Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on the 19th of January, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a homewife and Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. When she was 12, she was already on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording on a label of a small size and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. She moved to Nashville in 1964 to begin her singing career after she had graduated from high school. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving entrepreneur, fell for her and they got married on May 30th, 1966. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to sing on his show, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She remained on the show for seven years, her duets became famous, and she sang with the Porter Wagoner group at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and toured. Her smash hit "Joshua", which reached the top spot in 1970 was her biggest hit single. She chose to go on her own and remained with the group, even though she recorded duets with him. The singer had left and went solo in 1974. Dolly became a huge hit as a singer/songwriter. Dolly received numerous Country Music Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971, 1975, and 1976). The diminutive (5'0") beauty was a perfect fit for television. In the late 1970s, she was regularly appearing on television specials, talk shows and prior to getting 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 made her movie debut in the film 9 to 5 in the year 1980. She received nominations for an Oscar for the title song, as well as Grammy awards 2/3: Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Her fame grew due to her roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and as along with Rhinestone (1984) and Rhinestone (1984), with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises, worth $100 million, is her main. Dollywood was established in Pigeon Forge in Tennessee in 1986 to celebrate her Smoky Mountain roots. She was in the Dolly (1987) television show. She was awarded another Grammy in 1988, this time for the Best Country Performance Duo/Group with Vocals in the category of "Trio".






 

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