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 is a homewife and Parton is
a farmer of the tobacco. She was present on Knoxville TV at 12 years old. At 13
she was recording for an unnamed label and was singing at the Grand Ole Opry.
She moved to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country-singing career after
graduating from high school. She was in love with Carl Dean, who ran an
asphalt-paving firm. They married on May 30 in 1966, and remain together. In
1967 , her singing attracted the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to
be a part of his show, 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 on the Grand
Ole Opry; she also sold and toured records. By the time her hit
"Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame was a lot more popular than
his, and she struck on her own while still recording duets alongside his. In
1974, she quit the duo to become a solo artist. Dolly became a hugely admired
artist and singer. Dolly received many Country Music Association awards
(1968-70 1971-1972, 1975-1976, and 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was a
natural on television, and by the mid-1970s she was appearing frequently on
talk and TV specials programs before she got her own, Dolly (1976). Dolly
received her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in
1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's debut in a film was 9 to 5 (1980)
and she received an Oscar nomination for writing the title song, and Grammy
Awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance
for the track "Nine to Five." Her most well-known performances were
in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) in which
she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her
media empire worth over $100 million. In 1986, she established Dollywood the
Tennessee theme park located in Pigeon Forge. This was in celebration of her
Smoky Mountain childhood. She was in Dolly, the Dolly (1987) television show.
In 1988 she was awarded another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group
with Vocals for "Trio".
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