The country music star, 79, has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene," in which she begs the beautiful title woman not to take her man, was inspired by a real bank teller's interactions with her ...

She has also earned numerous awards, including 11 Grammy Awards and entrance into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “Jolene” is Dolly Parton’s signature song, released in 1973, telling the ...

She came up with the title after meeting a girl named Jolene while signing autographs, she recalled in a 2020 interview with the music site Pitchfork. But she said the woman the song describes is ...

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean, who has died at age 82, was the inspiration behind one of Parton's biggest hits, "Jolene." The country music icon shared the news of Dean's death on Monday ...