Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and was raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton who was a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At the age of 12, she began appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13 she was already recording for an obscure label and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. She relocated to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country music career after graduating from high school. She was in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving company. They got married on May 30 1966 and have remained together. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to be a part of his show, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with The Porter Wagoner Show for seven years. The duets they performed became famous and she was asked to join him on the Grand Ole Opry. When her 1970 hit "Joshua", reached #1, her fame was too great to compete with his. In 1974, she toured on her own and recorded duets alongside him. He was gone and she began her solo career in 1974. Dolly was a well-known singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1968 1970, 1970 and 1971, 1975, 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty seemed to be a perfect match for television. By the mid-1970s, she was appearing regularly on TV specials, talk shows, and before receiving her own Dolly (1976). Dolly won her first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Dolly made her film debut in 9 to 5 in the year 1980. The film received nominations for an Oscar for the song that was the title in addition to Grammy Awards 2/3: Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The movie gained her more recognition for performing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the president of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a 100 million-dollar media empire and in 1986 she launched Dollywood which is a theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in celebration of her Smoky Mountain upbringing. She was a part of the show Dolly (1987 television series) as herself. In the episode "Trio" she won the Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.






 

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