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Dolly Rebecca Parton Born January 19 1946 In Sevierville Tennessee U.S. Is An American Country Singer Songwriter Composer Producer Entrepreneur Author And Actress. 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. In 1967 Parton Was Asked To Join The Weekly Syndicated Country Music TV Program Hosted By Porter Wagoner Replacing Norma Jean. She Also Signed With RCA Records Wagoner's Label During This Period Where She Would Remain For The Next Two Decades. Wagoner And Parton Immediately Began A Hugely Successful Career As A Vocal Duet In Addition To Their Solo Work And Their First Single Together A Cover Of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing On My Mind " Reached The Top Ten On The U.S. Country Charts In Late 1967 And Was The First Of Over A Dozen Duet Singles To Chart For Them During The Next Several Years. Parton Is A Hugely Successful Songwriter Having Begun By Writing Country Songs With Strong Elements Of Folk Music In Them Based Upon Her Upbringing In Humble Mountain Surroundings. Her Songs "Coat Of Many Colors" And "Jolene" Have Become Classics In The Field As Have A Number Of Others. As A Composer She Is Also Regarded As One Of Country Music's Most Gifted Storytellers With Many Of Her Narrative Songs Based On Persons And Events From Her Childhood. In 1982 Dolly Parton Sang Her Song "I Will Always Love You" For The Movie "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" Starring Parton And Burt Reynolds. The Song - Originally Composed Around 1974 - Made Few Ripples But It Wasn't Until Whitney Houston Re-Recorded It For "The Bodyguard" A Decade Later That The Song Made Yet Another International Hit For Dolly Parton. She Later Put Out Her Own Version On The 1996 Album Of The Same Name. In 1987 Parton Left Her Longtime Label RCA And Signed With Columbia Records Where Her Recording Career Continued To Prosper But By The Mid 1990s Parton Along With Many Other Performers Of Her Generation Found That Her New Music Was Not Welcome On Country Radio Playlists. She Recorded A Series Of Critically Acclaimed Bluegrass Albums Beginning With "The Grass Is Blue" 1999 And "Little Sparrow" 2001 Both Of Which Won Grammy Awards. Her 2002 Album "Halos And Horns" Included A Bluegrass Version Of The Led Zeppelin Classic Stairway To Heaven. In 2005 Parton Released Those Were The Days Her Interpretation Of Hits From The Folk-Rock Era Of The Late 1960s Through Early 1970s. The CD Featured Such Classics As John Lennon's "Imagine " Cat Stevens' "Where Do The Children Play " Tommy James' "Crimson & Clover " And The Folk Classic "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" As Well As The Title Track. In 2007 Dolly Paved New Musical Ground By Forming Her Own Record Label Dolly Records. The Label's First Release - Backwoods Barbie - Debuted At #2 On The Billboard Country Albums Charts And Marks Parton's First Mainstream Country Album In 17 Years. Parton Is Touring North America And Europe Throughout 2008 In Support Of Her Latest Release. 1955

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