A musical based on 1980 film "Nine to Five" will open on Broadway in 2009 with music and lyrics by country star Dolly Parton, producers said on Tuesday. Parton, Jane...
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Dolly Parton is heading to Broadway. The country legend was in New York today to announce that the musical adaptation of 9 to 5 will open on Broadway at the Marriott...
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For a musical performer, a clearly defined persona can be just as important as talent, and after 50 years in show business, Dolly Parton possesses both in spades. Performing...
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It's only 8 a.m. at Camp Dolly, the expansive, Spanish villa-styled compound just off Music Row in Nashville, but Dolly Parton is most definitely put together. And on...
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You'd think someone would have thought about launching a line of Dolly Parton makeup a long time ago. But apparently not. Until now. "I want my own cosmetics...
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Dolly Parton visited the woods overlooking Douglas Lake near the Great Smoky Mountains in designer buckskins and 4-inch heels. But she knew she wasn't the star of this show....
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Randy Parton and the city of Roanoke Rapids have reached a settlement that ends the country singer's affiliation with a flagging music theater that once bore his name. The...
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A back problem has forced Dolly Parton to postpone a concert tour she planned in support of her new CD. Parton was scheduled to kick off a 13-show tour Feb. 28 in...
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Dolly Parton's breasts may be two
of the wonders of the entertainment world, but the country
music icon says they are a pain in her back.
Parton, 62, said on Monday she...
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What's the biz to do when the
top-selling album of 2007 was a Christmas project released in
November, Josh Groban's "Noel," and the second-best was a
soundtrack to...
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Dolly Parton's stage version of "9 to 5," the 1980 film in which she starred with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, has found a home.
The show, which has a score by Parton and a...
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Dolly Parton says she feels like a part of her died along with her old duet partner, Porter Wagoner.
But Parton says she was grateful that she was able to spend a few final...
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"I'll never retire!"
exclaimed an effervescent Dolly Parton, sporting a new upswept
hairdo, as she presided at a Music Row event on Thursday
recognizing country...
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Country music icon Dolly Parton was
honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall
of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that
she quipped...
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Writing a song that touches the hearts of millions is hard enough.
Writing a warm and fuzzy ballad about one of nature's most despised animals — the rat — seemed...
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She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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Martina McBride is both Everywoman
and the Everywoman's superstar.
A 40-year-old mother of three from Sharon, Kan., who has
been married since 1988, she is her...
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Country took its turn in the Grammy week spotlight with LeAnn Rimes, Marty Stuart, Charley Pride and Porter Wagoner among the stars calling attention to efforts to preserve...
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Dolly Parton may not have had a problem with Jessica Simpson's poorly executed rendition of "9 to 5" at the Kennedy Center Honors this month, but the same can't be said for...
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Dolly Parton doesn't know what the big fuss is about.
Hoping to dispel the tongue-wagging set off by Jessica Simpson's less-than-stellar rendition of "9 to 5" during...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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It took some overtime, but Jessica Simpson got "9 to 5" right. Mostly.
And when Simpson's performance of the Dolly Parton hit airs later this month on CBS' presentation of...
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It's hard to believe how many times Brooks & Dunn have won Duo of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
The Hillbilly Deluxe artists, who also hosted the...
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Country singer Dolly Parton will kick off her first major European tour since the 1970s in Denmark in March, the organizer of the Danish event said Monday.
The 60-year-old...
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When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Years ago, conductors with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra would get hot under the collar when they'd arrive for rehearsal and find their best string players missing, holed...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
Entertainer of the year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,...
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Stick a fork in the CMA Award nominations--they're Dunn.
Brooks & Dunn and solo crooner Brad Paisley racked up six
nominations apiece for the Country Music Association...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Dolly Parton is putting some more big curves into her Dollyw ood theme park. And some big dips and spins, too.
Tennessee's top tourist draw will add a $17.5 million steel...
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Rascal Flatts, a group some
initially branded as a country "boy band," has achieved in six
short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a
career.
In...
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It wasn't too long ago that Norah Jones was living a double life, and trying hard to shield it from public view.
In the late-night hours, the smoky-voiced jazz singer and...
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Nicole's man done good.
Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and
Brad Paisley were among the big winners of the CMT Awards Monday night,
with the American Idol alum managing...
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Christian singer Chris Tomlin leads nominees for Wednesday's Dove Awards with 10, including artist of the year and male vocalist of the year.
Relient K, the David Crowder...
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CMT voters gotta have Faith. And Carrie. And, uh, Reese?
Faith Hill nabbed a leading four nominations for the 2006 CMT
Awards, the country music video kudosfest voted on...
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Brad Paisley would like to thank the Academy. The other one.
The Time Well Wasted singer received a leading six
nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards,...
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Bitches became witches in the
sanitized lyrics of the Oscar-winning rap tune "It's Hard Out
Here for a Pimp" when the song was performed at the Academy
Awards on...
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Know the children's book "Boom Chicka Rock"? Lynne Beery does — almost word for word.
The day it arrived in the mail as part of the Imagination Library program, her...
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In a sure sign that the Academy
Awards have become even more glitzy, glamorous and bling-laden
than ever, even down-to-earth country star Dolly Parton will be
sporting...
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Never mind that country music is considered bedrock conservative, the unofficial red-state soundtrack. This year, some of country's most famous names are singing in movies...
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John Williams has
notched a record-breaking Oscar performance for composers.
Taking a pair of best original score nominations for his
work on "Memoirs of a Geisha" (a...
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His aunt was dying of cancer when Brad Paisley first heard the demo for "When I Get Where I'm Going," an inspirational song about life after death.
When she died a month...
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The studio where Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" is being torn down.
And some say it's just heartbreaking.
"I'm disappointed that the studio is being torn...
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The recording studio where Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" is being torn down to make room for a parking lot.
And some say it's just heartbreaking.
"I'm...
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Country singers Wynonna Judd and Cowboy Troy will host the fourth season of the USA Network's "Nashville Star" talent search series.
The eight-week show, which combines...
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The song was only six years old, but might just as well have been 60.
Walking out of a college dormitory after visiting a friend one December night 25 years ago, I heard...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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For Big & Rich, the CMAs in New York was more than unusual — it was out of this world.
John Rich brought three dates with him — each with purple hair, raccoon...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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Moving the Country Music Association awards show from Nashville to New York seemed to make as much sense as a Toby Keith-Barbra Streisand duet.
The awards, which air...
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Dolly Parton and Elton John will sing "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" at "The 39th Annual CMA Awards," which will air live on CBS from Madison Square Garden on Nov....
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For the seventh week straight, Kanye
West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx is in the top spot on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Brown's "Run It!" is heating up the Hot...
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Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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Bettye LaVette landed a top 10
R&B hit with her very first single. In 1962, when she was only
16, her "My Man, He's a Loving Man" peaked at No. 7.
The following 43 years,...
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It's almost a given for veteran singers to dust off the American songbook and cut an album of standards. But Dolly Parton does them one better on "Those Were the...
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Country singer Brad Paisley has to be feeling a little like a bartender these days. His hit single, "Alcohol," a series of funny observations about imbibing that he wrote...
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A two-hour special featuring highlights from this year's Country Music Association festival will air on prime-time TV this week, with performances by Alan Jackson, Rascal...
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"I'm on a small label right
now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But
if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you
to back me...
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"I'm on a small label right now
making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But if I
get a recording contract with a major company, I want you to
back me...
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The nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards, which will be broadcast live 8 p.m. Eastern time April 11:
Male video: Keith Urban, "Days Go By"; Kenny Chesney, "I Go Back";...
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Music videos by newcomers Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson were among the leading nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards announced Wednesday.
The video for Big & Rich's song...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Jazz singer Norah Jones ' current
album "Feels Like Home" will be re-released Sept. 21 as a
double-disc package featuring three previously unreleased songs
and a DVD.
The...
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At 65, Kenny Rogers ' familiar voice is raspier than it was 25 years ago on such hits as "She Believes in Me" and "Coward of the County."
But with his snowy white hair and...
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Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton 's "I Will Always Love You," which she took to the top of the...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Eight is apparently not enough for Usher.
For the
ninth time in 11 weeks of release, the R&B crooner's incredibly
resilient breakout smash Confessions topped...
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"It feels like the joker overthrew
the kingdom," Toby Keith commented backstage after winning the
entertainer of the year award at the 39th annual Academy of
Country Music...
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The soulful chef is inviting tourists to Tennessee. Isaac Hayes , the voice of Chef on Comedy Central's "South Park," is featured in a new 30-second commercial by the...
