( 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.

Although it looked like Parton's career had been revived, it was actually just a brief revival before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s and moved all veteran artists out of the charts.

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.

Parton's first solo single for RCA, " Just Because I'm a Woman ", was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate chart hit, reaching number seventeen.

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

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.

Parton's soundtrack album from her own 1992 film, Straight Talk, however was less successful, though her 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon won critical acclaim, and did well on the charts, reaching No. 4 on the country albums charts, and No. 16 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.

A live acoustic album, Heartsongs, featuring stripped down versions of some of Parton's hits, as well as a number of traditional songs, was released in late 1994.

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

Tangerine Dream's album Logos was recorded there in 1982, and contains a tune called " Dominion " in tribute, and Dolly Parton's 1983 concert at the Dominion was filmed and released as a television special, Dolly in London.

" as well as straightforward covers such as a version of Dolly Parton's " Coat of Many Colors ," which was included on his Get Right Intae Him!

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 ".

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

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

Parton's formal education background, like Lewis Carroll's, was in mathematics.

Parton's interests were wide and he was a great believer in Esperanto.

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

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.

Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing two top ten hits with her uncle Bill Owens: Bill Phillips's " Put it off Until Tomorrow " and Skeeter Davis ' 1967 hit " Fuel to the Flame ".

The couple partly raised several of Parton's younger siblings at their home in Nashville, leading her nieces and nephews to refer to her as " Aunt Granny ".

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 ).

" 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 ".

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 ".

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.

She showcased her singing abilities, famously covering Luther Vandross ' " Dance With My Father " and Dolly Parton's " I Will Always Love You ".

Andrews planned on dancing in her school's talent show, but her sister convinced her to sing Dolly Parton's " I Will Always Love You " instead.

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 ".

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.

Nash has closely followed Parton's career, having also written numerous additional magazine articles about her and has reviewed a number of Parton's albums.

Some members of Mountain Ruckus have included Gary " Biscuit " Davis who was Dolly Parton's band leader and produced her cd's The Grass Is Blue and Live and Well, and Youtube Celebrity Kata Hay.

The opening theme song was Parton's 1978 hit, " Baby I'm Burning " ( later to be replaced with " Hoedown-Showdown "); as with her 1976 series, Parton closed each week with her signature song, " I Will Always Love You.

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 album strongly revitalized Parton's somewhat stagnant music career, spending five weeks at number one on Billboard's Country Albums chart, selling several million copies and producing four Top 10 country hits including Phil Spector's " To Know Him Is to Love Him ", which went to number one.

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.

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.

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

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 ".

The album also featured a cover of Dolly Parton's 1976 composition " Falling out of Love with Me ", on which Parton herself contributed backing vocals.

Post also produced Dolly Parton's hit album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs in 1981.

After she recorded the track in December 1983, " Downtown " appeared on Parton's album of covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s, The Great Pretender.

Despite what might have seemed an opportunistic project, designed to capitalize on the later fame of the performers — Parton's and Nelson's careers were at their commercial peaks in 1982 — the album was largely well received by critics upon its release and did well on the country charts.

* Dolly Parton's version appears on her 1994 album Heartsongs: Live from Home.

That year, the song became the title track of Dolly Parton's album Those Were The Days.

In addition to appearing on the film soundtrack, the song was the centerpiece of Parton's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album, released in late 1980.