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Walmart Cashier Turned Country Singer Kayla Slone Appears On The Grand Ole' Opry [VIDEO]

Matt Herkimer — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:02:29 +0000

It is often said that America is a land where anyone's dream can come true. That is certainly the case of Kayla Slone who went from Walmart cashier to Grand Ole' Opry performer after a video of her singing Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" shot by a customer went viral on Facebook.

Classic Country Duets On Today's Classic Double

Greg Splashin' McShea — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:14:58 +0000

Country music has been the setting for a number of duets, and today on our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m., we're featuring Mark Gray and Tammy Wynette's 1985 hit, "Sometimes When We Touch". We'll follow it up with another classic, "Islands In The Stream", a number one song for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983.

Dolly Parton Addresses Gay Rumors, Plastic Surgery and More on 'Nightline'

Sterling Whitaker — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:00:02 +0000

Dolly Parton is one of the most important singer-songwriters in the country genre, as well as one of the best-selling female artists of all time. That success has come at the price of having her personal life subjected to all manner of tabloid scrutiny, and in an interview to promote her new memoir 'Dream More,' the legendary songbird opened up about her career, plastic surgery procedures, and love life -- including the often-repeated rumor that she is secretly gay.

Kenny Rogers + Dolly Parton On Today's Classic Double

Greg Splashin' McShea — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:10:01 +0000

We have an historic song to kick off today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. On this day in 1983, "Islands In The Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton became the first country song ever to top the country, pop and adult contemporary charts, all at the same time. And, Kenny Roger's "2012 Christmas & Hits Tour" comes to Turning Stone Resort & Casino's Event Center on December 20th, which also features Billy Dean.

Dolly Parton Dishes on Her 'Trashy' Halloween Costume

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:00:37 +0000

Dolly Parton has such a sassy sense of humor, she’s even open to whole-heartedly accepting the fact that she picked up a “trashy” costume for Halloween. Everyone’s favorite country superstar played along with pushy TMZ interviewers recently as they prodded her about her purchase. The site caught the singer outside of Matteo’s restaurant in Los [...]

Duets On Today's Classic Double

Greg Splashin' McShea — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:10:50 +0000

Today we're featuring duets on our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. We'll begin with one of the great duos, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton with "Islands In The Stream", which went to number one on the country charts in 1983 and was a big pop hit as well. We'll complete the double with Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's duet, "Jackson", which went to number two in 1967.

Dolly Parton to Appear on 'The Bachelorette' Next Week

Megan Pacella — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:00:59 +0000

Country music stars are taking ‘The Bachelorette’ by storm! On this week’s episode of the show, Dolly Parton lends her theme park, Dollywood, to the bachelorette and her date. The country star even makes an appearance in the episode, which will also include Luke Bryan.

Zach's Top 5 Favorite Dolly Parton Songs [MUSIC]

Zach Effrog — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:45 +0000

With over 40 years on the country music scene and sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Music," Dolly Parton is a name that always comes to mind when thinking about the greats in the country music world. Not only has she won countless awards over her career, according to Wiki

Zach's List of Country Stars with Bluegrass Crossovers [VIDEOS]

Zach Effrog — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:33:40 +0000

One of my favorite kinds of musical genres is bluegrass. Ever since I was a kid, I loved the sound of a banjo, mandolin, Dobro and fiddle. And, when you put them all together–it's magic. Country music is also one of my favorite musical genres. So, what I wanted to do was combine my two [...]

Rockin' With Dolly And Ricky On The Double

Greg Splashin' McShea — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:02:58 +0000

On this day in 1991, "Rockin' Years" by Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton was number one on the country charts. Today, we begin our "Country Classic Double" with that song, and continue the duets theme with "Meet Me In Montana", a number one hit from 1985 featuring Marie Osmond and the late Dan Seals.

Dolly Parton On The Classic Double

Greg Splashin' McShea — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:05:47 +0000

Today, we kick of the “Country Classic Double” at 11:30 a.m. with Dolly Parton’s number one song this week back in 1981 “9 to 5″. The song was a big pop hit as well, considering that it was the title song from the motion picture, which starred Dolly. Here’s Dolly performing “9 to 5″ on [...]

Theme Park Returning to Nashville

Tad Pole — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:20:31 +0000

Nashville is returning a theme park to their skyline. Gaylord Entertainment and Dollywood, (Dolly Parton's Company), have announced plans to build a water and snow park near Gaylord's Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

Dolly Parton Raps With Queen Latifah on 'Today'

Brittany Joy Cooper — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:50:21 +0000

Appearing on the ‘Today’ show this morning because of their new film ‘Joyful Noise,’ Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah took the descriptor “cross-genre” just one step further. When host Ann Curry pointed out that hip-hop and country had an intersection in the two artists, Parton innocently said, “We never thought about that. We just thought it’d be rap stuff,” and then she jumped right into a rap with Latifah beat-boxing at her side.

Dolly Parton Turns Down 'Dancing With the Stars' Offers

Amanda Hensel — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:00:32 +0000

With her dazzling attire and stage-brightening smile, Dolly Parton would seemingly be an ideal celebrity to hit the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ set — she’s even got the costuming down already. Still, the ‘Jolene’ hitmaker does not think she’d be a good fit and has refused several offers to appear on the show.

Dolly Parton Looking to Tell Her Story on Broadway

Billy Dukes — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:00:24 +0000

Dolly Parton has the perfect topic for her next try at a Broadway musical: herself. The singer, songwriter and star of the upcoming ‘Joyful Noise’ movie says she’d love to make her personal story of determination and success into a musical, and has even begun to work on it.

Dolly Visits Ellen [VIDEO]

Matt Herkimer — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:49:43 +0000

Dolly Parton made a return visit to the Ellen Degeneres Show on Friday and, as usual, made it a memorable one. She showed Ellen a number of pictures including a wedding picture taken of her and reclusive husband Carl Dean on their wedding day back in 1966. While she did perform her latest release "Together You and I" she did not enter dancing as most "Ellen" guest do.

Don And Dolly Making Music Together

Greg Splashin' McShea — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:10:31 +0000

Legendary “Eagle” Don Henley is recording a new duet with legendary Dolly Parton. And, that’s not all. Several other country artists will also appear on Henley’s new country album. “Don Henley was reportedly in the studio recently recording a duet with Dolly Parton for his country album. Other artists helping out Henley include Alison Krauss [...]

Dolly Has Her Boots On

Matt Herkimer — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:37:41 +0000

Move over Randy Houser. Dolly Parton has joined the list of celebrities supporting the “Boots On” campaign to raise money to assist wounded servicemen and women. (www.bootsoncampaign.com)Joe Nichols has also joined the campaign.

Happy Birthday, Dolly

Zach Effrog — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:00:33 +0000

Today, back in 1946, country legend Dolly Parton was born in Sevier County, Tennessee. She was one of 12 children and in 1964 she launched her county career. She got he first Grammy award in 1977 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. To date, she has won five Grammy Awards total. Through her continuing [...]