![]() She was the first artist to register a top 20 country hit in each decade since the '60s, her music has been instrumental to films like 9 to 5, and she's won nine of 49 Grammy Award nominations ( plus a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award).ĭuring the '70s and '80s, Parton recorded noteworthy duets with artists like Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, and Smokey Robinson. "Everything that I am starts with a song."Įveryone knows the winsome hook to "Jolene," the stunning vocals on "I Will Always Love You," (which later became an iconic hit for Whitney Houston, too), and the fingerpicked nostalgia ode "Coat of Many Colors," but there's so much more to Parton's discography. ![]() But if I had to choose just one thing to be, I would be a songwriter," she told Parade. "I am a singer, an entertainer, and a businesswoman. And indeed, her pen and gift for irresistible melodies have both remained sharp into her 70s. Bridging classic country with pop music, feminist themes, and plenty of witty one-liners, she's written several careers worth of defining hits for herself and others. Since she emerged in the music world with her single "Puppy Love" back in 1959 (she was just 13), Dolly Parton has been an essential cultural figure.
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