History Music / DollyParton

** Despite being very open about the amount of plastic surgery she's had, what MerleHaggard and GeorgeJones so eloquently described as [[GagBoobs the "two good reasons that she's well known"]] are, in fact, 100% real.

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a CountryMusic singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman with over 3,000 songwriting credits to her name. The fourth of 12 children, Parton began singing in her childhood, working on Porter Wagoner's radio show. After a couple of singles on Monument Records, she was signed to RCA Victor Records in 1968. A few modest hits came in the next couple of years, followed by the Number One "Joshua" in 1970. She stayed with RCA through the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and into the [[TheEighties 1980s]], then switched to Columbia and stayed there until 1995. In her career, Parton charted 25 Number One singles, counting two different versions of her SignatureSong "I Will Always Love You". Also included in her total is a duet with BradPaisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going", which in early 2006 made Parton the oldest female artist to chart a Number One country song. Of course, Parton has earned several awards just for her music, including seven Grammy Awards.

* BuxomIsBigger: Perhaps the MostTriumphantExample.

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Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a CountryMusic singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman with over 10,000 songwriting credits to her name. The fourth of 12 children, Parton began singing in her childhood, working on Porter Wagoner's radio show. After a couple of singles on Monument Records, she was signed to RCA Victor Records in 1968. A few modest hits came in the next couple of years, followed by the Number One "Joshua" in 1970. She stayed with RCA through the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and into the [[TheEighties 1980s]], then switched to Columbia and stayed there until 1995. In her career, Parton charted 25 Number One singles, counting two different versions of her SignatureSong "I Will Always Love You". Also included in her total is a duet with BradPaisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going", which in early 2006 made Parton the oldest female artist to chart a Number One country song. Of course, Parton has earned several awards just for her music, including seven Grammy Awards.

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a CountryMusic singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman. The fourth of 12 children, Parton began singing in her childhood, working on Porter Wagoner's radio show. After a couple of singles on Monument Records, she was signed to RCA Victor Records in 1968. A few modest hits came in the next couple of years, followed by the Number One "Joshua" in 1970. She stayed with RCA through the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and into the [[TheEighties 1980s]], then switched to Columbia and stayed there until 1995. In her career, Parton charted 25 Number One singles, counting two different versions of her SignatureSong "I Will Always Love You". Also included in her total is a duet with BradPaisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going", which in early 2006 made Parton the oldest female artist to chart a Number One country song. Of course, Parton has earned several awards just for her music, including seven Grammy Awards.

* RealityIsUnrealistic / YourCostumeNeedsWork: She once ''lost'' a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, and even better, the other competitors were {{Drag Queen}}s. She says that they probably thought she was a midget since she was so much shorter than the rest of them.

* {{Signature Song}}s: "Coat of Many Colors", "Jolene", "I Will Always Love You", "9 to 5" and "Islands in the Stream".

* RealityIsUnrealistic / YourCostumeNeedsWork: She once ''lost'' a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, and even better, the other competitors were {{Drag Queen}}s.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: She loves talking about the time she lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, the best part being that the contestants were all {{Drag Queen}}s, and they probably thought she was a midget since she was so much shorter than the rest of them.

* SelfDeprection: Is perfectly willing to joke about her appearance and her breast size.

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* GagBoobs

* StylisticSuck: Essentially what her signature looks boils down to. She even once told Anderson Cooper that she specifically based it on a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold woman of ill repute]] who she knew growing up.

** Despite being very open about the amount of plastic surgery she's had, what MerleHaggard and GeorgeJones so eloquently described as [[GagBoobs the "two reasons that she's well known"]] are, in fact, 100% real.

* CountryMusic: She is creator of this style of happen' country music. Its actually what made her famous in the mid 1980's.

* DumbBlonde: "I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes, because I know I'm not dumb. And I'm [[LampshadeHanging not blonde.]]" ("Dumb Blonde" was also the title of Parton's first hit, from 1967.)

* {{I Am Song}}: "Backwoods Barbie", written for ''9 to 5: The Musical'' and recorded by Dolly herself.
* ProgressiveCountry: She is creator of this style of happen' country music. Its actually what made her famous in the mid 1980's.

* RereleaseTheSong: She re-released "I Will Always Love You" in 1982, eight years after the original. Both versions went to #1 on the country charts. She cut it a third time in 1995 with VinceGill and, although it was never officially released as a single, it went to #15. WhitneyHouston's cover is ''still'' the [[CoveredUp more famous version]], and Dolly herself loved it.

* RereleaseTheSong: She re-released "I Will Always Love You" in 1982, eight years after the original. Both versions went to #1 on the country charts. She cut it a third time in 1995 with VinceGill and, although it was never officially released as a single, it went to #15.

* RealityIsUnrealistic / YourCostumeNeedsWork: She once ''lost'' a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.

* YourCheatingHeart: "Jolene," a rare instance of the song being from the point of view of the person about to be cuckolded.

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a CountryMusic singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman. The fourth of 12 children, Parton began singing in her childhood, working on Porter Wagoner's radio show. After a couple of singles on Monument Records, she was signed to RCA Victor Records in 1968. A few modest hits came in the next couple of years, followed by the Number One "Joshua" in 1970. She stayed with RCA through the 1970s and into the 1980s, then switched to Columbia and stayed there until 1995. In her career, Parton charted 25 Number One singles, counting two different versions of her SignatureSong "I Will Always Love You". Also included in her total is a duet with BradPaisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going", which in early 2006 made Parton the oldest female artist to chart a Number One country song. Of course, Parton has earned several awards just for her music, including seven Grammy Awards.

* DumbBlonde: "I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes, because I know I'm not dumb. And I'm [[LampshadeHanging not blonde.]]"

Parton is known for her campy, big-breasted image, as well as joking about her large amounts of plastic surgery. But underneath it all, she has a really big... [[LastSecondWordSwap heart]], including several philanthropic efforts and even her own theme park, Dollywood. She's also well known in the gay community for her support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.