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Best Of Dolly Parton
''Best of Dolly Parton'' was a 1975 compilation album of Dolly Parton's early 1970s work that has long been regarded by critics as the definitive representation of Parton's most influential period. The album reached # 5 on the U.S. country albums chart, and contained the title tracks to the previous six Parton albums, as well as the tracks "I Will Always Love You" and "Travelin' Man". Background and release The album was curiously titled ''Best of Dolly Parton'', although RCA Records had previously released an album titled '' The Best of Dolly Parton'' in 1970, which remained in print at the time of this disc's release, as it would for several more years. The album tracks, graphics and catalog numbers were of course different for the two albums (and this release does not have "The" as part of the title) but still there was some confusion about the albums. This album is occasionally referred to as "The Best of Dolly Parton Vol. 2", but it never was released under that title, tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolene (album)
''Jolene'' is the thirteenth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on February 4, 1974, by RCA Victor. The title track, " Jolene", tells the tale of a housewife confronting a beautiful seductress who she believes is having an affair with her husband. It became Parton's second solo number-one country single; it also was a moderate pop hit for her, and also did well in the United Kingdom. Since the introduction of downloads to the Official Chart in 2005, it has amassed 255,300 downloads and 6.68 million streams. It has been covered by numerous performers. The album was released around the time Parton was embarking on a solo career, after having spent seven years as part of Porter Wagoner's weekly TV series and road show, and one of the album's songs, "I Will Always Love You", was reportedly written to express the remorse Parton felt over the professional breakup. Released as the album's second single, it also became a number-one country single. "E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Greatest Hits Albums
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Dolly Parton Compilation Albums
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My Tennessee Mountain Home (song)
"My Tennessee Mountain Home" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. Using imagery from her rural childhood in Tennessee (holding hands on a porch swing, enjoying nature, walking home from church), the song served as the centerpiece of her 1973 concept album '' My Tennessee Mountain Home.'' It was released as a single in December 1972, and reached number 15 on the U.S. country singles chart. Personnel *Dolly Parton — vocals *Jimmy Capps, Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Chip Young, Bobby Thompson — guitars *Bobby Dyson — bass * Jerry Carrigan — drums * Hargus "Pig" Robbins — piano * Pete Drake — steel guitar *Don Warden — dobro * Charlie McCoy — harmonica * Johnny Gimble, Mark McGaha — fiddle *Buck Trent — banjo *Mary Hoephinger — harp *June Page, Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Hurshel Wiginton — background vocals Other versions The song has become one of Parton's best known compositions, and was later covered by Maria Muldau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Many Colors (song)
"Coat of Many Colors" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton. It was released in September 1971 as the second single and title track from the album '' Coat of Many Colors''. Background She composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus. (She explained in her 1994 memoir, ''My Life and Other Unfinished Business'', because she could find no paper, as the song came to her, she wrote it on the back of a dry cleaning receipt from one of Wagoner's suits; when the song became a hit, Wagoner had the receipt framed.) She recorded the song in April 1971, making it the title song for her'' Coat of Many Colors'' album. The song reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts. Content The song tells of how Parton's mother stitched together a coat for her daughter out of rags given to the family. As she sewed, she told her child the biblical story of Joseph and his Coat of Many Colors. The excited child, "with patches on my b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Like A Butterfly (song)
"Love Is Like a Butterfly" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton and released in August 1974 as the first single and title track from the album ''Love Is Like a Butterfly''. It was her overall fourth number one on the country chart as a solo artist (and her third consecutive number one). The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. Personnel *Dolly Parton — vocals *Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Bruce Osbon, Bobby Thompson — guitars *Bobby Dyson — bass *Larrie Londin — drums *Jerry Smith — piano *Stu Basore — steel guitar *The Lea Jane Singers — background vocals Chart performance Popular culture *Parton used "Love Is Like a Butterfly" as the opening theme for her 1976–77 TV variety show '' Dolly!'' She also uses a butterfly as the "W" in the trade dress for her Dollywood theme park. *A version sung by Clare Torry, was used as the theme to BBC TV comedy series ''Butterfl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Always Love You
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' soundtrack. Whitney Houston recorded a soul-ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film '' The Bodyguard''. Houston's version peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks. The single was certified Diamond by the RIAA, making Houston's first Diamond single, the third female artist who had both a Diamond single and a Diamond album, and becoming the best-selling single by a woman in the U.S. The song was a global success, topping the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Your Woman (song)
"Touch Your Woman" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on February 14, 1972 as the only single from the album of the same name. It provided a 1972 top-ten country single for her. A tranquil, slow-tempo ballad, the song differed from many of Parton's other hits at the time, in that it was neither an upbeat, lilting country number, nor a nostalgic reminiscence of her rural childhood. "Touch Your Woman" reached number 6 on the U.S. country singles charts in March 1972, though a number of country radio stations refused to play it because they found it too sexually suggestive. It has since been included in a number of Parton's compilation albums, including'' Best of Dolly Parton ''Best of Dolly Parton'' was a 1975 compilation album of Dolly Parton's early 1970s work that has long been regarded by critics as the definitive representation of Parton's most influential period. The album reached # 5 on the U.S. country a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bargain Store (song)
"The Bargain Store" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in January 1975 as the first single and title track from the album ''The Bargain Store ''The Bargain Store'' is the fifteenth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on February 17, 1975, by RCA Victor. In the Parton-penned title track, one of her best-known compositions, she used worn, second-hand merchandise in a disc ...''. The song was Parton's fifth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent nine weeks on the country chart. Content Worn, second-hand merchandise in a discount store is used as a metaphor for a woman emotionally damaged by an ill-fated relationship. However, the song was dropped from a number of country stations' playlists when programmers mistook the line "you can easily afford the price" as a thinly veiled reference to prostitution. Chart performance References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolene (song)
"Jolene" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was produced by Bob Ferguson and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on May 22, 1973. It was released on October 15, 1973, by RCA Victor, as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. The song was ranked No. 217 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004 and No. 63 on their revised list in 2021. According to Parton, it is her most-covered song. Background According to Parton, the song was inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her husband, Carl Dean, at his local bank branch around the time they were newly married. In an interview, she also revealed that Jolene's name and appearance are based on that of a young fan who came on stage for her autograph. The thumb-picked guitar on the recording is by Chip Young. During an interview on ''The Bobby Bones Show'' in 2018, Dolly Parton revealed that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced singer Dolly Parton on his television show, ''The Porter Wagoner Show''. She became part of a well-known vocal duo with him from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Known as Mr. Grand Ole Opry, Wagoner charted 81 singles from 1954 to 1983. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002. Biography Early life and career Wagoner was born in West Plains, Missouri, United States, the fifth and last child, and second son, of Bertha May (née Bridges) and Charles E. Wagoner, a farmer. His first band, the Blue Ridge Boys, performed on radio station KWPM-AM from a butcher shop in his native West Plains, where Wagoner cut meat. In 1951, he was hired by Si Siman as a performer on KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. This led to a contract with RCA Victor. With lagging sales, Wagoner and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
