Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in
Pittman Center on January 19 1946. She was born in Sevierville to Avie Lee
Parton (a housewife) and Robert Lee Parton (a tobacco farmer). At the age of
12, she began appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13 she was already recording on
a small label and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. She relocated to Nashville
in 1964 to begin her country singing career following her graduation from high
school. She began to fall in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving
business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. Porter Wagoner
saw her singing and hired her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She
was on the show for 7 years, their duets gained fame as well as she appeared
with his band on the Grand Ole Opry; she also performed on tour and sold
records. The hit song "Joshua" that reached the top spot in 1970 was
her biggest single. She decided to go solo and remained with the group, even
though she recorded duets with him. In 1974, she walked away from her husband
to pursue a solo artist. Dolly was a well-known singer/songwriter. Dolly
received many Country Music Association awards (1968-1971, 1971, 1975-1976,
1975-1976). The diminutive (5'0") beauty was a natural at television In
the mid-1970s, she began appearing regularly on television specials and talk
shows prior to launching 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's first appearance in a film was in 9-to-5 (1980) and
she was awarded an Oscar nomination for her song title and Grammy awards 2 and
3. She also received Grammy awards 2 and 3, Best Country Song and Best Female
Country Vocal Performance, for the song "Nine to Five." The fame
continued to grow with her appearances in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1982) and as in Rhinestone (1984) which featured the hit song "Tennessee
Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her media empire worth $100
million. In 1986, she launched Dollywood in the form of a Tennessee theme park
in Pigeon Forge. This was to honor her Smoky Mountain childhood. In the 1987 TV
series Dolly, she starred as herself. In 1988 she was awarded another Grammy:
Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio".
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