Dolly Parton

ABOUT

 

Blonde, flamboyant country singer who released twenty-six #1 Billboard hits, including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and "9 to 5."

 

BEFORE FAME

 

She grew up alongside eleven brothers and sisters in a one-room cabin in Appalachia, Tennessee; she learned to sing at church.

 

TRIVIA

 

She received the nickname The Queen of Country Music after releasing more #1 hits than any other country singer in U.S. history.

 

FAMILY LIFE

 

She married Carl Dean on May 30, 1966, after meeting him in a laundromat in 1964.

 

ASSOCIATED WITH

 

She composed the hit song "I Will Always Love You," which Whitney Houston would later cover.

 

 




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