Dollywood Foundation Shows

From the early 1990s through 2001, her concert appearances were primarily limited to one weekend a year at her Dollywood theme park benefiting her Dollywood Foundation. The concerts normally followed a theme. (Legends in Concert, a 50's concert) They have included Holiday shows during Christmas time as well.

Halos & Horns Tour
After a decade long absence from touring, Parton decided to hit the road in 2002 with the Halos & Horns Tour, an 18-city, intimate club tour to promote the CD of the same name. House of Blues Entertainment, Inc. produced the tour and it sold out all of its U.S. and European dates (her first in two decades).

Hello I'm Dolly Tour
In 2004, she returned to mid-sized stadium venues in 36 cities in the US and Canada with her Hello I'm Dolly Tour, a glitzier, more elaborate stage show than two years earlier. With nearly 140,000 tickets sold, the "Hello I'm Dolly" tour was the tenth-biggest country tour of the year and grossed more than $6 million.

Awards & Nominations

Parton is one of the most-honored female country performers of all time. She has achieved 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum honors. She has had 26 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 42 career top-10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. All inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during Parton's career have reportedly topped 100 million records around the world.
She has received seven Grammy Awards and a total of 42 Grammy nominations. At the American Music Awards she has won three awards, but has received 18 nominations. At the Country Music Association, she has received 10 awards and 42 nominations. At the Academy of Country Music, she has won seven awards and 39 nominations. She is one of only five female artists (including Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Shania Twain, and Loretta Lynn), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer of the Year."

Dolly Parton News

Backwoods Barbie continues its descent on the Billboard country albums charts in the June 28 numbers released Thursday. The CD drops another two spots in its 17th week to come in at No. 49, while the compilation collection 16 Biggest Hits loses five to No. 45 in its 36th chart week. The magazine also has another Dolly concert on its Box Score returns, showing her May 3 Atlantic City engagement was 91 percent sold out and grossed $159,720. As was reported here Wednesday night, pal Emmylou Harris debuts at No. 22 pop with All I Intended To Be, which features a Dolly appearance on “Gold,” and as was predicted here, the set lands at No. 4 country albums. It also comes in at No. 2 country, No. 24 pop in Canada. Brad Paisley's Time Well Wasted, with Dolly on "When I Get Where I'm Going," inches up two to No

Music career

Country music success.
In 1967, Parton was asked to join the weekly syndicated country music TV program hosted by Porter Wagoner, replacing Norma Jean, who had returned to Oklahoma. Initially, Wagoner's audience was reluctant to warm to Parton and chanted for Norma Jean, but with Wagoner's assistance, she was accepted. Wagoner convinced his label, RCA, to also sign Parton. Since female performers were not particularly popular in the late '60s, the label decided to protect their investment by releasing her first single as a duet with Wagoner. The duo's first single, "The Last Thing on My Mind," reached the country Top Ten early in 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted Top Ten singles.
Parton's first solo single, "Just Because I'm a Woman," was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate hit, reaching number 17. For the remainder of the decade, none of her solo efforts — even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad),"

Career discovery

Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs in East Tennessee. By age 9, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, and at 13, she was recording on a small record label, Goldband, and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. It was that night at the Opry that she first met Johnny Cash, who encouraged her to go where her heart took her, and not to care what others thought. The day after she graduated from high school in 1964 she moved to Nashville, taking many traditional elements of folklore and popular music from East Tennessee with her.
Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing hit songs for Hank Williams, Jr. and Skeeter Davis. She signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, earning only one national chart single, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," which did not crack the Billboard Hot 100.

Top Tracks By Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is almost more famous for her impossibly curvaceous figure and huge hair than for her music -- which is somewhat of a shame. She is, after all, a distinctive and important part of country music, representing a link from the music of her Appalachian birth place to country's crossover to pop. Parton is a multifaceted artist whose first success came as a songwriter in the mid-1960s, with hit songs recorded by Bill Phillips. After she became Porter Wagoner's singing partner, her career took off and she became a solo artist by 1971. She consistently charted throughout the '70s and crossed over to the Pop charts with " Here You Come Again" in 1977. Along the way Parton became a genuine pop culture icon. Despite the glitzy, glamorous aura that surrounds her, on her recordings Parton always manages to include some element that seems like pure country. As Nashville in the '90s has continued to show its disdain for veteran performers -- and for that matter any artist who doesn't seem genetically engineered -- Parton seems to be backing away from her own image. Her latest releases have been straight bluegrass and countrified folk-pop albums that she's recorded with members of Nashville's elite community of virtuoso bluegrass pickers. - Eric Shea
I Will Always Love You featuring Vince Gill - Dolly PartonI Will Always Love You featuring Vince Gill - Dolly Parton
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
Jolene - Dolly PartonJolene - Dolly Parton
Islands In The Stream - (with Kenny Rogers) - Dolly PartonIslands In The Stream - (with Kenny Rogers) - Dolly Parton
Jesus & Gravity - Dolly PartonJesus & Gravity - Dolly Parton
Here You Come Again - Dolly PartonHere You Come Again - Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton Albums

Here is where you will find a complete listing to all of Dolly's original albums complete with their cover art, track listings, and much more.

20 Greatest Hits Album
9 To 5 & Odd Jobs Album
A Real Live Dolly Album
All I Can Do Album
Always Always Album
As Long As I Love Album
Best Of The Best-Porter & Doll Album
Bubbling Over Album
Burlap And Satin Album
Coat Of Many Colors Album
Dolly Parton Album
Eagle When She Flies Album
Essential Album
Grass Is Blue Album

About Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country music singer/songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist. To date, she remains one of the most successful country artists, with 26 number-one singles (a record for a female performer) and 42 top-10 country albums (more than anyone else).
She is known for her distinctive mountain soprano, sometimes bawdy humor, flamboyant dress sense and voluptuous figure.