Dolly Parton: 20 facts you must know

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:

1. Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946.
2. 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.
3. She is the fourth of twelve children born to Avie Lee Caroline and Robert Lee Parton Sr.
4. Dolly Parton’s middle name comes from her maternal great-great grandmother, Rebecca (Dunn) Whitted.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville.
8. She signed with Monument Records in 1965, at age 19.She initially was pitched as a bubblegum pop singer.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. She received an Emmy award nomination in 1979,as “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Program” for her guest appearance in a Cher special.
12. Dolly Parton is one of the most-honored female country performers of all time.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. On May 30, 1966, Parton and Carl Thomas Dean were married in Ringgold, Georgia.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. She and her husband have no children of their own.
19. Dolly Parton is Miley Cyru’s godmother.
20. 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