She recorded the Grammy Award-winning album Trio with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in 1987. In 1992, her song “I Will Always Love You” was recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The Bodyguard. Over the years, Parton has enjoyed many other successful collaborations. The amusement park remains a popular travel destination to this day. She opened her own theme park called Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in 1986. Parton next starred with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982, which helped to introduce a new generation to her song "I Will Always Love You." The following year she scored another major smash with "Islands in the Stream," her duet with Kenny Rogers.Īround this time, Parton branched out in a new direction. 1 hit for Parton on both the pop and country charts and earned her an Academy Award nomination. The title song, with one of the most memorable opening lines in popular music history, proved to be another No. She not only starred with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the 1980 hit comedy 9 to 5, which marked her film debut but also contributed to its soundtrack. Parton perhaps reached the apex of her mainstream success in the 1980s. 1 country hits followed including "It's All Wrong, But It's Alright," "Heartbreaker" and "Starting Over Again," a ballad written by disco star Donna Summer. 3 on the pop charts, and also marked the singer/songwriter's first Grammy Award, specifically for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
In 1977, Parton had her first crossover smash with the bouncy, bittersweet ode to a returning lover, "Here You Come Again." The song reached the top of the country charts as well as No. Other country hits from this era included the ethereal "Love Is Like a Butterfly," the provocative "The Bargain Store," the spiritual "The Seeker" and the rollicking "All I Can Do." For the range of her compelling work, she won the Country Music Association award for female vocalist in 19. 1 hits followed in the mid-'70s, including "Jolene," a haunting single in which a woman begs another beautiful woman not to take her man, and "I Will Always Love You" - a tribute to Wagoner as the two parted ways professionally. 1 country hit in 1971 with "Joshua," a bluegrass-inspired track about two solitary figures who find love. After having had several charting singles, Parton scored her first No.
Parton's work with Wagoner also helped her land a contract with RCA Records. I think it's important, if you can, to keep all of your goods close to home where you can control them and know what's happening with them." - Dolly Parton "As soon as I could, I started my own publishing company, got my own record label. if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.” I’m not holding back any information, but there are just some things that are sacred and private.” “I look just like the girls next door. Everybody is not entitled to every single thing you do and thought you think, although I do share as much of my life as I possibly can. He’s very private, and I’ve always respected that for him and about him. But it works!” “My husband is not one who wants to be just thrown out there. Even that tongue-in-cheek kind of stuff-when I say, 'I know it so well I can play it backwards,' and I turn myself backwards-that’s corny as hell. I make things look like I’m better than I am, because I like to entertain. With all my little nieces, it's all 'Adele this' and 'Adele that!' And I love how she does her makeup, and so I'm always saying to my little nieces, 'Can you fix my eyes like Adele?'” “I love to think of myself as an entertainer. I want to be accepted myself, and I not only accept, but celebrate, the difference in everyone.” “Everyone loves Adele. I got a lot of them, too.” “I think that I’ve been at this so long that come to know me, they know I’m not judgmental. If they’re good, they’re good, and if they’re mediocre, they’re mediocre. I just write what I feel, and hope that it might turn out to be a 'Jolene' or an 'I Will Always Love You.' You can’t really purposefully try to do that. I think it's important, if you can, to keep all of your goods close to home where you can control them and know what's happening with them.” “When I write, I don’t try to be commercial. I also know I'm not blonde.” “As soon as I could, I started my own publishing company, got my own record label. “I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb.