In a 2019 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Dolly Parton shared just what motivated one of her most beloved songs—and ...

Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Considering her own spanning discography, Dolly Parton picked out her four favourite Dolly Parton songs, sharing which ones ...

courtesy Dolly Parton Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth" by a woman who had a crush on the singer's late husband, Carl Dean. Dean's death was ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional characters, with her "flaming locks of auburn hair," "Ivory skin" and "Eyes of ...

Here's how Dolly Parton's relationship with Carl Dean in their early years of marriage played a role in the creation of one ...

but Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, who died this week, was the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits, “Jolene.” Dean, who was 82, died in Nashville and will be laid to rest in a ...

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, passed away in Nashville at 82. Dean was the inspiration for Parton's hit song "Jolene," based on a bank teller who admired him. The couple met in 1964 and ...

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82, helped birth one of the most iconic songs of her career. The country music star, 79, has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene," in ...