{"id":2071,"count":1,"description":"American Country singer, songwriter, and actress born on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, USA.\r\n\r\nShe made her first solo record [m1168847], a Rockabilly song, in 1959 at the age of 13 on the [l107616] label. She went on in 1962 to make one Soul Pop single \"The Love You Gave\" ([m1246061])  for the [l39357] Records label. In 1964 she went on to sing for the [l26077] label. She first sang the Pop single \"What Do You Think About Lovin\" ([m1663365]). Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul single \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\" ([m1620742]) that hit the 1965 bubbling under charts. Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul Single \"Busy Signal\" ([m718784]). Then made the (Blue-Eyed) Soul single \"Don't Drop Out\" ([m1419675]). In 1966 she scored a No. 1 hit with [a1461660] on the [l5320] Records label. She went in 1966 after being forced by her previous labels to sing Soul and Pop, to sing country. She had her first top 100 hits \"Dumb Blonde\" ([r2294284]) and \"Something Fishy\" ([m614088]). She in 1967 replaced the country singer [a914802] on the [a357983] Show as the \"girl singer\". In 1968 she switched to [l11358] label. She scored her first No. 1 hit \"Joshua\" ([m862209]). She made singles for [l11358] until 1987 when she made singles for the [l1866] Records label. After that she made singles [l216059] label [her own label] and one single for the [l5320] Records label.\r\n\r\nShe acted in the films '9 To 5' (1980), 'The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas' (1982), 'Steel Magnolias' (1989), 'A Smokey Mountain Christmas' (1986), 'Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love' (2016), 'Gnomeo and Juliet' (2011), 'Joyful Noise' (2012), and 'Straight Talk' (1993). Her composition 'I Will Always Love You', written in 1974, became a worldwide hit for [a30542] in 1993. In the mid-1980s, she opened her own theme park called 'Dollywood'. Dolly Parton received the Songwriters Hall of Fame [a164574] Award in 2007.\r\n\r\nDaughter of Avie Lee and Robert Lee Parton; Granddaughter of Jake Robert Owens; Sister of Willadeene Parton, Stella Parton, Cassie Parton, Randy Parton, Freida Parton, Floyd Parton, and Rachel Dennison; Aunt of Jada Star, Heidi Parton, Bryan Seaver, Rebecca Seaver, and Hannah Dennison\r\n\r\nNiece of Dorothy Jo Hope, Estelle Watson, John Henry III, Louis Owens, and Bill Owens; First cousin of Richie Owens, Jeff Owens (10), Dale Puckett, Dwight Puckett, and Debbie Jo Puckett\r\n\r\nStudios: [l310285].","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/dolly-parton\/","name":"Dolly Parton","slug":"dolly-parton","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}