[86] As of 2017[update], her net worth is estimated at $500million. [120] The series, called Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, aired in November 2019. Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean is the fourth of twelve children born to Robert Lee Parton, a Sevierville, Tennessee, farmer, and his wife, Avie Lee Parton, the daughter of a preacher from South Carolina. Megan Sauer @meggsauer. Developing the musical was not a quick process. Rachel is a now-retired singer and actress. [176] She is also the focus of a Library of Congress collection exploring the influences of country music on her life and career. Between 1981 and 1985, she had twelve Top10 hits; half of them hit number one. In 1978, Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her Here You Come Again album. From 1982-1988, she played Doralee Rhodes Brooks on the television show Nine to Five. Dolly Parton, in full Dolly Rebecca Parton, (born January 19, 1946, Locust Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.), American country music singer, guitarist, and actress best known for pioneering the interface between country and pop music styles. 20 Jul 1942) Dean, Edgar Henry Emert Emert, Barbara (b. Family History Learning Hub ; My Trees ; Start a New Tree ; Upload a GEDCOM ; Search & Browse. She wants to continue her legacy if for no other reason than it will help to continue to set up her family for yearsgenerationsto come. [159] In March 2021, Parton was vaccinated against COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University. Dolly is known for not only her music but also her humanitarian work, she has won countless awards including: 11 Grammy Awards (Nominated for 50) 10 Country Music Association Awards 5 Academy of Country Music Awards 4 People's Choice Awards The song celebrates fifty years of the CMA Awards. With a career spanning over fifty years, Parton has been described as a "country music legend" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. Her 11 pregnancies (the tenth being twins) in 20 years made her a mother of 12 by age 35. [161][162] The song included the lines "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine/I'm begging of you please don't hesitate/Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine/'Cos once you're dead, then that's a bit too late. 1953, Peter Sellers{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Sellers", "gender": "Male" } At the Country Music Association, she has won ten awards out of 42 nominations. Krauss performed "Jolene" and duetted "Coat of Many Colors" with Twain. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. On May 8, 2009, Parton gave the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Arts and Sciences. 2002, Janet Jackson{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Jackson", "gender": "Female" } On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Parton as one of the hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. [150][151][152] In 2018, the FBI honored Parton for her wildfire aid work, awarding her the 2018 Directors Community Leadership Award at a ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington. She has had 26 songs reach no. 2006, Russell Brand{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Russell Brand", "gender": "Male" } She became a teen idol in 2006, starring in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana as the character Miley Stewart. [55] On May 27, 2020, Parton released a brand new song called "When Life Is Good Again". Parton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1969, and in 1986 was named one of Ms. Magazine's Women of the Year. [12] This was a predominantly Pentecostal area located north of the Greenbrier Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Set 2023 North American Tour, 4 Songs You Didnt Know the Eagles Glenn Frey Wrote for Other Artists, Kristen Stewart to Direct Three Music Videos for boygenius, 4 Songs You Didnt Know Sampled Led Zeppelin, Wynonna Judd Concludes The Judds Final Tour with Tribute to Mother Naomi JuddIts Done, Mama, Dropkick Murphys Releasing Second Album of Woody Guthrie Lyrics, 7 Best DJ Headphones for Beginners of 2023, American Songwriter: a Savage Ventures Brand. Dolly Parton allegedly had an affair with. Parton has repeatedly joked about her physical image and surgeries, saying, "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap. 1991, Elvis Presley{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Elvis Presley", "gender": "Male" } She also co-wrote and provided featuring vocals on the song "Rainbowland" on Younger Now, the sixth album by her goddaughter Miley Cyrus. [116], Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, a made-for-TV film based on Parton's song of the same name, and featuring narration by Parton, aired on NBC in December 2015, with child actress Alyvia Alyn Lind portraying the young Parton. 2001, Lenny Kravitz{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Lenny Kravitz", "gender": "Male" } 2000, Eric Clapton{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Clapton", "gender": "Male" } The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became her first million-seller, topping the country album chart and reaching number 20 on the pop chart. Carl is a media shy person who runs an asphalt road-paving business. To date, shes released more than thirty albums. [53] In 2020, Parton received worldwide attention after posting four pictures in which she showed how she would present herself on the social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. [58][59], In early 2022, she was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Floyd died in 2018 at 61 years. She has received 11 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award; ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year; four People's Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. West found that the "My People Fund", in tandem with traditional disaster response, gave families the ability to make decisions that were most beneficial to them, and concluded that unconditional cash support may be more beneficial for disaster relief than conditional financial support. Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. Mama's baby sister. [85], In 1998, Nashville Business ranked her the wealthiest country music star. To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, . ", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The show, which opened in June 2011, was owned and operated by Rob Scheer until the close of the 2015 season. Daughter of Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Caroline Parton Parton has long credited her father for her business savvy, and her mother's family for her musical abilities. She has called that statue of herself in her hometown "the greatest honor", because it came from the people who knew her. Parton also had a cameo in the sequel, which aired in November 2016. [129] While being quite buxom (she admits to augmenting her figure) she is very petite at 5'0", with a 25 inch waist. On her own mother Parton, in her 2020 book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, wrote "So it was just natural for my mom to always be singing. 2001, Elizabeth Taylor{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Taylor", "gender": "Female" } The 2016 movie is a true story about Dolly Parton's family and their life in rural Tennessee. The artists who recorded versions of Parton's songs included Melissa Etheridge ("I Will Always Love You"), Alison Krauss ("9 to 5"), Shania Twain ("Coat of Many Colors"), Meshell Ndegeocello ("Two Doors Down"), Norah Jones ("The Grass is Blue"), and Sinad O'Connor ("Dagger Through the Heart"). Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. ; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; ; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private and Private, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/other/parton.html, Brentwood, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States, Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, business, woman, humanitarian. [67], Parton had turned down several offers to pose nude for Playboy magazine, but did appear on the cover of the October 1978 issue wearing a Playboy bunny outfit, complete with ears (the issue featured Lawrence Grobel's extensive and candid interview with Parton, representing one of her earliest high-profile interviews with the mainstream press). For the latest songwriting tips, reviews, podcasts, and more. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, told her that it was standard procedure for the songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song recorded by Presley. Dollys footprint was marked with success beginning from her debut album Hello, I am Dolly. For the next two years, she had numerous solo hits including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" (number four, 1971) in addition to her duets. Dolly is a singer, songwriter, author, actress, and humanitarian from Tennessee, United States. (2005) Due to the song's (and film's) acceptance of a transgender woman, Parton received death threats. Her singles continued to appear consistently in the country Top10. As an actress, she has starred in films such as 9to5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, as well as Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012). She also outlined her family's poverty in her early songs "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". "[131], On May 6, 2016, Parton announced that she and her husband would renew their vows in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary later in the month. The clan was always singing at weddings and funerals, Parton said, and all the shindigs and jamborees. At church, too. [33] In September 2007, Parton released her first single from her own record company, Dolly Records, titled, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at number 48 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. After a two-year hiatus from films, Parton was teamed with Sylvester Stallone for Rhinestone (1984). It is believed to be correct at the time of inputting and is presented here in good faith. Parton's middle name comes from her maternal great-great-grandmother Rebecca (Dunn) Whitted. 1 on the Hot 100 chart and it was no. [126], On May 30, 1966, Parton and Carl Thomas Dean (born July 20, 1942, in Nashville, Tennessee) were married in Ringgold, Georgia. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Floyd died in 2018 at 61 years old. Dolly has also opened a theme park named Dollywood, which is recognized as a travel destination spot. The tour was one of Parton's biggest tours within the United States in more than 25 years. Keep reading to know everything about the Parton family. She is the fourth of 12 children born to Avie Lee Caroline (ne Owens; 1923-2003) and Robert Lee Parton Sr. (1921-2000). She was gifted a guitar from a relative and started playing it, and that helped her pen down her own tunes. 