Dolly Parton has become a national treasure and a music legend over the course of her enduring career. The country star, who turns 80 on Jan. 19, 2026, is Nashville's pride and joy. With 70 years of ...

A biography of Dolly Parton ought to cartwheel out of bookstores. If ever there was a life story to celebrate, it’s the one about the little girl from the ...

In 1959, a skinny 13-year-old girl stepped off a bus in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after a 30-hour ride with her grandmother. She walked into a recording studio in a garage attached to a TV repair shop, ...