Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).

Her first entirely self-produced effort, 1977's New Harvest ... First Gathering, highlighted Parton's pop sensibilities, both in terms of choice of songs-the album contained covers of the pop and R & B classics " My Girl " and " Higher and Higher " – and the album's production.

The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became her first million-seller, topping the country albums chart and reaching No. 20 on the pop albums chart ; the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title track topped the country singles chart, and became Parton's first top-ten single on the pop charts ( reaching number three ).

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

* " Apple Jack ", a song written and performed by Dolly Parton ; The song first appeared on Parton's 1977 album New Harvest-First Gathering

Foster also played a significant role in Dolly Parton's early career, signing her to Monument in 1964, shortly after her arrival in Nashville, and overseeing her recordings, culminating with her first top 40 country hit " Dumb Blonde " in 1967.

Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk.

Country singer Dolly Parton's first single, released in the 1950s when she was a child, was also called " Puppy Love ".

" 9 to 5 " was Easton's first single release in the United States, although it was renamed " Morning Train ( Nine To Five )" for its release in the US and Canada to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's hit movie title song " 9 to 5 ".

The show, which aired on ABC ( 1982 – 83 ) and in first run syndication ( 1986 – 88 ), featured Parton's younger sister, Rachel Dennison, in Parton's role, and Rita Moreno and Valerie Curtin took over Tomlin and Fonda's roles, respectively.

One of the first notable appearances for Butler was on Dolly Parton's ill-fated 1987 variety series, Dolly.

Nine of the band's singles have reached number 1 on this chart, their longest-lasting being the 8-week run for " Amazed "; this song also reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first country single to do so since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's " Islands in the Stream " in 1983.

Jenkins's Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's " I Will Always Love You " (" L ' Amore Sei Tu "), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on 28 August 2005, was the first cut on her third album Living a Dream.

The song made Riley the first woman to top both Billboard's Hot 100 and the U. S. country single's charts with the same song, a feat that would go unrepeated until Dolly Parton's " 9 to 5

The first location opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 1988, just outside the entrance to Parton's theme park, Dollywood.

" Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses " in late May 1988, became the first single by a solo female to spend multiple weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart since Dolly Parton's " You're the Only One " in August 1979 ; both singles were on top of that chart for two weeks.

The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored.

The song was also released by Harris as a solo single in 1981, under the title " Mister Sandman ", for which she re-recorded all three vocal parts herself as neither Parton's nor Ronstadt's record companies would allow their artists ' vocals on the single.

A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, " Rockin ' Years " ( 1991 ) reached number one but 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 ); both the single and the album were massively successful.

Parton's recording of Stevens ' " Peace Train " was later remixed and released as a dance single, reaching Billboard's dance singles chart.

" After RCA acquired Arista Records, Austin's publishing company, Reynsong Publishing, formed Wrensong Entertainment and signed to Madacy Entertainment for her next album, Followin ' a Feelin ', which produced another single in its lead-off single, a cover of Dolly Parton's " Jolene ".

In the 1990s, Carpenter also duetted with Shawn Colvin, a " longtime recording pal ", and sang backup in Radney Foster's " Nobody Wins ," Dolly Parton ( on Parton's 1993 single " Romeo "), and Joan Baez on a 1995 live recording of " Diamonds & Rust.

Besides her own work, Tillis co-wrote and sang on the 1990 Warner Bros. single " Tomorrow's World ", written in honor of Earth Day, and Dolly Parton's 1992 single " Romeo ".

A few months after Parton's song and the film, Scottish singer Sheena Easton released a single called " 9 to 5 " throughout much of the world.

Easton's single reached the number one spot on Billboards Hot 100 Chart three months after Parton's song left that spot.

( One original member of Gypsy Fever, backing vocalist Richard Dennison, has remained with Parton's organization through the early 2010s, serving as a supporting vocalist, as well as the vocal arranger for Parton's band.

( Parton's March 1983 performance at London's Dominion Theatre from this tour was filmed and broadcast as a television special in the U. S .) From 1984 to 1985, she toured alongside Kenny Rogers for the Real Love Tour.

Plans for a brief tour with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt to promote their 1987 collaboration Trio fell through, due to the three artists ' conflicting schedules, as well as Parton's prior commitment to her 1987-88 ABC TV series.

McEntire has often credited Dolly Parton for influencing this trait, stating that she would always listen to Parton's records and find her style of vocal gymnastics, " so pretty ".

This " nothing is as it seems " experience probably accounts for Alice Chess remaining Parton's most popular and successful invention among the numerous other chess variants he created in his lifetime.

With the success of Parton's song, Easton was forced to rename her recording " Morning Train ( 9 to 5 )" for its North American release.

Parton's father was headmaster of Cannock Grammar School as well as principal and proprietor of a small international boarding school for children.

The duo is mostly known for their highly personal interpretations of well known songs such as Dolly Parton's " Jolene " and Leonard Cohen's " Hallelujah ".

Seely has also played at Dolly Parton's " Dollywood " and served as Brad Paisley's date for the 2000 CMA awards show.

Banking on Parton's talent and appeal, however, ABC paid the performer a reported $ 44 million for a two-year contract.

He contributed however a few papers of great value for the newspapers, and for the New Englander of November, 1858, a review of Mr. J. C. Hamilton's History of the United States, as traced in the writings of Alexander Hamilton, also for the American Quarterly Church Review for January, 1859, a review of Parton's Life and Times of Aaron Burr, and in 1860 a pamphlet entitled Early Lights of the Litchfield Bar.

For a time, the song became something of an anthem for office workers in the U. S., and in 2004, Parton's song ranked number seventy-eight on American Film Institute's " 100 years, 100 songs ".

While Parton's song features an empowered ( if challenged ) working woman, Easton's song features a passive, love-struck woman waiting around at home all day for her lover to return to her.

In 2003, Twain participated in the Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I'm a Woman, covering Parton's classic " Coat of Many Colors ", with backing vocals by Alison Krauss.

In 2003, she contributed a track to the Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I'm a Woman, a cover of Parton's " Dagger Through the Heart ".

Dolly Parton's 1968 recording " Just Because I'm a Woman ", like " Honky Tonk Angels ", questioned the male-female double-standard.