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Dolly Parton on a parade fl oat, ©Duane Gordon, www.dollymania.net,<br />
used with permission<br />
Loretta Lynn,<br />
photo courtesy Rick Cornett<br />
60 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
picks up an Oscar nomination.<br />
Nine to five, yeah, <strong>the</strong>y got you<br />
where <strong>the</strong>y want you<br />
There’s a better life<br />
And you dream about it don’t you?<br />
It’s a rich man’s game<br />
No matter what <strong>the</strong>y call it<br />
And you spend your life<br />
Putting money in his pocket<br />
Nine to Five<br />
Her innate acting talent is quickly<br />
recognized, and two years later she<br />
co-stars with Burt Reynolds in a musical,<br />
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.<br />
Snubbed by <strong>the</strong> purists, <strong>the</strong> film will<br />
none<strong>the</strong>less be one of <strong>the</strong> greatest musical<br />
hits of all time. She is superb in her<br />
role as a Madam. Among <strong>the</strong> songs are<br />
Carol Hall’s title song, and Dolly’s own<br />
I Will Always Love You, which she sings<br />
with Reynolds. She is nominated at <strong>the</strong><br />
Golden Globes for Best Actress.<br />
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers…<br />
what a great duo <strong>the</strong>y make, and what<br />
terrific talent <strong>the</strong>y have. The TV specials,<br />
recordings and live concerts <strong>the</strong>y<br />
do toge<strong>the</strong>r will nearly all turn into hits.<br />
Their album Once Upon a Christmas sells<br />
nearly four million copies. It includes a<br />
memorable song penned by Parton:<br />
We loved and laughed and played and<br />
joked<br />
Sang Christmas songs and talked to folks<br />
Sleighed <strong>the</strong> fields and skied <strong>the</strong> slopes<br />
Then to <strong>the</strong> lodge for dinner<br />
But now it’s time for us to go<br />
As our hearts melt like chimney snow<br />
There’s just one thing I want to know<br />
Can we do this next winter?<br />
Oh! What a Christmas to remember<br />
One of Kenny Rogers’ compositions,<br />
Sweet Music Man, is surely as moving as it<br />
is because Dolly sings it (it can be found<br />
on her album Here You Come Again). I’ve<br />
always been convinced he wrote it with<br />
her in mind.<br />
In 1983, <strong>the</strong> top-selling album was<br />
Dolly’s Islands in <strong>the</strong> Stream.<br />
Islands in <strong>the</strong> stream<br />
That is where we are<br />
No one in-between<br />
How can we be wrong<br />
Sail away with me to ano<strong>the</strong>r world<br />
In 1984 she sings with Sylvester Stallone<br />
in <strong>the</strong> film Rhinestone. Dolly gets<br />
a Grammy nomination for Tennessee<br />
Homesick Blues.