Dolly is a national treasure.....shes written tons of songs for other people that would surprise you....oh and on another note shes been married for like 50 years so that one whoopin was enough lol
She jokes a LOT. "Jolene" is extremely exaggerated. It was never an issue. Dolly just put her humor into it. This performance was in 1988. This is still one of the most requested of her songs. And she's still going strong. "Coat of many colors" is a sweet memory of her childhood. Also, when you look into her further, you'll notice how flashy she is. She says "Hey. It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Not afraid to joke about herself. Everyone loves Dolly.
Our lady of the holler, Slayer of Jolene, Mother of butterflies, Patron saint of birthing mothers, Champion of literacy, Teacher of children. Her Royal Majesty Queen Dolly, First of her name. Long may she reign!
She's the queen of country, all her songs are just as popular today as they were when she first wrote them...she writes all her songs. She's a living legend!!!
My favourite Dolly quote is "I've been called a dumb blonde but I know I'm neither dumb or blonde'. You've got to admire a woman who grew up without a put to piss in to be worth half a billion dollars
I'm not a blonde, but a man I know used to say to me, "I can see your blonde roots, Mary." Hmmmm...I responded by saying, "Better blonde roots than no roots." He was bald.
Mine is: “This woman that used to walk the streets had all this makeup and hair, high heel shoes. I thought she was so beautiful. And everybody used to say, ‘Oh, she ain’t nothin’ but trash.’ And I used to say, ‘Well that’s what I’m gonna be when I grow up-trash!"
@@AmeliaRoselina I resemble that remark, on both counts, I am bald and blonde. But I have an awesome beard to compensate, which is also blonde, I like to say that my hair migrated south for the winter, it continues to migrate south
Yes, I’m African American and was raised on Dolly movies and music! She is it!! That accent and voice….hence why she is exactly who she is! Beautiful! ❤️
Dolly wrote this song the same night that she wrote "I Will Always Love You"...yeah, that song...the one that Whitney Houston covered years later. Dolly took it to the top of the country charts THREE times herself though. You should listen to the original recording from the early 70s vs. the 80's version here.
Agreed! I love the original '70's version of 'Jolene' - it has a layered richness to it, complimented by Dolly's pure sweet voice. She's excellent live. no denying that, but Jolene has an amazing quality (intimacy?) that loses something with a live band 'over-playing' it....if that makes sense. But I could listen to Dolly forever....and I'm normally here for Eminem reactions!
I love the why she wrote the song. It wasn't a romantic love song, she wrote it for Porter Wagner. He was a big country and gospel musician way back in the day. He was kind of a surrogate father for her in the industry, he gave her her first real start, and when she really started to get famous, he told her that she had outgrown him, so she wrote that song to thank him and let him know that she would never forget what he had done for her.
@@lorirussell6679 Showing Dolly's spirit too, Porter ended up in financial trouble and lost the rights to his music through a bankruptcy. Dolly bought his music catalogue at auction and gave it back to him.
Dolly Parton is story teller and had written 3000 songs by 1979. Her song “Coat of many Colors” is a true story and I would recommend live performances. I highly recommend “Dolly Parton’s Stairway to Heaven” (cover).
Wouldn't want anyone to quote you so her first hit is here...not a long-lasting one to be sure, but it's the "real" first hit she had is Joshua th-cam.com/video/ZFobROlmWxI/w-d-xo.html
All I know is, I heard “Coat of Many Colors” as a young kid listening to AM radio on the walk-talkie my grandmother gave me for Christmas. I was captivated.
3:00 "Okay. She's great." This is so gratifying. Dolly Parton is a legit national treasure, and a true artist and musician. I watched a recent video of her reacting to covers of her songs, and she did these little harmonies without a thought. And they gave me actual chills. Music just flows out of her, straight from the source. Also, oddly enough, a fascinating and incredible autobiography.
