Dolly Parton is really famous country singer and through the years she has created a great persona that people really love.
The singer is well known for her crystal voice and her looks!
These are some facts you should know about Dolly Parton:
- Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946.
- She was born in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee; a very small community located in Sevier County in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.
- She is the fourth of twelve children born to Avie Lee Caroline and Robert Lee Parton Sr.
- Dolly Parton’s middle name comes from her maternal great-great grandmother, Rebecca (Dunn) Whitted.
- Her earliest public performances were in the church, beginning at age six. At seven, she started playing a homemade guitar. When she was eight years old, her uncle bought her first real guitar.
- She started her career at a really young age. By the age of ten, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 13, she was recording (the single “Puppy Love”) on a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records, and appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, where she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to follow her own instincts regarding her career.
- The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville.
- She signed with Monument Records in 1965, at age 19.She initially was pitched as a bubblegum pop singer.
- In 1967, musician and country music entertainer Porter Wagoner invited Parton to join his organization, offering her a regular spot on his weekly syndicated television program The Porter Wagoner Show, and in his road show.
- In addition to her performing appearances on The Porter Wagoner Show in the 1960s and into the 1970s, her two self-titled television variety shows in the 1970s and 1980s, and on American Idol in 2008 and other guest appearances, Parton has had television roles.
- She received an Emmy award nomination in 1979,as “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Program” for her guest appearance in a Cher special.
- Dolly Parton is one of the most-honored female country performers of all time.
- The Record Industry Association of America has certified 25 of her single or album releases as either Gold Record, Platinum Record, or Multi-Platinum Record. She has had 26 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist.
- She has earned nine Grammy Awards (including her 2011 Lifetime Achievement Grammy) and a total of 46 Grammy Award nominations, the most nominations of any female artist in the history of the prestigious awards, a record tied by Beyoncé.
- On May 30, 1966, Parton and Carl Thomas Dean were married in Ringgold, Georgia.
- Although Parton does not use Dean’s surname professionally, she has stated that her passport says “Dolly Parton Dean” and that she sometimes uses Dean when signing contracts.
- On May 6, 2016, Parton announced that she and her husband would renew their vows in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary later in the month.
- She and her husband have no children of their own.
- Dolly Parton is Miley Cyru’s godmother.
- In 2018, Parton received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, being inducted alongside Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in recognition of their
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