Dolly Parton ties up with Reba McEntire in holding the record for the most number of No. 1 singles for a female artist on the Billboard Country Music Chart.
Dolly Rebecca Parton had a life we all wished we could have. Dolly Parton had a life that began with rags, but she managed to spin into jewels. She was born on January 19, 1946, the firstborn of Robert Lee Parton and Avie Parton. In her youth, Parton was raised on a rundown family farm in Locust Ridge Tennessee.
Parton had an early start in her career. At the age of 12, Parton had several stints on Knoxville TV and gained her first recording contract with a small label at the age of 13. Parton then decided to move to Nashville after her college graduation at the Sevier County.
Porter Wagoner was the few of the first people to hear and see the potential that Dolly Parton possesses. Wagoner and Parton started several recordings as a duet for the Wagoner's TV show. After 7 years, Parton would leave Wagoner's show and band for good to establish her name as a solo artist. Dolly Parton's success, however, would not just be contained in the Country Music world but would reach a degree of success in her television and movie stints.
Dolly Parton has tied with Reba McEntire for the most number of top-charting hits recorded and achieved by a female artist. But her song, "Here You Come Again", released in the '70s, was said to have brought a revolutionary change and pioneered a whole new era for country music. In addition, this held the record for a solo to spend the longest time on top of the charts. It was for a total of 5 weeks. This magnificent record was only broken by George Strait.
"Here You Come Again" was one of the pioneering songs of the pop crossover move in the 1970s. It was called a crossover song as it merged the style of pop and country into a song. This became the trend for other artists who would, later on, borrow different elements of pop and contemporary music, put them together in a song that uses Country terms, then add the sound of steel guitar to make it sound like 'Country.'