Dolly Parton is a genuinely good and decent human being. Among many things she’s selflessly done, for every child born in TN she sends them a book a month until they are school age from her Imagination Library. She also more recently donated a cool million dollars to the research & invention of the Moderna Covid vaccine, and now is listed in the New England Journal Of Medicine forevermore, credited as a contributor of that medical breakthrough.
Dolly also provides a $500 scholarship to every student in Sevier County, TN who wished to attend the nearby Hiwassee College, in an effort to boost graduation rates in the region and improve college attendance. Also, every year, five high school seniors in Sevier County, Tennessee, are awarded the Dolly Parton Scholarship, which provides $15,000 for each recipient to pursue a college education. The scholarship is, according to the Dollywood Foundation, given to students who “have a dream they wish to pursue and who can successfully communicate their plan and commitment to realize their dreams.”
I'm sure you would like The Trio...Dolly Parton, Emmy-Lou Harris and Linda Ronstad, three beautiful voices in perfect harmony. All from different backgrounds, but they blended so well.
I hope and pray he listens to The Trio with Dolly, LInda Ronstat and Emmy lou Harris!! And by the way...Dolly can sing aaaaanything. She wrote 9 to 5. for the movie of the same name....amongst MANY OTHERS FOR different musical artists! She's truly a legend in her own time!!
Dolly didn't beat up her husband, she's joking. Bank teller was flirting with her husband. The name Jolene is a pretty little girl who wanted an autograph. So Dolly wrote this song.
@@ridingtheroad185 No problem. So many people think that Dolly beat them(bank teller & husband) up. Dolly likes to joke. Her way off taking care of things is to write a song. l bet if she had to physically fight with someone, she wouldn't back down. Now Loretta did both. She gave just as good as she got. Then she'd write a song.lol
the bridge, is for me, the song with themost beautiful lyrics. She was a pioneer with this song. talking about loosing a child in the 50s!!!! A real diamond!
Dolly Parton built her theme park very specifically where it is to help the people of that impoverished region. She provides endless financial aid to those in need, especially in the East TN mountain region. She firmly speaks out for equality and human rights for every one. She has always been a savvy businesswoman, and woe to anyone who underestimates the brilliant mind under the wigs and makeup. She knows exactly what she's doing and has from the very beginning, "laughing all the way to the bank", as she says. If you haven't already, learn more about this complex gem of a person.
She probably just grabbed a hold of his ear, drug him up to the bedroom, and gave him a night that would make any man forget a thousand Jolenes! (blush)
@@rebeccaketner816 Want to preface this by saying dolly is perfect she can do no wrong, but just a little PSA you can be abused by someone much smaller than you. Especially when that makes you feel like you can't defend yourself
Another one of her top songs is 9 to 5. It was also a good movie. One of the actors in the movie was Dolly Parton. She also had a beautiful song Coat of Many Colors.
Miss Dolly is everything. Again, a good friend of my mother's back in the day. I remember her when I was a kid and she is the most genuine, caring, and loving person on the planet.
She’s not called a National Treasure for nothing…try “Hard Candy Christmas “, one of my all time faves along with the others listed in the comments. Oh! And “Two Doors Down “.
Dolly is an exceptional individual, one of my favorite singers/songwriters. She's also an author of Children books and has an organization that gives children free books. A child can get a book a month. #DollyTheBadass
She also donated 15 million dollars towards finding a treatment for COVID-19. She is the original writer and singer of “I Will Always Love You”. She appreciated the royalty checks from Whitney singing her song. She has written 3000 songs. Coat of many colors is another great true song. She grew up in a one room shack with 12 siblings. She has a reading program that all children can have free books. She is beautiful at 74-78 years old!
Dolly is still married to the same man for 54 years now. The song is about her being on the road and away from her husband so long. It's about her own insecurities she had to overcome. I'm not saying her husband wasn't a flirt, but lets say they both have had an "arrangement" that's allowed their marriage to hold up all these years.
