Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was created on January 19, 1946, in Pittman Center (Tennessee). She was born to Avie Lee Parton and Robert Lee Parton in Sevierville. Parton was a housewife and Parton is a tobacco farmer. At the age of 12, she was already on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording for a small record label and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. She graduated high school in 1964 before moving to Nashville to begin her country singing journey. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn to her and they tied the knot on May 30 the 30th of May, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing and invited her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was on the show for seven years. Their duets went viral and she was a part of his group on the Grand Ole Opry; she also sold and toured records. Her hit "Joshua" was released at the top spot in 1970, was her biggest hit single. She chose to go by herself, even though she still recorded duets with the singer. She had left him and became a solo artist in 1974. Dolly achieved immense fame as a songwriter/singer. Dolly has won many Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, and 1976). The diminutive (5'0") beauty was an easy fit for television. By the mid-1970s, she was often appearing on television specials, talk shows, and before getting her own Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's first appearance in a film was in the movie 9-to-5 (1980), where she won an Oscar nomination for her song title and Grammy awards 2 and 3. The singer also took home Grammy awards 2, 3, Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the track "Nine To Five." Further fame was earned through her appearances in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), as in Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises, worth $100 million, is her principal. Dollywood was established in Pigeon Forge in Tennessee in 1986 in celebration of her Smoky Mountain roots. In the TV show of 1987, Dolly she was the lead herself. In 1988 she was awarded another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals for "Trio".






 

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