Dolly Parton is to release a new album and is going to go to Australia to do a string of concerts this November. Dolly Parton was born Dolly Rebecca Parton on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Dolly Parton has learned since early age to use music as an escape from her poor life among her 12 brother and sisters. By the age of 11 years, she was singing on local radio station, and after graduating from high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music.
Dolly Parton’s early career
Dolly Parton launched her solo career in 1967, and although it is in partnership with Porter Wagoner for his TV show 1967-1975, has remained primarily a solo act. (This is for Wagoner Parton dedicated to the ever-popular “I’ll Always Love You”). She won the Country Music Award for female vocalist in 1975 and 1976.
In 1987, the trio recorded with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. In 1993, she put collaboration with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette called Honky Tonk Angels. In 1999, she returned to the acoustics of the Grass is blue, which won the Grammy for best bluegrass album. Dolly Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
Dolly Parton in Acting
Besides music, Dolly Parton also became interested in acting, starring in the 09/05/1980, 1982 is the best little whorehouse in Texas and 1989′s Steel Magnolias. She also opened the Dollywood theme park in 1985, which continues to be one of the most popular Southern destinations. Dolly Parton married Carl Dean, who leads asphalt-paving business in 1966.
In 2006, Dolly Parton has received special recognition for her lifetime contribution to the art. It is one of five artists feted at the annual Kennedy Center Honors. This success is just the latest award for this outstanding performer who has forged his place in country music history.
The Kennedy Center honoree has continued to keep busy. Her most recent publication of Backwoods Barbie (2008), which featured two of the country hits “Better Get To Livin ‘” and “Jesus and Gravity.” That same year, Dolly Parton’s got a public feud with satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern after he broadcast a segment in which the preceding images are manipulated to sound like they made some obscene statements. After so much writing their own hits, Dolly Parton has written songs for the new hit musical based on her earlier workplace comedy, 9-5. Show debut in fall 2008 in Los Angeles, before a brief Broadway run.