The tour was one of Parton's biggest tours within the United States in more than 25 years. Her commercial success grew in 1980, with three consecutive country chart number-one hits: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country and pop charts in early 1981. [24], A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one, though Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992).

", "Crimson and Clover", and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Queen of Country Dolly Parton is a surprising artist in that she has never achieved a UK Number 1 single or album in the UK. [18] By ten, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. Two of the 12 siblings are no longer living; Larry died shortly after birth in 1955, and Floyd died in 2018. [88] She had a voice role in the comedy family film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), a computer-animated film with garden gnomes about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. [28], In 1974, her song, "I Will Always Love You", written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country chart. She has commented on Dean's romantic side, saying that he does spontaneous things to surprise her and sometimes even writes poems for her.

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Parton is featured on "The Right Time", which she co-wrote with Cyrus and Morris Joseph Tancredi. The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became her first million-seller, topping the country album chart and reaching number 20 on the pop chart.

One of Dolly's most notable tracks, 9 to 5, written for the comedy movie of the same name, is one of the UK's best-selling singles of all time to never have charted in the Official Singles Chart Top 40. Dolly Records, itunes.apple.com; accessed April 19, 2014.

[113] When asked about future plastic surgeries, she famously said, "If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging, I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

[31] Though the album was well received and topped the U.S. country albums chart, neither it nor its single "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" made much of an impression on the pop charts. [45], In 2013, Parton and Kenny Rogers reunited for the title song of his album You Can't Make Old Friends. [74] Starting in June 2011, the Myrtle Beach location became Pirates Voyage Fun, Feast and Adventure; Parton appeared for the opening, and the South Carolina General Assembly declared June 3, 2011, as Dolly Parton Day. Parton is the fourth of 12 children; her siblings in order are Willadeene, David, Denver, Bobby, Stella, Cassie, Randy, Larry, Floyd, Frieda and Rachel.