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). When she was 12 she was already appearing on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording for a small record label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. She graduated high school in 1964, and then moved to Nashville to begin her country singing journey. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn to her and they were married on May 30th in 1966. In 1967 , her vocals caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was on the show for seven years. Their duets were a hit and she was a part of his band at the Grand Ole Opry; she also sold and toured records. At the point that her hit song "Joshua" reached the top spot in 1970, her fame had eclipsed hers and she branched out on her own but still recording duets with his. She separated from him to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly was a well-known songwriter/singer. Dolly was honored with numerous Country Music Association awards (1968-1971 1971, 1975-1976 and 1975-1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television. In the late 1970s, she was appearing regularly on TV specials, talk shows, and even before receiving her own Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her hit song "Here You Go Again." Dolly's debut in a film was 9 to 5 (1980) in which she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title track, as well as Grammy Awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." The movie gained her more recognition for being in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and in Rhinestone (1984) with the hit song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a 100 million-dollar media empire and in 1986 she founded Dollywood the theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to honor her Smoky Mountain childhood. She was in the TV show Dolly (1987 television series) as her character. For "Trio" she won the Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.






 

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