SWEETPEA-HONEYBUN: 02/14/09

DOLLY PARTON((THE TABLOIDS NEED TO LEAVE HER ALONE)) Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a GRAMMY AWARD WINNING American songwiter--singer she's an author, actor and philanthopist, known for her prolific work in country music. In the 44 years since her national chart debut, she remains the most successful female country music artist, with 25 number-one singles, a record for any female performer, and a record 42 top-10 country albums. She has the distinction of having performed on a top-5 country hit in each of the last five decades. She is known for her distinctive mountain soprano, sometimes bawdy, gaudy humor, flamboyant dress sense and voluptuous figure.((BOY, IS IT!!)) GOD BLESS!! WE LOVE YOU, DOLLY!! HER Early years HER Childhood Dolly Parton was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, she was the fourth of twelve children born to Robert Parton and Avie Owens, though Dolly did admit in a 2002 interview that her father had strayed once or twice and had,99soap opera country music!!)) to her knowledge, at least three illegitimate children. Her siblings are Willadeene Parton (a poet, b. 1940), David Parton, Denver Parton, Bobby Parton, Stella Parton (a singer, b. 1949), Cassie Parton, Larry Parton (who died shortly after birth), Randy Parton (a singer and businessman, b. 1953), twins Floyd Parton (a songwriter), Freida Parton (a singer), and Rachel Dennison (an actress, b. 1959). WOW DIDN'T KNOW THIS!! Parton has stated she is of Ulster Scots ancestry ('Belfast Telegraph', 2007) Her family was, as she described them, "DIRT POOR. They lived in a rustic, dilapidated one-room cabin in Locust Ridge, a hamlet just north of Greenbrier in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, Tennessee. Parton's parents were parishioners in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), a Pentecostal denomination, and music was a very large part of her church experience. She once told an interviewer that her grandfather was a Pentecostal "holy roller" ((I SEEN SOME OF THEM!!)) preacher. Today, when appearing in live concerts, she frequently performs spiritual songs. SHE IS AN AWESOME SINGER!! Parton, however, professes no denomination, claiming only to be "spiritual" while adding that she believes that all the Earth's people are God's children. On May 30, 1966, at the age of 20, she married Carl Dean in Ringgold, Georgia. She met Dean on her first day in Nashville, at age 18, HEARD THIS A LONG TIME AGO--at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat. His very first words to her were: "You're gonna get sunburnt out there, little lady." SHE MET HIM AT A LAUDROMAT. Dean, who runs an asphalt-paving business in Nashville, has always shunned publicity and rarely accompanies her to any events. According to Parton, he has only ever seen his wife perform once. However, she has also commented in interviews that, though it appears they do not spend much time together, this is not true, it is simply that no-one sees him. Dolly has also commented on her husband's romantic side, claiming that he will often do spontaneous things to surprise her, and sometimes even writes her poems.((AWH!!)) The couple have partly raised several of Dolly's younger siblings at their home in Nashville, leading her nieces and nephews to refer to her as "Aunt Granny." Dean and Parton have no children together. SHE GOT DISCOVERED: Parton began performing as a kid, singing on local radio and television programs in East Tennessee. By age 9, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, and at 13, she was recording on a small record label, Goldband, plus appearing at the Grand Ole Opry((WOW!!)) in Nashville, Tennessee. It was at the Opry that she first met Johnny Cash who encouraged her((WOW, JOHNNY CASH ENCOURGAED HER!!))GOOL!!AWSOME!!ANYWAYS-- to go where her heart took her, and not to care what others thought. The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville, taking many traditional elements of folklore and popular music from EAST Tennessee((WHERE KENNY CHESNEY IS FROM)) with her. Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing hit songs for Hank Williams, Jr. and Skeeter Davis. She signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop((LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT)) singer, earning only one national chart single, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," which did not crack the Billboard Hot 100. WELL!! The label agreed to have Parton sing country music after her composition, "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," as recorded by Bill Phillips (and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony),((THAT'S RUDE!!)) went to No. 6 on the Country Charts in 1966. Her first country single, "Dumb Blonde" (one of the few songs during this era that she recorded but didn't write)((YEP SHE WRITES HER SONGS)), reached No. 24 on the country charts in 1967, followed the same year with "Something Fishy," which went to Number 17. The two songs anchored her first full-length album, "Hello, I'm Dolly". HER--Music career 1967 – 1976: Country music success In 1967, Parton was asked to join the weekly syndicated country music TV program The Porter Wagoner Show, hosted by Porter Wagoner, replacing Norma Jean (Beasler), who had returned to Oklahoma. Initially, Wagoner's audience was reluctant to warm to Parton and chanted for Norma Jean, but with Wagoner's assistance, she was accepted. Wagoner convinced his label, RCA Victor, to also sign Parton. Since female performers were not particularly popular in the late '60s, the label decided to protect their investment by releasing her first single as a duet with Wagoner. The duo's first single, "The Last Thing on My Mind," reached the country Top Ten early in 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted Top Ten singles.Parton's first solo single, "Just Because I'm a Woman", was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate hit, reaching number 17. For the remainder of the decade, none of her solo efforts — even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," which would later become a standard — were as successful as her duets. The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored. Wagoner and Parton were both frustrated by her lack of solo success, because he had a significant financial stake in her future — as of 1969, he was her co-producer and owned nearly half of the publishing company Owepar.By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner had grown frustrated by her lack of solo success, and Porter had her sing Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues," a gimmick that worked.