DOLLY IS A QUEEN!!! I saw her live a few years ago and it was probably the best concert Ive ever been to. She sang so beautifully, but it was so much more than just her singing. She was friendly and loving and joked around. She told the sweetest stories about her family and her childhood. She is so talented! She's also a super philanthropist and has done much for a lot of people. She's literally a Saint.
Yes. Know Dolly. She is a pillar of American music and culture. Her appeal is nearly universal, like Johnny Cash. Oh, Yeah. Know Johnny Cash too. My favorite of hers: Coat of Many Colors.
She was a prolific song writer.... "I Will Always Love You", famously covered by Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard was written by Dolly. In fact when Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston's characters are in a western bar, Dolly is on the jukebox singing the original version.
I just went to Nashville for a mini trip and had a shirt made - "Jolene, you can have him! Love, Dolly". 😂 I'm not the most knowledgeable about country music but I do love Dolly, her very humble beginnings, and rise to success.
Dolly is a national treasure and incredible songwriter and performer. She could do standup! Among her gajillion amazing songs: 9 to 5, Coat of Many Colors, her duet with Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream”….
I have such fond memories of this song. I first heard it when it was released. My uncle was a jazz lover, but he had a job as a DJ at a local country music station on the radio. My mom would have my three year old brother call in and request this song. He grudgingly played it and we loved it. She is a true lady, gracious with the cutest giggle. There’s no one like her. When I lost my hair with lupus, I decided to go big with a blonde wig. She was my inspiration. A great story teller and all around lovely human being. Very self deprecating and constantly joking, which includes the “beat the tar out of him” quip. Some of her quotes are priceless. My favorite is “it costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” And she’s still hip today, with her amazing philanthropic work and involvement in current social causes. Can’t say enough about her. Thanks for the reaction. 💕
What has always made this song so relatable is that even DOLLY can look like she does and still feel threatened by another woman's beauty. Dolly is the kind of woman who can just exist and make many other women feel inadequate. She's not just phenomenally pretty and cute, but her body has always been so vampy. But it's her sweet personality that balances it out, so she's not coming across as pornographic or trying too hard. Also, the song is vulnerable-- it's not "Back off bitch, he's mine---" it's "Please don't take him just because you can." You have to be a confident woman to admit that someone else has power over you, even in a song. Great choice, Dolly IS in your wheelhouse and now you know why she's such a legend!
💕Love your channel! Dolly Parton not only is one of the best singer and song writers of all time. She is an extremely savvy business woman. She wrote a song that Elvis wanted to sing and buy … she said “no.” She keeps the rights to her songs hence she has done beyond well. Besides any of that they gives hundreds of thousands of books and money toward literacy. Above that she gives without having her name put on a building. She gives from her heart. Her kindness is boundless and I believe if you listened to any of her songs they will move you. She came from abject poverty. Beyond poverty. The song “Coat of Many Colors “ is a true story/song of a coat her mom sewed for her to go to school. It will bring you to tears. Very well known song. She is a beautiful person outside but she is a beyond beautiful human being inside. 💕💕💕Oh she did none of those things such as beating . They are still very happily married to this day in October of 2021. That’s her humor. Yes he has thousands of wigs…. Well you just have to know her …💕💕💕💕💕
Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline ... these ladies sang about their lives and brought all of us along with them. I had the privilege of seeing all of these ladies when I was very little. And no, that is Dolly's body. She had that body when I was a toddler, lol, and seeing her live at Opryland and the Grand Ole Opry!
Dolly Parton is a country legend and is a wonderful human being!!I grew up listening to Dolly,this song is one of her most well known and it's so great!!her personality is funny and adorable even when talking about such a topic as another woman trying to steal her man!! Gotta love her spirit!!and great voice that's very distinct & memorable.she's authentic and a beautiful soul.thanks for the cool reaction!!👍🙂✌
Usually county music isn't my cup of tea but Dolly transcends genre. She is a national treasure. She has a heart of gold. She has a program where she mails millions of books to children. She helped local families rebuild after the forest fires in the Smokies and she's donates millions of dollars to help create a Covid vaccine. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Dolly is a National Treasure!!! There will be millions who weep when she is gone. She is beautiful, a humanitarian, funny, sweet and talented beyond anyone. Dolly started out with the Porter Wagoner Show (now he had some flashy clothes!) dolly once said in an interview, “It cost me a lot of money to look this trashy.” Referring to her makeup and big hair and flashy clothes. Who doesn’t Love Dolly???
I’m late to the party but you really need to check out her contributions to the area in Tennessee where she’s from. She’s an amazing woman and her music, both written and sung, are a small part of her awesomeness.
Dolly is an American Classic! Her songs are stories and she can sell them! She also has done film, is a fabulous song writer and is credited as one of the toughest and best business women around. Do not be confused by her soft looks and lyrics!
One of the songs that always makes me tear up is her Coat of Many Colors. Dolly grew up poor as dirt in the hills of East Tennessee. She sings about her life. Just like Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daughter.
my dad loved the hell out of her it took a while but she grew on me she is still so pretty but her i think she was at her peak esthetically here she minded her looks well but i could listen to her on a blacked out room with a blind fold on today she makes me want to hug her and never let go i wouldn't have wanted the life she chose but i would have followed her any where if she just ask or at least i feel that way today. she wore her fame on her sleeve it was her way of being publicly humble and people loved her for that alone. she had a number of her own shows on tv over the years and i don't think my dad missed one episode and if he did he'd get pretty cranky about that quiet as he was he's let you know about that one. anyway she's a treasure grounded in bluegrass and the sunshine that made every thing in the appellations grow.
You should listen to BOTH ISLANDS IN THE STREAM and 9 to 5 . She grew up extremely poor..and her song …Coat of many colours is also a tearjerker. And of course… she WROTE AND SANG … I will always love you!!
Another country Queen and such an amazing person. You should look up at all the things she has done to help her community and less fortunate people. She's been around for decades and has even been in movies. My favorite is "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" it's hilarious. One of the songs from it ising constantly. Its call Hard Candy Christmas. And her theme park is Dollywood and is so fun but definitely different. She even has family member whonworknin the park and give shows. She will even show up.
She also started a charity that mails you children's books from birth to the start to school. It started in TN and is now in Us, Uk, Canada and Australia
Dolly is a very prolific song writer. Many artists have done her songs. Dolly is not afraid to try other songs and she puts her own spin on them. Many of the songs she does tell a story. She shares her faith through her gospel songs. I love her version of ''He's Alive'' . She did an incredible version of ''Stairway to Heaven'' on her album titled Halos and Horns.
I would like to know how old you are. It warms my heart that you are listening to these songs by so many country legends. That said, I’m always amazed that so many younger people are not familiar with the classics. I have made it my duty that my children and grandchildren know the classics. Not just country. Do you know that Dolly sang “I Will Always Love You” long-g before Whitney Houston. Keep up the good work. There are SO MANY great songs out there. Check out Carrie Underwood singing Amazing Grave with Vince Gill. I was fortunate enough to see that performance in person. Not a dry eye in the house.
I like the way she covered a British group's song , HE DRIVES ME CRAZY from the 80's or 90's. She's someone who not only talks about religion, but also lives it. Also has a very sly sense of humor and is a smart businesswoman.
Clairy Browne and the Banging Racquettes "Love Letters" and "She Plays up to You" both similar to this song. Love Letters was in the background of the Heineken Beer Ad.
Dolly is a national treasure.....shes written tons of songs for other people that would surprise you....oh and on another note shes been married for like 50 years so that one whoopin was enough lol
Dolly is an absolute gem! "Coat of Many Colors", "Dumb Blonde", "9-5", "Two Doors Down", "I Will Always Love You", and anything else she's done.
