Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was created on the
19th of January 1946 in Pittman Center (Tennessee). She was born to Avie Lee
Parton and Robert Lee Parton in Sevierville. Parton was a housewife and Parton
is a farmer of tobacco. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13 she
had already begun recording for a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole
Opry. She graduated high school in 1964, and then moved to Nashville to start
her country-singing journey. Carl Dean, a asphalt-paving business owner, was
her first love. They were married May 30 in 1966. Her singing in 1967 caught
the interest of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to perform on his program, The
Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed on the show for seven years, her duets
made waves and she was a part of the group that Porter Wagoner had at the Grand
Ole Opry. She also sold records and performed on tour. At the point that her
hit song "Joshua" hit #1 in the year 1970, her popularity had
overshadowed his, and she went on her own even though she recorded duets with
the singer. She separated from him to pursue her own career in 1974. Dolly
became a hugely popular musician and singer. Dolly won numerous Country Music
Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971 1975, 1976). The diminutive
(5'0") beauty was an easy fit for television. The mid-1970s saw her
becoming a regular on TV. Dolly was frequently appearing on talk shows, and
even before having her own Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy
award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come
Again". Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980) and she got an Oscar
nomination for her composition of the title tune, and also Grammy awards 2, 3,
Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the track
"Nine to Five." Dolly gained more attention for performing in The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the track
"Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the founder of Dolly Parton
Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she launched Dollywood, a
theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to honor her Smoky Mountain
childhood. In the 1987 television show Dolly she played herself. In the episode
"Trio" she won the Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals
Grammy in 1988.
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