((WOW!!)) The record shot to number three on the charts, followed closely by her first number one single, "Joshua." For the next two years, she had a number of solo hits — including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors"((LOVE THAT SONG!!)) (IT WAS number four IN 1971) — in addition to her duets. Though she had successful singles, none of them were blockbusters until "Jolene"((THIS SONG CAME TO BE WHEN SHE MET A YOUNG GIRL WANTING AN AUTOGRAPH AND MRS. PARTON ASKED HER NAME AND LOVED IT SO MUCH SHE TOLD HER SHE WOULD WTITE A SONG FOR HER!!))((IS THIS WOMAN STILL ALIVE SOES SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS?? DO YOU REAF SWEETPEA-HONEYBUN??ANYWAYS, IT reached number one in early 1974. Parton stopped traveling with Wagoner after its release, yet she continued to appear on television and sing duets with him until 1976. She stayed with the Wagoner show and continued to record duets with him for seven years, then made a break to become a solo artist. In 1974, her song, "I Will Always Love You"((HER VERSION IS THE BEST OF THAT SONG!!)) (written about her break from Wagoner)((WOW DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!)), was released and went to #1 on the country charts. Around the same time, Elvis Presley indicated that he wanted to cover the song. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, COL. Tom Parker, told her that she would have to sign over half of the publishing rights if Presley recorded the song (as was the standard procedure for songs he recorded). Parton refused and, although heartbreaking, the decision is credited with helping make her many millions of dollars in royalties from the song over the years. It was decisions like these, in fact, that caused her to be called "The Iron Butterfly"99THAT'S MEAN!!)) in showbiz circles. She also claims to have made enough from Whitney Houston's cover version of this song to "buy Graceland." I BET!! 1977 – 1986: Branching out into pop music From 1974--1980, she consistently charted in the country Top Ten, with no fewer than eight singles reaching number one. Parton had her own syndicated television show, Dolly, in 1976 and by the next year had gained the right to produce her own albums, which immediately resulted in diverse efforts like 1977's New Harvest...First Gathering. In addition to her own hits during the late '70s, many artists, from Rose Maddox and Kitty Wells to Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt, covered her songs, and her siblings Randy and Stella had recording contracts of their own. Parton later had commercial success as a pop singer, as well as an actress. Her 1977 album, Here You Come Again,((LOVE IT!!)) was her first million-seller, and the title track ("Here You Come Again")((LOVE IT!!)) became her first top-ten single on the pop charts (reaching No. 3); many of her subsequent singles charted on both pop and country charts, simultaneously. Her albums during this period were developed specifically for pop/crossover success. With less time to spend on her songwriting as she focused on a burgeoning film career, the early 1980s found Parton recording a larger percentage of material from noted pop songwriters, such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Rupert Holmes, Gary Portnoy, and Carole Bayer Sager. In 1978, Parton won the GRAMMY award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her Here You Come Again album. Following "Here You Come Again", she had further pop hits with "Two Doors Down", "Heartbreaker" (both 1978), "Baby I'm Burning" and "You're The Only One" (both 1979), all of which charted in the pop singles top 40, and all of which also topped the country singles chart. On April 3, 1978 Dolly Parton performed on Cher... Special in the "Musical Battle to Save Cher's Soul Medley." Parton was dressed in white and, with a team of brightly clad singers, portrayed an angelic host while punk band The Tubes, dressed in black leather and performing "Mondo Bondage," battled to send Cher's soul into eternal damnation.((WHAT??!!)) Parton's commercial success continued to grow during 1980, with three number one hits in a row: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again," "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You", and "9 to 5." "9 to 5", the theme song to the 1980 movie((YEP, SEEN IT!!)) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached No. 1 on the Country charts, but also No. 1 on the Pop and the Adult Contemporary charts, giving her a triple No. 1 hit. Parton became one of the few female Country singers to have a No. 1 single on the Country and Pop charts simultaneously AND NOW A BROADWAY SHOW HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT IT!! SHE HAS WON A MANY COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD AND GRAMMY!! AND SHE IS SYILL GOING WITH BRAD PAISLEY AND HER OWN SINGING CAREER. GOD BLESS THIS GEM OF A WOMAN!! 9 to 5 Doralee Rhodes Nominated - Golden Globe Award 1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Mona Stangley Nominated - Golden Globe Award 1984 Rhinestone Jake 1989 Steel Magnolias Truvy Jones 1992 Straight Talk((LOVE THIS MOVIE))((MY MAMA HAS IT!!)) Shirlee Kenyon 1993 The Beverley Hillbillies Herself/Cameo 2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Edith McKlusky 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Herself/Cameo 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie Aunt Dolly/Herself KEEP ALL YOUR GOOD STUFF A COMING DOLLY. CAN Y'ALL BELIEVE THIS--THEY NAME THE CLONED "DOLLY THE SHEEP AFTER HER BC OF THE SHEEPS ORGANS((COME ON!! THAT'S SILLY!!)) Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL VALETINE'S DAY!! MB Y'ALL WILL GET SOME DIAMONDS OR GOOD SEX!! GO MAKE LOVE!!OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEETPEA-HONEYBUN

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