Dolly is an Icon. She sings, writes, acts, and has Jokes. You don’t have to like Country music to Love Dolly Parton.
She jokes a LOT. "Jolene" is extremely exaggerated. It was never an issue. Dolly just put her humor into it.
This performance was in 1988. This is still one of the most requested of her songs. And she's still going strong.
"Coat of many colors" is a sweet memory of her childhood.
Also, when you look into her further, you'll notice how flashy she is. She says "Hey. It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Not afraid to joke about herself.
Everyone loves Dolly.
Our lady of the holler, Slayer of Jolene, Mother of butterflies, Patron saint of birthing mothers, Champion of literacy, Teacher of children.
Her Royal Majesty Queen Dolly, First of her name. Long may she reign!
She's the queen of country, all her songs are just as popular today as they were when she first wrote them...she writes all her songs. She's a living legend!!!
My favourite Dolly quote is "I've been called a dumb blonde but I know I'm neither dumb or blonde'. You've got to admire a woman who grew up without a put to piss in to be worth half a billion dollars
Lol I get called dumb blonde by people who have a way lower gpa than I do. hahahah
I'm not a blonde, but a man I know used to say to me, "I can see your blonde roots, Mary." Hmmmm...I responded by saying, "Better blonde roots than no roots." He was bald.
Mine is: “This woman that used to walk the streets had all this makeup and hair, high heel shoes. I thought she was so beautiful. And everybody used to say, ‘Oh, she ain’t nothin’ but trash.’ And I used to say, ‘Well that’s what I’m gonna be when I grow up-trash!"
@@AmeliaRoselina I resemble that remark, on both counts, I am bald and blonde. But I have an awesome beard to compensate, which is also blonde, I like to say that my hair migrated south for the winter, it continues to migrate south
@@livesincanoe9034 Hahahaha...great answer. I like bald by the way. On both men and women.
Dolly’s not just extremely talented, funny, self-deprecating & generous, she’s as tough as nails w/one heck of a head for business! Love her.
On top of being a talented singer/songwriter, she is a generous philanthropist and helps numerous less fortunate people in our country.
She is a remarkable woman who does not toot her own horn.
@@sandralouth3103 She wears it for all to see, she's inescapably Dolly!
Yes, I’m African American and was raised on Dolly movies and music! She is it!! That accent and voice….hence why she is exactly who she is! Beautiful! ❤️
T little Whore House in Texas were my favorites. Lol
Me too! Especially her movies. 9 to 5 and The be
Dolly wrote this song the same night that she wrote "I Will Always Love You"...yeah, that song...the one that Whitney Houston covered years later. Dolly took it to the top of the country charts THREE times herself though. You should listen to the original recording from the early 70s vs. the 80's version here.
Agreed! I love the original '70's version of 'Jolene' - it has a layered richness to it, complimented by Dolly's pure sweet voice. She's excellent live. no denying that, but Jolene has an amazing quality (intimacy?) that loses something with a live band 'over-playing' it....if that makes sense. But I could listen to Dolly forever....and I'm normally here for Eminem reactions!
Love your show....but my question to you: "where have you been??? To not have heard some of this music before?????" ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love the why she wrote the song. It wasn't a romantic love song, she wrote it for Porter Wagner. He was a big country and gospel musician way back in the day. He was kind of a surrogate father for her in the industry, he gave her her first real start, and when she really started to get famous, he told her that she had outgrown him, so she wrote that song to thank him and let him know that she would never forget what he had done for her.
@@lorirussell6679 Showing Dolly's spirit too, Porter ended up in financial trouble and lost the rights to his music through a bankruptcy. Dolly bought his music catalogue at auction and gave it back to him.
@@lorirussell6679 You're thinking of "I Will Always Love You" I believe...
Dolly Parton is story teller and had written 3000 songs by 1979. Her song “Coat of many Colors” is a true story and I would recommend live performances. I highly recommend “Dolly Parton’s Stairway to Heaven” (cover).
