Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in Pittman Center on January 19 1946. She was raised 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 on a label of a small size and singing at Grand Ole Opry. After graduation from the high school in 1964, she relocated to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She began to fall in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they were married on May 30th in 1966, and remain together. In 1967 her singing caught the interest of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to perform on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). The show lasted for seven years. Their duets went viral, and she appeared with his group on the Grand Ole Opry; she also sold and toured records. At the point that her hit song "Joshua" was ranked #1 in 1970, her popularity was a lot more popular than his, and she began to go out on her own while still recording duets alongside the singer. She quit him and became a solo artist in 1974. Dolly became a hugely popular musician and singer. Dolly received many Country Music Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971, 1975, and 1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural at television In the mid-1970s, she was often appearing on TV specials and talk programs before she got her own, Dolly (1976). Dolly got her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's debut film appearance came in the movie 9-to-5 (1980) In the film, she earned an Oscar nomination for her song title and Grammy awards 2 and 3. Also, she won Grammy awards 2 and 3 Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame for being in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the hit song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her media empire that is worth $100 million. In 1986, she launched Dollywood which is a Tennessee theme park in Pigeon Forge. This was to commemorate her Smoky Mountain childhood. In the television series Dolly She was the main character herself. She won another Grammy in 1988, this time for Best Country Performance Duo/Group , Vocals, for "Trio".






 

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