Happy Birthday today (Jan. 19) to American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author & philanthropist Dolly Parton; although her savvy marketing, image manipulation, extracurricular forays into film & flirtations with mainstream pop have occasionally overshadowed her music, at her core she remains a gifted & influential country/roots singer-songwriter; she has composed over 3,000 songs, among them the classics Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, Kentucky Gambler, I Will Always Love You & Tennessee Homesick Blues; her return to classic country/bluegrass in the late-90s with a series of acclaimed recordings helped return authentic country & bluegrass music to a wide audience, both in the US & around the world; Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time, achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum & multi-platinum awards, 25 songs reaching US Country #1, 41 career Top 10 Country albums & 110 career charted singles; her sales have topped a staggering 100 million records worldwide; she has garnered 8 Grammy Awards, 2 Academy Award nominations, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards & 3 American Music Awards; Dolly was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999…
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:47:56 +0000
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