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 being telecast on Knoxville TV and at 13, she had already begun recording on an obscure label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. After finishing high school in 1964, she relocated 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, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing and asked her to be a guest on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for seven years. The duets that they recorded became popular and she was invited to perform with him at the Grand Ole Opry. When her smash hit "Joshua" hit #1 in 1970, her fame was a lot more popular than his, and she began to go on her own but still recording duets with his. In 1974, she walked away from him to be a solo artist. Dolly was an extremely well-known artist and singer. Dolly was awarded numerous Country Music Association awards (1968-70, 1971-1972, 1975-1976 and 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television. The mid-1970s saw her becoming a regular on TV. she was often appearing in TV specials and talk shows, and before getting her own Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her hit song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's debut in a film was 9 to 5 (1980), where she received an Oscar nomination for the song's title track, as well as Grammy Awards 2 and 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 hit song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises, worth $100 million, is her chief. Dollywood was established in Pigeon Forge in Tennessee in 1986 in celebration of her Smoky Mountain heritage. She was a character in Dolly, the Dolly (1987) TV show. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals for "Trio".