Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was created on January 19 1946 in Pittman Center (Tennessee). She was the daughter of Avie Lee Parton and Robert Lee Parton in Sevierville. Parton was a housewife and Parton is a farmer of the tobacco. At the age of 12 she was already on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was already recording for a small label and performing at the Grand Ole Opry. After having graduated from the high school in 1964, she relocated to Nashville for the start of her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving firm. They were married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. Porter Wagoner hired her in 1967 to sing on his show The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). The show lasted for 7 years, their duets gained fame and she was a part of his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. When her smash hit "Joshua" reached the top spot in the year 1970, her popularity had overshadowed his, and she struck off on her own even though she recorded duets with him. In 1974, she left her husband to pursue a solo artist. Dolly achieved immense fame as a songwriter/singer. Dolly was awarded many Country Music Association awards (1968-70, 1971-1972, 1975-1976 and 1976). The petite (5'0") beauty was an easy fit for television. By the mid-1970s, she was appearing regularly in TV specials and talk shows and prior to having her own Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Dolly made her film debut in 9 to 5 in 1980. The film was nominated for an Oscar for the song that was the title in addition to Grammy Awards 2/3: Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The fame continued to grow with her appearances in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and as in Rhinestone (1984) in which she sang the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her media empire, worth $100 million. In 1986, she founded Dollywood which is a Tennessee theme park located in Pigeon Forge. This was to commemorate her Smoky Mountain upbringing. She appeared in the TV show Dolly (1987 TV series) as her character. For "Trio", she won the Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in 1988.