Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in
Pittman Center on January 19 1946. She was raised in Sevierville to Avie Lee
Parton (a housewife) and Robert Lee Parton (a tobacco farmer). At 12, she was
performing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording with an
independent label and performing on the Grand Ole Opry. After graduation from
the high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing
career. Carl Dean, a asphalt-paving business owner, was her first lover. They
were married on May 30 June, 1966. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to appear
on his show, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was on the show for seven
years. Her duets gained fame and she performed with Porter Wagoner's group at
the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and performed on tour. When her hit
single from 1970 "Joshua" hit the top spot, her popularity was just
too high to rival the fame of his. In 1974, she set out by herself and recorded
duets alongside him. She left him for good to pursue her own career in 1974.
Dolly was a massive success as a singer/songwriter. Dolly was honored with many
Country Music Association awards (1968-1971 1971, 1975-1976, 1975-1976). This
petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she
was often appearing on talk and TV specials shows , before launching her own
show, Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award for Best Female
Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's
first movie appearance was in the movie 9-to-5 (1980) and she was awarded an
Oscar nomination for the title of her song and Grammy awards 2 and 3. Also, she
won Grammy awards 2, 3, Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal
Performance, for the song "Nine to Five." Her most well-known roles
were in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) in
which she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises,
worth $100 million, is her chief. Dollywood was established in Pigeon Forge in
Tennessee in 1986 to celebrate her Smoky Mountain heritage. In the TV show of
1987, Dolly, she starred as herself. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best
Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals for "Trio".
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