As Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday and a new "Dolly Parton Day," a new biography by Martha Ackmann looks back at the star's rise from poverty to philanthropy.

DOLLY PARTON: HERE I AM tells the story of Dolly Parton, beginning with her move to Nashville, Tennessee, where she quickly launched a country music career. Through interviews with Parton, her early ...

For years, fans have noticed that Dolly Parton almost always wears long sleeves. It does not matter if she is on stage, on ...

Dolly Parton is all about family. The country music legend came from a large family in Tennessee and takes her late mom Avie Lee Parton’s words of wisdom everywhere. Dolly revealed during a May 2025 ...

Dolly Partonadmits achieving her dreams came with immense and unforgettable “sacrifice.” In a 2025 interview with PEOPLE Magazine, Parton discussed the personal challenges she faced on her path to ...

Dolly Parton‘s music career has been roughly seven decades in the making. Over the course of her career, Dolly Parton has achieved nearly every musical accomplishment a musician possibly could. She’s ...

In 1959, a skinny 13-year-old girl stepped off a bus in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after a 30-hour ride with her grandmother. She walked into a recording studio in a garage attached to a TV repair shop, ...

On Jan. 19, the queen of country music celebrates her 80th birthday. But Dolly Parton "ain't got time to get old." ...