Robert lee parton biography of barack
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Dolly Parton
American country musician (born 1946)
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton released her debut album in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, commencing a career spanning 60 years and 49 studio albums, including 2023's Rockstar, which became her highest-charting Billboard 200 album, peaking at number-three.
Described as a "country legend", Parton has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[2][3] Her music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. Parton has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, and an international hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". As an actress, sh
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Meet Robert Lee Parton And How His Life Inspired Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton has always talked about her father – Robert Lee Parton – and how he provided for their family “by the bend of his back and the sweat of his brow.”
The family patriarch first worked as a sharecropper in the mountains of East Tennessee and eventually started tending his own small tobacco farm and acreage. However, the farm’s income was never enough for his wife and twelve children that Robert also took some construction jobs. Dolly recalled how they used to take turns rubbing their father’s hard-working and weather-beaten hands using corn silk lotion.
Although their house is filled with love, the family struggled every day living in poverty and money has always been an issue. In fact, when Dolly Parton was born, her father couldn’t afford to pay the doctor, so he gave him a sack of cornmeal instead.
Despite their financial issues, he was never lacking when it comes to supporting Dolly’s career in music. Dolly once revealed how her father would take “a bucket of soapy water in the back of his pick-up truck” at night to clean the statue of Parton that had been put up in her hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee. He is even proudly sporting a “Do