Dolly Parton

ABOUT DOLLY PARTON

Blonde, flamboyant country singer who released twenty-six #1 Billboard hits, including "Jolene," " Coat of Many Colors ," and "9 to 5."

She grew up alongside eleven brothers and sisters in a one-room cabin in Appalachia, Tennessee; she learned to sing at church.

She received the nickname The Queen of Country Music after releasing more #1 hits than any other country singer in U.S. history.

She married Carl Dean on May 30, 1966, after meeting him in a laundromat in 1964.

She composed the hit song "I Will Always Love You," which Whitney Houston would later cover.