In 1979, Parton hosted the NBC special The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music, performed live at the Ford Theatre in Washington, D. C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Carter.

* Other covers have been by The Hollies, country guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Odetta, Dolly Parton, folk chanteuse Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio, Marianne Faithfull ( 1964 single ), Jackie DeShannon, The Seekers, soul singer Sam Cooke, blues belter Etta James, Duke Ellington, Neil Young ( with air raid sound effects ), the Doodletown Pipers, Marlene Dietrich, Bobby Darin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Sielun Veljet, on their single " Blowin ' in the Wind ", Stevie Wonder ( whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 ), John Fogerty, The Hooters on their 1994 album The Hooters Live, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and was performed by Jenny in the award-winning film Forrest Gump ( sung by Joan Baez ), and was lampooned in Me, Myself & Irene.

Coleman's fate in these types of roles was cemented with roles such as that of Franklin Hart, Jr. in 1980's 9 to 5, a sexist boss whose murder is fantasized about by his office employees ( Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin ).

This 750 seat showroom, whose opening act was comedian Red Skelton, made entertainment a priority at Harrah's and saw luminaries such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Barbra Streisand, Lena Horne, Bob Dylan, The Supremes, Donna Summer, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Dolly Parton, Sergio Franchi, Joan Rivers, Liza Minnelli, Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Carol Burnett, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Harry Belafonte, Sarah Vaughan, Tennessee Ernie Ford, George Gobel, Wayne Newton, Sonny & Cher, Phyllis Hyman, Lawrence Welk, Bill Cosby, and Sammy Davis, Jr., among others.

Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, told her, that it was standard procedure for the songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song Elvis recorded.

While not taping, he also pursued a career in the country music business, where he served as manager of such artists as Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Marty Robbins.

Jake Farris ( Dolly Parton ), a country singer stuck in a long-term contract performing at a sleazy urban cowboy nightclub in New York City, boasts to the club's manager, Freddie ( Ron Leibman ), that she can make anybody into a country sensation, insisting that she can turn any normal guy into a country singer in just two weeks.

Dolly Rebecca Parton ( born January 19, 1946 ) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music.

The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville taking many traditional elements of folklore and popular music from East Tennessee with her.

The label agreed to let Parton sing country music after her composition, " Put It Off Until Tomorrow ," as recorded by Bill Phillips ( and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony ), went to number six on the country music charts in 1966.

According to Parton, he has only ever seen her perform once.

In 1967, country entertainer Porter Wagoner invited Parton to join his organization, offering her a regular spot on his weekly syndicated television program The Porter Wagoner Show, as well as in his road show.

As documented in her 1994 autobiography, initially, much of Wagoner's audience was unhappy, that Norma Jean, the performer whom Parton had replaced, had left the show, and was reluctant to accept Parton ( sometimes chanting loudly for Norma Jean from the audience ).

Wagoner and Parton were both frustrated by her lack of solo success, because he had a significant financial stake in her future: as of 1969, he was her co-producer and owned nearly half of Owepar, the publishing company Parton had founded with Bill Owens.

By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner had grown frustrated by her lack of solo chart success, and Porter had her record Jimmie Rodgers ' " Mule Skinner Blues ", a gimmick that worked.

Parton and Wagoner performed their last duet concert in April 1974, and she ceased appearing on his TV show in mid-1974, though they remained affiliated, with him helping to produce her records through 1975.

Parton refused, and that decision is credited with helping to make her many millions of dollars in royalties from the song over the years.

Parton had her own syndicated-television variety show, Dolly!

It was also during this period, that Parton began to embark on a high-profile crossover campaign, attempting to aim her music in a more-mainstream direction and increase her visibility outside of the confines of country music.

With her 1976 album All I Can Do, co-produced by herself with Porter Wagoner, Parton began taking more of an active role in production, and began specifically aiming her music in a more mainstream, pop direction.

After New Harvests disappointing chart performance, Parton turned to high profile pop producer Gary Klein for her next album.

