Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in Pittman Center on January 19, 1946. She was born 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 for a small label as well as singing at Grand Ole Opry. She moved to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country singing career after graduating from high school. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn to her, and they were married on May 30th in 1966. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to be a part of his show The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She remained with the show for seven years. Their duets were well-known and she was invited to join him on the Grand Ole Opry. When her hit single from 1970 "Joshua" hit #1, her fame was too great to rival the fame of his. In 1974, she set out alone and recorded duets with his. In 1974, she quit for a new solo artist. Dolly was a popular singer/songwriter. Dolly was awarded numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was an ideal candidate for TV, and by the mid-1970s she was frequently appearing on television specials and talk shows before getting her own, Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's debut in a film was 9 to 5 (1980) and she was awarded an Oscar nomination for writing the title track, as well as Grammy awards 2, 3, Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the track "Nine to Five." Her most notable performances were in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) where she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she created Dollywood A theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She was in the TV show Dolly (1987 TV Series) as her character. In 1988, she received another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals for "Trio".
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