American Country singer, songwriter, and actress born on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

She made her first solo record [m1168847], a Rockabilly song, in 1959 at the age of 13 on the [l107616] label. She went on in 1962 to make one Soul Pop single The Love You Gave ([m1246061]) for the [l39357] Records label. In 1964 she went on to sing for the [l26077] label. She first sang the Pop single What Do You Think About Lovin ([m1663365]). Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul single Happy, Happy Birthday Baby ([m1620742]) that hit the 1965 bubbling under charts. Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul Single Busy Signal ([m718784]). Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul single Don’t Drop Out ([m1419675]). In 1966 she scored a No. 1 hit with Bill Phillips on the [l5320] Records label. She went in 1966 after being forced by her previous labels to sing Soul and Pop, to sing country. She had her first top 100 hits Dumb Blonde (Dumb Blonde / The Giving And The Taking) and Something Fishy ([m614088]). She in 1967 replaced the country singer Norma Jean on the Porter Wagoner Show as the girl singer. In 1968 she switched to [l11358] label. She scored her first No. 1 hit Joshua ([m862209]). She made singles for [l11358] until 1987 when she made singles for the [l1866] Records label. After that she made singles [l216059] label [her own label] and one single for the [l5320] Records label.

She acted in the films ’9 To 5’ (1980), ’The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas’ (1982), ’Steel Magnolias’ (1989), ’A Smokey Mountain Christmas’ (1986), ’Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love’ (2016), ’Gnomeo and Juliet’ (2011), ’Joyful Noise’ (2012), and ’Straight Talk’ (1993). Her composition ’I Will Always Love You’, written in 1974, became a worldwide hit for Whitney Houston in 1993. In the mid-1980s, she opened her own theme park called ’Dollywood’. Dolly Parton received the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2007.

Daughter of Avie Lee and Robert Lee Parton; Granddaughter of Jake Robert Owens; Sister of Willadeene Parton, Stella Parton, Cassie Parton, Randy Parton, Freida Parton, Floyd Parton, and Rachel Dennison; Aunt of Jada Star, Heidi Parton, Bryan Seaver, Rebecca Seaver, and Hannah Dennison

Niece of Dorothy Jo Hope, Estelle Watson, John Henry III, Louis Owens, and Bill Owens; First cousin of Richie Owens, Jeff Owens (10), Dale Puckett, Dwight Puckett, and Debbie Jo Puckett

Studios: [l310285].