Dolly Parton

MusicTelevision Age

Jolene and I Will Always Love You songwriter

Facts

Overview

Has written more than 3,000 songs and won ten Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. I Will Always Love You 1973 became one of the best selling singles ever in the 1992 Whitney Houston version. Jolene 1973 and 9 to 5 1980 are standards. She starred in 9 to 5 1980 and Steel Magnolias 1989. Her Imagination Library has distributed more than 200 million books to children, and she entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

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