256 Share 62K views 6 years ago Dolly Parton was raised here.Ride alone on my motorcycle up this beautiful but dangerous narrow road.No guard rails and cliffs are very high.Dolly Parton was. On November 16, 2010, Parton accepted the Liseberg Applause Award, the theme park industry's most prestigious honor, on behalf of Dollywood theme park during a ceremony held at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 in Orlando, Florida. On June 12, 2015, it was announced that the Dollywood Company had purchased the Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge. [30] Though the album was well received and topped the U.S. country albums chart, neither it nor its single "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" made much of an impression on the pop charts. According to an interview she did with NPR's Terry Gross, she started writing songs at the tender age of seven, got her first guitar at eight, and began performing on television at 10. Dolly is also recognized be the name Queen of country music, as all her country songs were featured as #1 on Billboards top lists, and she also made significant success as a commercial POP singer. White Limozeen (1989) produced two number one hits in "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses". A highly publicized candid interview on a Barbara Walters Special in 1977 (timed to coincide with Here You Come Again's release) was followed by appearances in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her own joint special with Carol Burnett on CBS, Dolly & Carol in Nashville. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. 1979 - Best Female Country Vocal - Here You Come Again 1982 - Best Country Song & Best Female Vocal - 9-5 1988 - Best Country Group Vocal - Trio 2000 - Best Country Collaboration - After the Gold Rush 2001 - Best Bluegrass Album - The Grass is Blue 2002 - Best Female Country Vocal - Shine 2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017, Parton appeared on Rainbow, the third studio album by Kesha performing a duet of "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You". Is it still there? A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, Trio II, was released in early 1999. Nov. 10, 2022, 5:16 AM PST. 1960, Zsa Zsa Gabor{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Zsa Zsa Gabor", "gender": "Female" } January 30, 2023, 2:57 pm. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. Theyre a mirror of the worst and best in you theyre a piece of you.. [5], Parton has described her family as being "dirt poor". She has also bagged The Country music award as a female vocalist in 1965 and 1966. Her parents were Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Caroline Owens, and her father worked as a sharecropper when . [14][15], Parton began performing as a child,[16] singing on local radio and television programs in the East Tennessee area. 78 on the "AFI's 100 Years100 Songs" list released by the American Film Institute in 2004. Parton served as one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Glen Campbell) on the CBS special Fifty Years of Country Music. Shelley Mays/The . US based Meghan and Harry.. FameChain has their amazing trees. [140], In 2003, her efforts to preserve the bald eagle through the American Eagle Foundation's sanctuary at Dollywood earned her the Partnership Award from the U.S. [124], In July 2022, Parton appeared as a simulation of herself on sci-fi show The Orville in the episode "Midnight Blue". mother's ex-spouse About Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Later, she and sisters Cassie and Stella formed a gospel singing trio. She also has been nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Click here to Start FameChaining. She has the distinction of having performed on a top-five country hit in each of the last five decades and is tied with Reba McEntire as the only country artists with No. On January 6, 2011, Parton announced that her new album would be titled Better Day. [136][137], The Dollywood Foundation, funded from Parton's profits, has been noted for bringing jobs and tax revenues to a previously depressed region. She was brought up in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee),[13] in a congregation her grandfather, Jake Robert Owens, pastored. In 1976, she began working closely with Sandy Gallin, who served as her personal manager for the next 25 years. I am lucky that I was born into a very musical family, Parton told AS. Published Wed, Mar 9 2022 12:08 PM EST Updated Wed, Mar 9 2022 5:22 PM EST. (1956), Theme Park Owner It's the first for both of us. Tireless days of work on the farm meant that Robert never learned to read or write - but he didn't let that stop him from making his mark. Dolly and her husband Carl Dean have helped to raise several of Dollys younger siblings in Nashville and that has continued to include the next generation of nieces and nephews who refer to Dolly as Aunt Granny and Dean as Uncle Peepaw. Her first entirely self-produced effort, New HarvestFirst Gathering (1977), highlighted her pop sensibilities, both in terms of choice of songs the album contained covers of the pop and R&B classics "My Girl" and "Higher and Higher" and production. 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Music played an important role in her early life. Later she appeared in Dollys 2015 show, Coat of Many Colors. [81][82], Though unable to read sheet music, Parton can play many instruments, including: the dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, piano, recorder, and the saxophone. In the fall of 2016 she released "Jolene" as a single with the a cappella group Pentatonix and performed on The Voice with Pentatonix and Miley Cyrus in November 2016. Randy, who passed away in 2021 after fighting cancer, was a songwriter, actor, and businessman. She toured with sisters Cassie and Willadeene. [107] During the mid-1970s, Parton wanted to expand her audience base. 1988, Robin Williams{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin Williams", "gender": "Male" }