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 was a housewife
and Parton is a farmer of the tobacco. When she was 12, she was already
appearing on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording for a small record
label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. She relocated to Nashville in 1964
to begin her country music career after she had graduated from high school.
Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn to her, and they were
married on May 30 the 30th of May, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing and
invited her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with The
Porter Wagoner Show for seven seasons. The duets they performed became famous
and she was asked to perform with him at the Grand Ole Opry. The hit song
"Joshua" that reached #1 in 1970 was her biggest hit single. She
chose to go by herself and remained with the group, even though she recorded duets
with him. In 1974, she quit her husband to pursue a solo artist. Dolly was an
extremely well-known artist and singer. Dolly was awarded numerous Country
Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). The petite (5'0")
beauty was a natural for television. The mid-1970s saw her becoming a regular
on TV. she was appearing regularly in TV specials and talk shows, and even
before getting her own Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award:
Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her hit song "Here You Come
Again." Dolly's debut in a film was 9 to 5 (1980) In the film, she got an
Oscar nomination for the song's title song, and Grammy awards 2, 3, Best
Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine
to Five." Her most memorable performances were in The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) where she sang "Tennessee
Homesick Blues". She is the founder of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100
million media company, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood which is a theme park
in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which is a tribute to her Smoky-Mountain roots. In
the 1987 television show Dolly she was the lead herself. She also won a Grammy
in 1988, this time for Best Country Group/Performance Duo with Vocals for
"Trio".
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