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Software Dolly Parton on a parade fl oat, ©Duane Gordon, www.dollymania.net, used with permission Loretta Lynn, photo courtesy Rick Cornett 60 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine picks up an Oscar nomination. Nine to five, yeah, they got you where they want you There’s a better life And you dream about it don’t you? It’s a rich man’s game No matter what they call it And you spend your life Putting money in his pocket Nine to Five Her innate acting talent is quickly recognized, and two years later she co-stars with Burt Reynolds in a musical, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Snubbed by the purists, the film will nonetheless be one of the greatest musical hits of all time. She is superb in her role as a Madam. Among the songs are Carol Hall’s title song, and Dolly’s own I Will Always Love You, which she sings with Reynolds. She is nominated at the Golden Globes for Best Actress. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers… what a great duo they make, and what terrific talent they have. The TV specials, recordings and live concerts they do together will nearly all turn into hits. Their album Once Upon a Christmas sells nearly four million copies. It includes a memorable song penned by Parton: We loved and laughed and played and joked Sang Christmas songs and talked to folks Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes Then to the lodge for dinner But now it’s time for us to go As our hearts melt like chimney snow There’s just one thing I want to know Can we do this next winter? Oh! What a Christmas to remember One of Kenny Rogers’ compositions, Sweet Music Man, is surely as moving as it is because Dolly sings it (it can be found on her album Here You Come Again). I’ve always been convinced he wrote it with her in mind. In 1983, the top-selling album was Dolly’s Islands in the Stream. Islands in the stream That is where we are No one in-between How can we be wrong Sail away with me to another world In 1984 she sings with Sylvester Stallone in the film Rhinestone. Dolly gets a Grammy nomination for Tennessee Homesick Blues.
Software I wish I had my old fishin’ pole And was sitting on the banks of the fishing hole Eating green apples and waiting for the fish to bite Life ain’t as simple as it used to be Since the Big Apple took a bite out of me And Lord, I’m so Tennessee homesick that I could die And Dolly gets good notices right in the Big Apple, at the New York Times in fact, both for her acting and for her singing and songwriting. In 1989 we see her alongside Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Shirley McLaine in the immensely popular film Steel Magnolias. She plays with panache a role in a made-for-TV thriller, Wild Texas Wind, with Ray Benson. In 1992 she stars in Straight Talk (recently released on DVD) and the following year Hillbillies. When she was the Playboy Interview subject (and also the cover feature) in October 1978, she said she had then never seen a Broadway show, nor any other live stage play. She is a natural actress, moving across a sound stage as though she had always been there. No awkwardness. Everything she gives comes from inside, without outside influences, and without copying. She told Playboy something else of great significance. If she had to choose between singing and writing, she would opt for writing. She believes that setting words on paper lets one put things into perspective, and can help heal the author first of all. She also believes that those who read her words, if they are suffering morally or physically, can be touched, and can find there some comfort. Behind the image The statistics are overwhelming. Dolly Parton has written more than 5000 songs. There hasn’t been a year since 1968 when her songs haven’t picked up at least one nomination or award. She has been named numerous times Best Female Vocalist or Best Country Singer, or been nominated for the Best Country Performance. Grammies and Oscars are no stranger to her either. At one point she made an ill-advised leap into the world of mainstream popular music. It was a mistake that nearly cost her the devotion of her fans, and it didn’t last long. She returned to country with an album titled Hungry Again: Bring back the passion we had back then The time has gone by, now we’ve grown too content Lets love like we’re hungry again, now and then Lets love like we’re hungry again Her writing includes an autobiography, My Life and Other Unfinished Business, and a children’s book bearing the title of her first song, Coat of Many Colors. This curvy woman with the extraordinary charisma, already a songwriter, singer, musician and actress, had more tricks up her sleeve, including a strong business sense. It is she who runs the Dolly Parton Enterprises empire. In 1986 she founded the Dollywood theme park, to celebrate her Smoky Mountain upbringing in Tennessee. Two years later she set up the non-profit Dollywood Foundation, to develop and run education programs for Tennessee children. Since then the Foundation has ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine 61
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