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Now it's up to artist groups to
ensure that musicians and songwriters collect some $25 million
in unclaimed royalty payments that major labels have kept
tucked...
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The world's largest record labels will
return $50 million in unpaid royalties to thousands of artists
following a two-year probe by the New York State Attorney
General's...
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Major recording companies have agreed to return nearly $50 million in unclaimed royalties to Sean Combs, Gloria Estefan , Dolly Parton and thousands of lesser known...
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Toby Keith took home three awards Wednesday in Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards show, including video of the year for his patriotic song "American...
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It seems a little thing, but it left a big impression on Reba McEntire . Almost 20 years ago, McEntire was staying at a Holiday Inn in the Northeast when the video for her...
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After testing the touring
waters by opening for John Hiatt and Nickel Creek, Vanguard
artist Mindy Smith is playing select headlining shows.
Smith will tour throughout...
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Toby Keith received a leading four nominations for Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards, while Kenny Chesney , Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson picked...
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If you're packing your bags for
Texas right now, you might want to check out the plentiful
selection of indie-label showcases during the South by
Southwest Music Conference...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Dolly Parton will host Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards in April, and Shania Twain will perform.
CMT General Manager Brian Philips called Parton...
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Some of Nashville's finest pickers threw a surprise party Tuesday for banjo great Earl Scruggs on his 80th birthday — and they brought their instruments with...
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Vestal Goodman, the beloved
"Queen of Gospel Music," died Dec. 27 in Celebration, Fla.,
near Orlando. Goodman, who had turned 74 just 10 days earlier,
was vacationing with...
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All hail the vocalists! Four song
stylists are among the victors in this year's jazz chart
recaps, on the strength of albums first released in 2002.
The No. 1 album on the...
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The White Stripes have confirmed a
New Year's Eve concert in Chicago, and will kick off 2004 with
a handful of European/U.K. dates, taking up the latter half of
January and...
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With four victories each, Beyonce
and R. Kelly convincingly demonstrated Dec. 10 at the Billboard
Music Awards that R&B and hip-hop have the kind of mainstream
appeal that...
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Avie Parton, mother of country music singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton , has died after a long illness. She was 80.
A memorial service was scheduled Monday at...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Jay-Z sure knows how to make
an exit.
The retiring rapper is going out on top, as his
swan song, The
Black Album, beat out five other huge new releases last week...
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Publishing executive John Rollins, who witnessed the infancy of Vibe and Spin magazines, had a revelation one day when he dropped a Buena Vista Social Club album into his CD...
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The Man in Black is gone but not forgotten.
Johnny
Cash was awarded three of Nashville's highest honors at the Country
Music Association's 37th Annual Country Music...
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It'll be a testosterone-fest at the Country Music Association Awards this year. For the first time in about 20 years, male singers took all five slots in both the...
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We're guessing even Simon is speechless right about now.
Five months after finishing
runner up to Ruben
Studdard on American
Idol by just 1 percent, Clay
Aiken has shown...
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Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton, an album honoring the legendary country artist, hits stores Tuesday (October 14). The album includes 13 of Parton's hits...
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In tribute to Dolly Parton, 13 of her biggest hits have been recorded by female artists from all genres of music. The album called Just Because I'm A Woman will be released...
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The songs of Dolly Parton will be celebrated by such stars as Shania Twain, Norah Jones, Alison Krauss, Melissa Etheridge, Shelby Lynne and Parton herself on the upcoming...
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While war continues to loom over the world in Iraq and beyond, Dolly Parton brought several nations together with her "Festival Of Nations" celebration at Dollywood over the...
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Dolly Parton will be recognized for her achievements as a musical entertainer and her contributions to Tennessee's cultural heritage during the 2003 Governor's Awards in the...
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Faith Hill was among the five nominees for best female country vocal performance for "Cry," the title track of her multiplatinum-selling new album.
"I'm very proud and...
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Dolly Parton is known for many things: her unprecedented songwriting skills, her award-winning movie and television projects. But it's her unique relationship with children...
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Bill Carlisle and Porter Wagoner were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame by fellow Hall of Fame member Dolly Parton, who welcomed the two after performing "Hello...
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(10/25/02, 1 p.m. ET) -Dolly Parton, Lee Ann Womack, Montgomery Gentry, and newcomers Rebecca Lynn Howard and Joe Nichols have all landed performance slots on the...
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Among the stranger cover versions released this year is Dolly Parton's rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven," from her latest album Halos & Horns. Parton's...
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For many songwriters, the day after the tragedy of September 11 was a day for putting pen to paper, and Dolly Parton was one of those songwriters. "The day after September...
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Dolly Parton's upcoming album, Halos And Horns, features a bluegrass cover of Led Zeppelin's classic, "Stairway To Heaven." Parton's version of the classic rock anthem was...
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Dolly Parton's upcoming bluegrass album, Halos And Horns, will feature the country legend doing a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven." The album, which Parton...
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Dolly Parton will make a rare concert appearance to play a special benefit show at the Families Of Freedom, Families Of Promise Rally May 17 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in...
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Dolly Parton is rescheduling her New Year’s Eve Benefit Concert, Red, White & Bluegrass, at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry house, until the spring or summer of 2002.
"Many of...
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After returning from a media blitz in London last week, country legend Dolly Parton nabbed her sixth career Grammy Award Wednesday night (February 21) at the Staples Center...
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While Reba McEntire has just begun her run as Annie Oakley on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, Dolly Parton looks forward to the day when she will play Oakley--only not on...
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Dolly Parton made her first-ever appearance on PBS's prestigious Austin City Limits on the eve of her 55th birthday Thursday (January 18). She charmed the Texas audience...
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Dolly Parton combed through 16,000 entries to find the winning name for her new multi-million-dollar waterpark located close to Dollywood in East Tennessee. "Dolly's Splash...
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Dolly Parton appeared at her former Tennessee high school, Sevier County High, on Saturday (August 21) to congratulate the football team on its first state championship and...
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The Dixie Chicks took home honors for top vocal duet or group and album of the year last night (May 3) at the 35th annual Academy of Country Music Awards (LAUNCH, 5/45). ...
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Never one to let grass grow under her feet, Dolly Parton has several projects in the works -- ranging from acting to producing to recording. Parton has some thoughts on...
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Dolly Parton heard news of the recent split between her Nine To Five co-star Jane Fonda and her media-mogul husband Ted Turner and had an idea, which she shared with...
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The Country Music Hall Of Fame presented Dolly Parton with a medallion commemorating her 1999 induction during a private ceremony last Thursday (Jan. 6) at the Country...
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Dolly Parton's millennium plans include performing a special concert at the famous Opryland Hotel, along with Steve Wariner, on New Year's Day.
LAUNCH spoke with Parton...
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When it comes to the holidays, Dolly Parton is a self-proclaimed kid herself. It's the one time of the year when the whole family gathers to be together and celebrate, as...
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Dolly Parton
's plate is already pretty full of things to do next year. Among her projects is a new CBS television movie already in the works, and there's plans to expand...
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Dolly Parton recently recorded a duet with pop singer Boy George called "Your Kisses Are Charity." According to Parton, the song is a dance mix that was co-written by Boy...
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Dolly Parton met fans and signed copies of her new album, The Grass Is Blue, at the Wal-Mart in Franklin, Tenn. on Thursday (Nov. 4). The album, which is Parton's first...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
TMC:
Bring On The Night - A 1985 documentary that chronicles the formation of a new jazz-rock band fronted by former Police...
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Dolly Parton guests. (To read a Dolly Parton feature, click here.)
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Rosie O'Donnell - Phil...
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Dolly Parton will release her first-ever bluegrass album, The Grass Is Blue, Oct. 26 on Sugar Hill Records. The collection includes four songs written by Parton, including...
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Cheap Trick will be on hand to play a short concert at the Wherehouse Music store at 7127 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, Calif., to kick off a brand new season of That '70s...
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Country music's biggest night came and went, but not without fanfare. The 33rd Annual Country Music Assn. Awards were dominated by the Dixie Chicks and Tim McGraw (LAUNCH,...
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When Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt tour this fall to support their new duets project, could Dolly Parton be far behind?That's the buzz in Nashville these days, which...
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Amid a flurry of Fan Fair activities, the Country Music Assn. today announced its newest inductees into the Country Music Hall Of Fame will be Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty,...
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Fans of 1987's Trio album, which united the talents of Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, can look forward to a new project featuring the threesome, due on...
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