Norma Jean left Wagoner's show in 1967 after marrying Jody Taylor ( whom she later divorced ) and was replaced by newcomer Dolly Parton, who went on to become one of country music's leading female stars.

Parton continued to make inroads on the pop charts as well with a re-recorded version of " I Will Always Love You " from the feature film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ) scraping the Top 50 that year and her duet with Kenny Rogers, " Islands in the Stream " ( written by the Bee Gees and produced by Barry Gibb ), spent two weeks at number one in 1983.

After a further attempt at pop success with 1987's Rainbow, Parton refocused on recording country material.

In September 2007, Parton released her first single from her own record company, Dolly Records, entitled, " Better Get to Livin '," which eventually peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Dolly Parton at the Opry in 2005

( Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson subsequently reached the top of the chart at older ages as secondary duet partners on records fronted by other artists.

Entertainer Dolly Parton married her husband Carl Dean at the Ringgold Courthouse in 1966.

In 2010, Parton said she became involved with the operation because, " I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

On November 16, 2010, Dollywood earned the industry's most prestigious award, the Liseberg Applause Award, which was accepted by Dolly Parton during a ceremony at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 in Orlando.

Although there was a Roman fort at Parton, around to the north, there is no evidence of a Roman settlement on the site of the present town of Whitehaven.

By the later half of the 1970s, Dolly Parton, a highly successful traditional-minded country artist since the late 1960s, mounted a high profile campaign to crossover to pop music, culminating in her 1977 hit " Here You Come Again ," which peaked at No. 1 country and No. 3 pop.

Olivia Newton-John, Pat Benatar, Madonna, Joan Jett, Deborah Harry, Janet Jackson, Cher, Liza Minnelli, Donna Summer, Terri Nunn, Kim Carnes, and Dolly Parton were all at some point considered for the role of Rachel Marron.

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A month later Parton invited Nickel Creek to perform as her backup band at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

Dolly Parton at the Grand Ole Opry in 2005

After completing mathematics at Chester Teaching College, Parton returned to his father's school to give private instruction to older children in Latin, French, German, English, shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and mathematics.

Parton suggests two " less subtle " variations in Curiouser and Curiouser, one based on Progressive chess where players make an increasing number of moves per turn, and the other based on Marseillais chess where players move two pieces per turn, at least one of which must be a kinglet ( or, the same kinglet may be moved twice ).

John also performed at the November 2004 Country Music Association Awards, televised live from Madison Square Garden, duetting with Dolly Parton on " Turn the Light Out When You Leave ".

The 5, 036 seat Entertainment Centre has hosted a variety of stars including Journey, Air Supply, Alice Cooper, Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Eric Burdon, The Searchers, Faith Hill, David Cook, Deep Purple, Gloria Estefan, Men at Work, Jay Leno, Jewel, Carrie Underwood, Chicago, Olivia Newton-John, Vince Gill, Tony Bennett, Bill Cosby, Styx, Michael Bolton, Ringo Starr, Neil Sedaka, Jeff Foxworthy, LeAnn Rimes, Alicia Keys, Art Garfunkel, Clint Black, David Copperfield, Petula Clark, Roger Hodgson, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Dolly Parton, The Guess Who, George Thorogood, Heart, Steve Miller, Tom Jones, New Kids on the Block, Smokey Robinson, Stone Temple Pilots, CCR, Air Supply, Hall & Oates, Lionel Richie, Weezer, Terra Naomi, Whitesnake and KISS.

The album was recorded at Parton's parents ' house and co-produced and mixed by Ian's brother Gareth Parton at The Fortress Studios, London.

*" Peace Train " lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line

Having spent eight weeks at Number One on the country charts, " Amazed " would later reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 as well, making Lonestar the first country act to top both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts since 1983, when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton accomplished the same feat with " Islands in the Stream ".

A re-recorded version of " If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body ", featuring Dolly Parton, spent one week at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2005.