Dolly Rebecca Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was conceived in Pittman Center on January 19 1946. She was born in Sevierville to Avie Lee Parton (a housewife) and Robert Lee Parton (a tobacco farmer). She appeared present on Knoxville TV at 12 years old. At 13 she recorded on an obscure label, and singing at the Grand Ole Opry. After finishing the high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to start her country-singing career. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn to her and they tied the knot on May 30th the 30th of May, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing and asked her to be a guest on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She was on the show for seven years. Her duets made waves and she sang with the Porter Wagoner group at the Grand Ole Opry. She also sold records and toured. When her 1970 hit "Joshua" hit the top spot at the top spot, her popularity was just too big to rival his. In 1974, she toured alone and recorded duets with him. In 1974, she walked away from him to be a solo artist. Dolly gained immense popularity as a songwriter/singer. Dolly was honored with many Country Music Association awards (1968-1971, 1971, 1975-1976, 1975-1976). She was a petite (5'0") beauty who was perfect for television. In the early 1970s, Dolly appeared on a variety of TV specials and talk-shows before getting her own show, Dolly (1976). Dolly was awarded her first Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come Again". Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980) and she received an Oscar nomination for the song's title tune. She also received Grammy Awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." Her most notable performances were in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Rhinestone (1984) where she sang "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the founder of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire and in 1986 she created Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She starred in the Dolly (1987 TV Series) as herself. In 1988, she received another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio".






 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Steve Aoki

Image
Steve Aoki was conceived in Miami, Florida on November 30, 1977. Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician as well as record producer, D.J. Music executive. He is the third son of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kbayashi. His father was a wrestler who founded the chain of restaurants Benihana. He has two older brothers: Kana (sometimes called Grace) and Kevin (owner Doraku Sushi restaurant). His half-sister is Devon Aoki, a model and actress. He grew up in Newport Beach, California & graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995. There he was a player on the varsity badminton team. He was a student at UC Santa Barbara and graduated with two B.A. He earned two bachelor's degrees: one in feminist studies and the one in Sociology. He was a college student who produced records by himself and held underground concerts in his Biko area at the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. The Pickle Patch became a concert venue in the time that the apartment was renamed The Pickle ...
Read more

Ali Fedotowsky

Image
Ali Fedotowsky is one of the most popular and richest Reality Star she was born September 16 1984. She was born in Massachusetts Massachusetts United States. The 2010 Bachelor saw her fight for the love of Jake Pavelka. Fedotowsky grew up in Massachusetts. Her birthplace was in Massachusetts and attended Mount Greylock Regional High School. She went to in the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 2 years before moving onto Clark University in Worcester Massachusetts which she earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 2006. Fedotowsky became engaged in the year 2010 with Roberto Martinez at the Bachelorette finale. Fedotowsky and Martinez broke up on November 11, 2011. In 2010, she was engaged Bachelorette Roberto Martinez. The couple got married by radio host Kevin Manno in 2017. Kevin Manno and her have two children, Molly named daughter and a Riley who is named son. After she finished The Bachelorette, she found the position of the morning show's reporter for NBC. Alexandra El...
Read more