Dolly Parton: Barbie With Serious Legs
March 30th, 2008 admin Posted in News |
Dolly Parton is a serious musician. Not everyone realizes that, distracted by her sheer platinum “Dolly-ness.” She’s a hot pink firecracker that chirps and chuckles with an ease most of us quietly desperate souls will never know. The fourth child of twelve kids who grew up dirt poor in a one-room house in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, she began working professionally in music around 1955, when the 10-year-old Parton became a regular on local radio and television. By 13 she was singing at The Grand Ole Opry. A record holding 25 #1 singles and 42 Top 10 country albums later, she’s released Backwoods Barbie, her first foray into mainstream country in 17 years, at the end of February on her own Dolly Records.
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