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 domestic worker and Parton is a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was being telecast on Knoxville TV and at 13 she was already recording for an independent label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduation from the high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to start her country-singing career. Carl Dean, a asphalt-paving business owner, was her first love. They were married on May 30, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing and hired her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). The show aired for seven years, her duets made waves and she was part of Porter Wagoner's band at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and toured. When her 1970 hit "Joshua" hit the top spot at the top spot, her popularity was so great that she was unable to match his. In 1974, she set out alone and recorded duets alongside him. She was no longer with him and was a solo performer in 1974. Dolly gained immense popularity as a songwriter/singer. Dolly was honored with many Country Music Association awards (1968-1971, 1971, 1975-1976, 1975-1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was an ideal candidate for TV at the time, and by the middle of the 1970s she was often appearing in TV specials and talk shows prior to launching her own, Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Dolly's first movie appearance was in the movie 9-to-5 (1980) in which she won an Oscar nomination for her song's title as well as Grammy awards 2 and 3. The singer also took home Grammy awards 2 and 3 Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the song "Nine to Five." Further fame was earned through her roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) as in Rhinestone (1984), with the hit track "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the CEO of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a 100 million-dollar media empire and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to honor her Smoky Mountain childhood. She was a part of the Dolly (1987 TV series) as herself. She won another Grammy in 1988 for the Best Country Performance Duo/Group , Vocals, for "Trio".






 

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