Dolly Parton has released a new song, 'If You Hadn't Been There,' dedicated to her husband Carl Dean, who died earlier this ...

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

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.

I picked my husband, who I love, and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll write some beautiful song about him,'" said Parton of this 2012 ...

Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth ... The song was the first single and ...

Despite keeping their relationship out of the limelight, Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean were together for 60 ...

Simplicity is key to the song’s appeal. “It’s just the same word over and over,” Parton told NPR. “Even a first-grader or a baby can sing, 'Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene'. It's like, how hard can ...

Mr. Dean, who inspired songs including “Jolene” and “From Here to the Moon and Back,” was known to shy away from the ...

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Thomas Dean ... Parton appeared on the album in an interlude prior to the "Jolene" cover, saying, "You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about?

While some celebrity couples never plan to get married, others set the gold standard for wedded bliss, including "I Will ...