" She dabbled in acting, including an appearance in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1944.

She, however, dabbled in the black arts, and theirs was a loveless match ; so Tarannon sent her on a ship back to the south.

She had dabbled in that occupation part-time since 1975, and spent several holiday seasons selling hand-crafted jewelry at the Carrolltowne Mall in Eldersburg, Maryland, near Baltimore.

She also dabbled in acting, being promoted as one of the stars of a 1982 teen comedy film, Spring Fever, and later appearing in a 1984 episode of The Littlest Hobo.

She was also skilled at calligraphy and dabbled in poetry.

She also dabbled with television, appearing on Johnny Carson's and David Letterman's late-night talk shows and occasionally hosting " Good Morning, Columbus ," a local TV talk show.

She has composed over 3, 000 songs, the best known of which include " I Will Always Love You " ( a two-time U. S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston ), " Jolene ", " Coat of Many Colors ", " 9 to 5 ", and " My Tennessee Mountain Home ".

She had signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, earning only one national-chart single, " Happy, Happy Birthday Baby ", which did not crack the Billboard Hot 100.

She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).

She was also attracted to the music of more mainstream artists like Olivia Newton-John and The Police, perhaps explaining the contrast in her later music between sweet, melodic " pop " songs and more hard rock oriented material.

She wrote music for films, acted, and created conceptual record albums — encompassing poetry, jazz, chamber pop, and art songs.

She never played Desirée in the theater ; instead, she used the beautiful lyrics and melody to create a major pop hit.

She created hits with the songs " Got a Hold on Me " ( Top 10 pop and # 1 adult contemporary ) and " Love Will Show Us How " (# 30 ).

She choreographed Deuce Coupe for them in 1973, using pop music and a blend of modern and ballet techniques.

She is regarded as a folk singer, although her music has diversified since the 1960s, encompassing everything from folk rock and pop to country and gospel music.

" Rihanna has commented that " he was one of the first female pop icons that I could relate to ... She was so vibrant, she had so much energy.

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.

She incorporated regional Mexican music, rancheras, pop, dance-techno, country and hip hop beats.

She would later resurface in the pop duo Shakespears Sister with Marcella Detroit.

She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single " O Superman " reached number two on the UK pop charts.

She was considered as a pop and music icon in Japan and her concerts there were met with almost unprecedented enthusiasm.

She is currently finishing work on her next album titled " Pretty Time Bomb " which she describes as being " A nostalgic sort of dream of being a pop star in the ‘ 60s and early ‘ 70s.

She was to have further hits with " I Don't Know " in 1959 and " Don't Deceive Me " in 1960, although these were more successful on the R & B chart than on the pop chart.

She toured the UK in 1959, before she had achieved much pop recognition in the US.

She followed it up with a version of Nat " King " Cole's " Unforgettable ", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton, " Baby ( You've Got What It Takes )" ( Number 5 pop, Number 1 R & B ) and " A Rockin ' Good Way ( To Mess Around and Fall in Love ) (# 7 pop, # 1 R & B ).

She first came to prominence in the 1980s, as co-presenter ( with Jools Holland ) of the Channel 4 pop music programme The Tube.

However, four years before the term " power pop " was coined, The Beatles were already recording a series of influential hits that some have retroactively classified as power pop, including " From Me to You ", " She Loves You ", " I Want to Hold Your Hand " and " Can't Buy Me Love ".

She stayed within the country Top 10 up until the mid 1980s ; however, most of her music by the late ' 70s had a slick pop sound to it.

She pulled her legs up under her, to rise, her full peasant skirt drawing up her thighs, and Feathertop's music pfffted away.

She was not present yesterday, however, to enjoy the music or watch the faces of the delighted audience.

She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmic progressions of the Venusians, Capellan visual chromatics and the sonic concerti of the Altairians.

She later had a brief solo music career in the early 2000s after the dissolution of Hole, releasing America's Sweetheart ( 2004 ), and went through several rehab sentences and run-ins with the law until achieving sobriety.

She also had a part in the 1988 Ramones music video for " I Wanna Be Sedated ", appearing as a bride among dozens of party guests.

She won an award for the Van Halen music video of the song " Right Now ", which she produced.

She was also taught domestic skills, such as needlepoint, lace-making, embroidery, music and dancing.

She gained wider recognition for her music in the 1986 BBC series The Celts.

She attended Loreto Community School in Milford, County Donegal and then moved away to attend college wanting to become a classical pianist, continuing her studies in music and also studying watercolour painting.

She was first credited as Enya ( as opposed to Eithne ) for writing some of the music for the 1984 movie The Frog Prince, which was released on a soundtrack album of the same title.

She does not classify her music as belonging to the New Age genre.

She received a bachelor's degree in mathematics, music and education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger.

She acquired a love of rock music during the 1970s, having been introduced by a babysitter to the music of the Los Angeles punk rock band X, which proved a life-changing experience.

She also appeared in the music videos for Savage Garden's " I Knew I Loved You ," and R. E. M.

She studied French, Spanish, music, dance, and perhaps Greek.

She was among the first of the " old guard " to recognize this new genre, as seen by her recording music from The Beatles, Randy Newman, Carole King, James Taylor and other up-and-coming songwriters.

She has said of the ordeal, " My deepest passion was music and it helped.

* Illya Darling ( 1967 ), unused number I Think She Needs Me ( music by Manos Hadjidakis and lyrics by Sondheim )

She introduced him to the music of Captain Beefheart.