No matter the countless times Dolly Parton recounts her true-life stories of her hardscrabble upbringing with her parents and 11 siblings in Sevier County, Tennessee, fans never tire of learning more. Along the same lines, the story of her courtship with her devoted husband, Carl Dean, remains a constant source of inspiration and curiosity. Carl
Dolly Parton on marriage
Above and beyond her endless catalog of songs, Dolly Parton is widely loved for her lesson in life. One of the lessons the country music marvel holds most dear is that the things that matter most in life, like love, faith, hope, and laughter don’t come with price tags. Music is a treasure that flows
Dolly Parton knows how to write a timeless love song. The unmatched songwriter wrote “I Will Always Love You” as her message of parting to Porter Wagoner, after years of telling him that the time to spread her own artistic wings had come. While the two made beautiful music together, Dolly Parton’s 7-year relationship with
This year’s holiday season has Dolly Parton doing it all. The country music legend looked luminous for her Macy’s Thanksgiving Day performance. She always sounds great, and for this occasion, Dolly Parton was backed by a big-band and decked out in green sequins and white fur for her moment. The superstar is also celebrating Christmas
For all of the endless honors and accolades that Dolly Parton has earned over more than six decades as a country music legend, she has never claimed to do it alone. At this moment, her Christmas album, A Holly Dolly Christmas, is still sitting atop the Christmas and Country charts. And she specifically chose some
Dolly Parton has probably seen countless images of herself engraved on all variety of body parts among her fans. Imitation is the finest form of flattery, so the country music legend assuredly takes the displays of body art as a compliment. When it comes to her own body, however, Dolly disclosed in a Today feature
It’s fair to say that Dolly Parton absolutely made American Idol star and rising “I Hope” singer, Gabby Barrett giddy with joy. And, the two ladies of country music were not even face-to-face. As Yahoo reports of the screen to screen sit-down, no question Gabby offered was off-limits with Dolly. From her early songwriting and