurants. Parton is also the godmother of singer-songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus.
Faith
Parton says she is a committed Christian, which has influenced many of her musical releases.
He spoke of his liberal approach to faith in the January issue of New Humanist magazine. "I wouldn't even say I'm religious, even though I grew up in that background. But I have a lot of faith in myself and I've been so blessed to be around great people throughout my life, my uncle Bill and my family being supportive, and along the way I whom I have met.
Awards and honors
Dolly Parton is one of the most respected female country performers of all time. The Record Industry Association of America has certified 25 of her singles or album releases as gold records, platinum records, or multi-platinum records. He has 26 songs. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart, a record for a female artist. He has 42 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 110 career-charting singles over the past forty years. As of 2012 she has written over 3,000 songs and sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. As of 2021, he has appeared on the country music charts in each of seven decades, the most of any artist.
Dolly Parton has earned eleven Grammy Awards (including her 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy) and a total of fifty Grammy Award nominations, the second most nominations of any female artist in the history of the prestigious award.
At the American Music Awards, she won three awards out of 18 nominations. At the Country Music Association, he won ten awards out of 42 nominations. At the Academy of Country Music, he won seven awards and 39 nominations. She is one of only six female artists (along with Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Shania Twain, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift) to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year (1978). He has been nominated for two Academy Awards and one Tony Award. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her appearance in the 1978 Cher television special. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his music in 1984, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California; A star on the Nashville Starwalk for Grammy winners; and a bronze sculpture on the courthouse lawn in Sevierville. He called the statue of himself in his hometown "the greatest honor," because it came from people who knew him. Parton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1969 and was named one of Miss Magazine's Women of the Year in 1986. In 1986, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, country music's highest honor. He received an honorary doctorate from Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tennessee) in 1990. This was followed by induction into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2002, he ranked no. 4 of CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music.
Parton was honored in 2003 with a tribute album titled Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton. Artists who have recorded versions of Parton's songs include Melissa Etheridge ("I Will Always Love You"), Alison Krauss ("9 to 5"), Shania Twain ("Coat of Many Colors"), Michelle Ndeziocello ("Two Doors Down"). , Norah Jones ("The Grass is Blue"), and Sinead O'Connor ("Dagger Through the Heart"). Parton herself contributed to the re-recording of the title track, originally the title track of her debut RCA album in 1968. Parton was awarded the Living Legend Medal by the US Library of Congress on April 14, 2004 for her contributions to cultural heritage. United States He is also the focus of a Library of Congress collection exploring the influence of country music on his life and career. The collection includes images, articles, sheet music, and more.
In 2005, he was honored with the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor given by the US government for excellence in the arts. The award was presented by the President of the United States. On December 3, 2006, Parton was honored with the John F. Received Kennedy Center Honors from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. During the show, some of the biggest names in country music came to show their appreciation. Carrie Underwood performed "Islands in the Stream" with Rogers, Parton's original duet partner. Krause performed "Jolene" and sang "Coat of Many Colors" with Twain. McEntire and Reese Witherspoon also came to pay their respects. On November 16, 2010, Parton accepted the Liseberg Applause Award, the theme park industry's most prestigious honor, on behalf of Dollywood Theme Park during a ceremony held at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 in Orlando, Florida.
In 2015, a newly discovered species of lichen found growing in the southern Appalachians was named Zapewilla dolipartoniana in honor of Parton's music and her efforts to bring national and global attention to the region. In 2018, Parton received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, joining Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in recognition of their work as a trio. Parton was also recognized by the Guinness World Records 2018 edition for holding the record for most top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and most hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart by a female artist. In 2020, Parton for King and Country, their song with Received a Grammy Award for his collaboration on "God Only Knows". In 2021, he was included in Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The New York Times called her one of America's three most beloved women (alongside Patti LaBelle and Barbra Streisand).
Parton has twice declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom due to her husband's illness and ongoing pandemics. In response to the Tennessee legislature's proposal to erect a statue of Parton in 2021, she released a statement asking the legislature to drop the bill from consideration, saying, "Given what's going on in the world, I Don't think I'll be placed on a pedestal appropriate at this time.
In late 2022, Parton received the $100-million Courage and Sobriety Award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. According to Bezos, Parton was given the award because of her philanthropic work focused on improving literacy for children around the world. by doing
In 2023, Parton was named an honorary member of the American Library Association. He was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone's 2023 list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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