Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton's "Coat Of Many Colors" is a fan favorite of the country legend's fans. This December, NBC is turning the song into a made for TV movie. The movie tells the true story of how the song came to be, thru the young life of Dolly. Country songbird Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Shroder star in the show, along with sweet-faced newcomer Alyvia Alyn Lind playing Dolly. Take a look at th

Couldn't you just sit and listen to Dolly Parton all day? And I'm not just talking about a concert. I'm talking about just...well...talking.

You know, if I wasn't constantly on the internet, I wouldn't find gems like this.

Before I rave about how cool this sounds, maybe an explanation of "33RPM" is necessary for some. Vinyl discs used to play at four different speeds--16, 33, 45, and 78 RPM.

Dolly Parton has written more then 3000 songs. That factotum is at once startling AND not at all hard to believe. And one of those songs will win some lucky vocalist a lot of cool swag.

Next stop, Dollywood! I know I'm nearly 38 years old, but I told my parents the next time we go to the Smokies, I want to go to the theme park again. You may recall plans for a Dollywood-themed water park fell through in Nashville, alas, the country legend has much bigger plans for her Pigeon Forge theme park.

I remember in 1996 when Dolly Parton and Vince Gill won the CMA Vocal Event of the Year Award for their version of "I Will Always Love You."

You're probably not supposed to remember much about ANY awards show 23-plus years after the fact. But one thing stands out about the 1989 Country Music Association Awards and that would be Dolly Parton's version of the Don Francisco gospel song "He's Alive."

Dolly Parton never minced words about it.  She said that she will always love Whitney Houston's version of her hit "I Will Always Love You" because it sold millions of copies and made Dolly LOTS of money.  I honestly never thought anyone would come close to Whitney's version of that song.  I mean, holy cow!  She sang the bloody hell out of it and it spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard

Delayed for one day due to the assassination attempt on President Reagan, it was thirty years ago tonight that the Oscar was awarded to Sissy Spacek for "Coal Miner's Daughter",