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In “Dolly Parton’s Jolene,” professor Lydia R. Hamessley offers an entertaining analysis of the song and its legacy.
Dollywood Dreamer-in-Chief walked down memory lane to commemorate her namesake theme park’s opening four decades ago.
When Dolly Parton was just 11, her “Uncle Bill” Owens helped her write her first song, “Puppy Love.” The song was released on Goldband Records in 1959, along with the B-Side “Girl Left ...
Dolly Parton wants to look "cheap" and "trashy" as part of her signature style, which led to decades of success and recent collaborations with Khloé Kardashian and Sabrina Carpenter.
Dolly Parton Memorializes Her Husband, Carl Dean, in a New Song “Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been ...
Dolly Parton's family tree is the basis of a new album, 'Smoky Mountain DNA,' which assembles songs by Parton's siblings, nieces, and more.
In 2022, Dolly Parton announced that she was retiring from touring to spend more time at home with her husband, Carl Dean. “They were in love until the very end,” says a friend of the couple ...
The name of the exhibit is inspired by a song of Dolly's called "The Seeker." In the interview, the country superstar said it was a fitting name for an exhibit about her life.
In a recent interview about the new exhibit in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum called Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker, the Queen of Country opens up about what life was like in the ...