Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on the
19th of January 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and was raised in
Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a homewife and Robert Lee Parton, a
tobacco farmer. She was appearing on Knoxville TV at 12 years old. At 13, she
recorded on an unnamed label and singing on the Grand Ole Opry. After having
graduated from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville for the start of her
country-singing career. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, fell in love
with her and they got married on May 30th the 30th of May, 1966. Porter Wagoner
saw her singing and invited her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961).
She remained on the show for seven years. Her duets became famous, and she
performed with Porter Wagoner's group at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold
records and toured. In the year that her hit "Joshua" was ranked #1
in the year 1970, her fame had overshadowed his, and she branched out on her
own, even though she recorded duets with him. In 1974, she quit the duo to
become a solo artist. Dolly became a huge hit as a singer/songwriter. Dolly was
awarded numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975,
1976). The diminutive (5'0") beauty was a natural for television at the
time, and by the middle of the 1970s she was often appearing on television
specials and talk shows prior to launching her own, Dolly (1976). Dolly won her
first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Dolly's
film debut came in 9 to 5 (1980), where she was awarded an Oscar nomination for
writing the title song, and Grammy awards 2, 3, Best Country Song, and Best
Female Country Vocal Performance for the track "Nine to Five." The
fame continued to grow with her roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1982) as along with Rhinestone (1984), with the track "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. She was a part of the Dolly (1987 TV series) as her
character. In 1988 she was awarded another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo
or Group with Vocals, for "Trio".
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