Dolly Parton
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Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S. (1955 – present)
Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television in East Tennessee. At age 12 she was appearing on Knoxville TV, and at 13, she was recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. When she graduated from high school in 1964 she moved to Nashville, taking many traditional elements of folklore and popular music from East Tennessee with her.
Parton’s initial success came as a songwriter, with her songs being covered by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Jr., Skeeter Davis, and a number of others. She signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, earning only one national chart single, “Happy, Happy Birthday Baby,” which did not crack the Billboard Top 100. Additional pop singles also failed to chart.
The label agreed to have Parton sing country music after her composition “Put It Off Until Tomorrow” as recorded by Bill Phillips (and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony) went to No. 6 on the country charts in 1966. Her first country single, “Dumb Blonde” (one of the few songs during this era that she recorded but didn’t write), reached No. 24 country 1967, followed later the same year with “Something Fishy,” which went to No. 17. The two songs anchored her first full-length album, Hello I’m Dolly, that same year.
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Dolly Parton Slipcase
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Jolene
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Skog-1
The Queen of Country! [3] she truly is!
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Chris_CFJ
Sweet Summer Lovin' ♥
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QUEEN
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AndersonLima17
Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That ♥
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playboy-69
Halos & Horns is her best album <3
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MrCandySuxxx
Jolene is such a sad song, absolutely heartbreak.
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TheJoshmire
Love to Dolly on her birthday <3
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DeathPoof
love her
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BarneyJWY
Her voice isn't annoying. Her voice is what makes her songs so great. She puts a lot of emotion in her singing.
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leinadrebuh
SupadupaDiva!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Azzy2121
If she comes to the UK, I am there.
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Azzy2121
Some of her music is F**kin' amazing.
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alliedbakeries
What do you call a deaf country singer ? DOLLY PARDON.
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leinadrebuh
All time cutest performer! Hell of a singer too and just a character so far not seen! Dolly rules!
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musausma
My all times best singer.I have soft center for her!
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Chris_CFJ
The Queen of Country! [2] she truly is!
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St8of_Emergency
The Queen of Country!
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LouisMcOday
Dolly <3
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Wash your mouth out, njokmo.
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njokmo413
dont mean to discourage anybody, dolly is great and all (one of the greatest country/pop singer-songwriters of all time) but her voice is really annoying especially in jolene
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