Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was created on the
19th of January 1946 in Pittman Center (Tennessee). She was the daughter of
Avie Lee Parton and Robert Lee Parton in Sevierville. Parton is a domestic
worker and Parton is a tobacco farmer. When she was 12, she was being telecast
on Knoxville TV and at 13, she had already begun recording on a small label ,
and was performing on the Grand Ole Opry. She graduated from high school in
1964, and then moved to Nashville to start her country-singing journey. She
fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving firm. They got married
on May 30 June, 1966, and they are still together. Porter Wagoner hired her in
1967 to sing on his show, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She remained on The
Porter Wagoner Show for seven seasons. Their duets became well-known and she
was asked to perform alongside him at the Grand Ole Opry. Her smash hit
"Joshua" that reached the top spot in 1970 was her biggest hit
single. She chose to go by herself although she recorded duets with him. She
had left him and became a solo artist in 1974. Dolly was an extremely
well-known musician and singer. Dolly was awarded numerous Country Music
Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971, 1975, and 1976). She was a
diminutive (5'0") beauty, who was naturally at television. In the late
1970s, Dolly was often appearing on Talk-shows and television specials, before
getting her own show, Dolly (1976). Dolly got her first Grammy award for Best
Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again".
Dolly made her debut in a film in the film 9 to 5 in 1980. She was nominated
for an Oscar for the title song, as well as Grammy awards 2/3: Best Country
Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. More fame came from her
appearances in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) as along with
Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang the song "Tennessee Homesick
Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her media empire 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 1987 TV series
Dolly she was the lead herself. For "Trio" she was awarded the Best
Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.
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