Dolly is very humble, and nice.
"Coat of Many Colors" is her first hit.
Amen, makes me cry every time. Shows who she is... genuine, humble, a beautiful soul!
He’s Alive. I love that.
Wouldn't want anyone to quote you so her first hit is here...not a long-lasting one to be sure, but it's the "real" first hit she had is Joshua th-cam.com/video/ZFobROlmWxI/w-d-xo.html
All I know is, I heard “Coat of Many Colors” as a young kid listening to AM radio on the walk-talkie my grandmother gave me for Christmas. I was captivated.
Coat of Many Colors makes me so emotional...one of her top 10 songs
Dolly is an exceptional human and I'm happy you're getting to know her. Coat of many colors is my favorite.
3:00 "Okay. She's great." This is so gratifying. Dolly Parton is a legit national treasure, and a true artist and musician. I watched a recent video of her reacting to covers of her songs, and she did these little harmonies without a thought. And they gave me actual chills. Music just flows out of her, straight from the source. Also, oddly enough, a fascinating and incredible autobiography.
Coat of Many Colors and 9 to 5 are MUST listens by Dolly
The 9 to 5 movie is a hoot also!!! ❤️❤️
Dolly Parton is one of the most prolific song writers that ever lived.
You need to listen to Dolly sing ‘ I will always love you’, she wrote it too.
dolly could be a comedian, her timing and sharp wit and everything...she's got it
Dolly Parton is a genuinely good and decent human being. Among many things she’s selflessly done, for every child born in TN she sends them a book a month until they are school age from her Imagination Library. She also more recently donated a cool million dollars to the research & invention of the Moderna Covid vaccine, and now is listed in the New England Journal Of Medicine forevermore, credited as a contributor of that medical breakthrough.
The Imagination Library is true gem!
She sends to more places too!!! I'm in Ohio and my daughter and son get her books every month!
@@justfrankiejane7388After 'Country Music', I'm just waiting for her very own, much-deserved PBS Ken Burns documentary🤩💯
Thank you Dolly for Moderna. Got my Fauci ouchie in March. You are one hell of a woman.
Dolly also provides a $500 scholarship to every student in Sevier County, TN who wished to attend the nearby Hiwassee College, in an effort to boost graduation rates in the region and improve college attendance. Also, every year, five high school seniors in Sevier County, Tennessee, are awarded the Dolly Parton Scholarship, which provides $15,000 for each recipient to pursue a college education. The scholarship is, according to the Dollywood Foundation, given to students who “have a dream they wish to pursue and who can successfully communicate their plan and commitment to realize their dreams.”
I'm sure you would like The Trio...Dolly Parton, Emmy-Lou Harris and Linda Ronstad, three beautiful voices in perfect harmony. All from different backgrounds, but they blended so well.
Yeees! An astonishing trio 🖤
I hope and pray he listens to The Trio with Dolly, LInda Ronstat and Emmy lou Harris!!
And by the way...Dolly can sing aaaaanything. She wrote 9 to 5. for the movie of the same name....amongst MANY OTHERS FOR different musical artists! She's truly a legend in her own time!!
Oh, the harmonies from that album are beautiful.
"There are two kinds of men in this world… Those who are in love with Emmy-Lou Harris, and those who have not met Emmy-Lou Harris.”
- Willie Nelson
Dolly didn't beat up her husband, she's joking. Bank teller was flirting with her husband. The name Jolene is a pretty little girl who wanted an autograph. So Dolly wrote this song.
Yes I just added this before I saw your post!
@@ridingtheroad185 No problem. So many people think that Dolly beat them(bank teller & husband) up. Dolly likes to joke. Her way off taking care of things is to write a song. l bet if she had to physically fight with someone, she wouldn't back down. Now Loretta did both. She gave just as good as she got. Then she'd write a song.lol
You beat me to it. You're correct.
