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 ).

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 ).

For the remainder of the 1970s and into the early 1980s, many of Parton's subsequent singles charted on both pop and country charts, simultaneously.

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

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton's recording of " The Last Thing on My Mind " reached the top ten on the U. S. country singles charts in December 1967.

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.

" 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.

During this period, Parton's visibility continued to increase, with television appearances in 1977, 1978 and 1979.

Parton's commercial success continued to grow during 1980, with three number-one hits in a row: the Donna Summer-written " Starting Over Again ", " Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You ", and " 9 to 5 ", which topped the country and pop charts in early 1981.

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.

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.

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.

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.

O ' Donoghue also found some success as a country music songwriter, his most notable credit being Dolly Parton's " Single Women " ( 1982 ).

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

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.

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.

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

Von Fürstenberg is referenced in Dolly Parton's 1981 song " Working Girl ".

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.

( 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.

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 ".

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 ".

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

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.

The song drew on many Appalachian references from Parton's youth, which she would revisit throughout her career.

His adopted daughter, Ethel, the daughter of Grace Eldrege ( Fanny Fern's daughter ) and writer Mortimer Thomson ( also known as Philander Doesticks ), was adopted by Parton in 1872, and she later adopted Parton's last name.

* Straight Talk, ( 1992 ) This film featured Dolly Parton and James Woods, and had Parton's character living in LPT.

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 ".

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.

The movie's theme song, " 9 to 5 ", became one of Parton's biggest hits of the decade.

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

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

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.

Many of Parton's variants were inspired by the fictional characters and stories in the works of Lewis Carroll.

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

* Many of entertainer Dolly Parton's hairstyles during the 1970s and 1980s ( many of which were wigs ) were beehive styles.

Though most of the show's episodes were taped in ABC's studios in Los Angeles, a numbers of " special " episodes were recorded on location, including one in Hawaii, one in New Orleans, one in Nashville ( featuring most of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry ), and a Thanksgiving episode in Parton's hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, featuring most of her extended family.

Hugo's children ( James Parton's actual grandchildren ) were James Parton and Niké ( pronounced Ni-KAY, not like the shoes ) Parton.

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.

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.

Parton's recorded output during the mid-to late-1990s remained steady, though somewhat eclectic.

( 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.