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). At 12, she was performing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording with an independent label and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. After graduation from the high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. Carl Dean, a asphalt-paving business owner, was her first lover. They were married on May 30 June, 1966. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to appear on his show, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was on the show for seven years. Her duets gained fame and she performed with Porter Wagoner's group at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and performed on tour. When her hit single from 1970 "Joshua" hit the top spot, her popularity was just too high to rival the fame of his. In 1974, she set out by herself and recorded duets alongside him. She left him for good to pursue her own career in 1974. Dolly was a massive success as a singer/songwriter. Dolly was honored with many Country Music Association awards (1968-1971 1971, 1975-1976, 1975-1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she was often appearing on talk and TV specials shows , before launching her own show, 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 movie appearance was in the movie 9-to-5 (1980) and she was awarded an Oscar nomination for the title of her song and Grammy awards 2 and 3. Also, she won Grammy awards 2, 3, Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the song "Nine to Five." Her most well-known roles were in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises, worth $100 million, is her chief. Dollywood was established in Pigeon Forge in Tennessee in 1986 to celebrate her Smoky Mountain heritage. In the TV show of 1987, Dolly, she starred as herself. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals for "Trio".






 

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