Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in
Pittman Center on January 19, 1946. She was raised in Sevierville to Avie Lee
Parton (a housewife) and Robert Lee Parton (a tobacco farmer). When she was 12,
she was already on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording on a label of
a small size and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high
school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to begin her country singing career. She
began to fall in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they
were married on May 30 in 1966, and remain together. Porter Wagoner saw her
singing and asked her to be a guest on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was
on the show for seven years. Their duets became famous and she was a part of
his band on the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. At the point
that her hit song "Joshua" was ranked #1 in the year 1970, her fame
had surpassed hers, and she went out on her own though still recording duets
with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly was an
extremely well-known singer/songwriter. Dolly was awarded numerous Country
Music Association awards (1968 1970, 1970, 1971 1975, 1976). This diminutive
(5'0") beauty was a natural at television In the mid-1970s, she began appearing
regularly on television specials and talk shows , before launching her own
show, Dolly (1976). Dolly got her first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female
Country Vocal Performance. Dolly made her debut in a film in the film 9 to 5,
1980. She received nominations for an Oscar for the song that was the title and
also for Grammy awards 2/3: Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal
Performance. Her fame grew with appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the track "Tennessee Homesick
Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a 100 million-dollar
media empire and in 1986 she created Dollywood, a theme park located in Pigeon
Forge, Tennessee, in celebration of her Smoky Mountain upbringing. She starred
as herself on the Dolly (1987) TV series. For "Trio" she won the Best
Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.
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