 Three-time Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Dolly Parton is
one of the most versatile and well-loved American entertainers. With 50 albums
to her credit since 1968, Dolly Parton has received seven Country Music Awards,
three People's Choice Awards and her own star on the Walk of Fame. Born to
poverty in the Appalachian hills of East Tennessee, Dolly Parton wrote
heart-tugging songs and day-dreamed as a child. With a distinctive voice,
dazzling appearance and one-of-a-kind style, she won a recording contract after
graduating from high school. Soon after, she soared to country music stardom as
Porter Wagoner's partner and later as a solo artist with a string of top-selling
albums including Here You Come Again Heart-breaker, Great Balls of Fire and
others. Her hit singles "9 To 5," "Baby I'm Burning," "Two Doors Down" and
"Islands in the Stream" have topped the charts. Her next album, Slow Dancing
with the Moon also charted very high.
Dolly Parton's standing as one of the entertainment world's
most beloved and durable superstars is undeniably assured. But as the
celestial-voiced songstress illustrates on her new Columbia/Blue Eye album
Something Special, the thrill of making music is far from gone for the dazzling
superstar. Comprised of ten songs written by the prolific yet extraordinarily
profound artist, Something Special reveals yet new dimensions to Dolly Parton's
enormous musical gifts. With such songs as the enchanting "Green-Eyed Boy", the
heartbreaking "Crippled Bird", the playful "Speakin Of The Devil" and the
lilting title track, Dolly Parton effortlessly shows her undiminished gift for
spinning timeless musical tales that has established her as one of country
music's most cherished songwriters. With a characteristically jam-packed
schedule that continues to become even more overrun with her continuing
involvement in motion pictures, television and Dollywood, Dolly Parton's
dedication to her first love - music - is nothing short of astounding. --And a
lesson for music lovers everywhere. When she's not recording, Dolly Parton is a
highly successful entrepreneur and philanthropist. Mindful of her backwoods
past, she opened the multi-million dollar theme park, Dollywood, in her native
Sevier County, Tennessee, which now generates more than 30-million dollars in
revenues that benefit the local economy. Dolly Parton also founded The Dollywood
Foundation to support local education.
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