Yes. He took her a little too seriously.
You really should watch her sing this with Pentatonix...gorgeous!
ABSOLUTELY watch her perform this with Pentatonix!!! It's so well done!!👍😄✌
the bridge, is for me, the song with themost beautiful lyrics. She was a pioneer with this song. talking about loosing a child in the 50s!!!! A real diamond!
I just can't believe you haven't heard Dolly Parton till now. I know her for ages and I am from Romania.
That blew me away too!
Dolly Parton is a gem in just about every way possible
Dolly Parton built her theme park very specifically where it is to help the people of that impoverished region. She provides endless financial aid to those in need, especially in the East TN mountain region. She firmly speaks out for equality and human rights for every one. She has always been a savvy businesswoman, and woe to anyone who underestimates the brilliant mind under the wigs and makeup. She knows exactly what she's doing and has from the very beginning, "laughing all the way to the bank", as she says. If you haven't already, learn more about this complex gem of a person.
If you knew Dolly you'd know she is rarely serious about herself. I doubt she actually committed domestic violence.
She probably just grabbed a hold of his ear, drug him up to the bedroom, and gave him a night that would make any man forget a thousand Jolenes! (blush)
Ms. Patron's husband is at least a foot taller than she is. She's a tiny lady, very petite.
I am she he was smacked for embarrassing her.
@@rebeccaketner816 Want to preface this by saying dolly is perfect she can do no wrong, but just a little PSA you can be abused by someone much smaller than you. Especially when that makes you feel like you can't defend yourself
Another one of her top songs is 9 to 5. It was also a good movie. One of the actors in the movie was Dolly Parton.
She also had a beautiful song Coat of Many Colors.
She gives a lot of money time for Tennessee - when a fire burned a lot of peoples houses down in Gatlinburg she built them back
COAT OF MANY COLORS it's a true story that tells you where Dolly comes from and is my favorite Dolly Parton song.
You will never forget her now. We are all blessed to have her with us. She is just a little Tennessee girl.
Miss Dolly is everything. Again, a good friend of my mother's back in the day. I remember her when I was a kid and she is the most genuine, caring, and loving person on the planet.
Listen to Coat of Many Colors!!! It is so rich with meaning.
The best concert I ever experienced was a Dolly Parton show. She has great stage presence, amazing crowd work and a special musical talent.
Dolly is one of the best of the best!!!
She’s not called a National Treasure for nothing…try “Hard Candy Christmas “, one of my all time faves along with the others listed in the comments. Oh! And “Two Doors Down “.
Hard Candy Christmas is a staple in my music library year-round.
Dolly is an exceptional individual, one of my favorite singers/songwriters. She's also an author of Children books and has an organization that gives children free books. A child can get a book a month. #DollyTheBadass
She also donated 15 million dollars towards finding a treatment for COVID-19. She is the original writer and singer of “I Will Always Love You”. She appreciated the royalty checks from Whitney singing her song. She has written 3000 songs. Coat of many colors is another great true song. She grew up in a one room shack with 12 siblings. She has a reading program that all children can have free books. She is beautiful at 74-78 years old!
Dolly is still married to the same man for 54 years now. The song is about her being on the road and away from her husband so long. It's about her own insecurities she had to overcome. I'm not saying her husband wasn't a flirt, but lets say they both have had an "arrangement" that's allowed their marriage to hold up all these years.
This and her version of ‘House of the Rising Sun’ are two of my all time favorites.
She also sings "He's Alive" one of my absolute favorite songs! ❤
DOLLY IS A QUEEN!!! I saw her live a few years ago and it was probably the best concert Ive ever been to. She sang so beautifully, but it was so much more than just her singing. She was friendly and loving and joked around. She told the sweetest stories about her family and her childhood. She is so talented! She's also a super philanthropist and has done much for a lot of people. She's literally a Saint.
Shes written over 3500 songs! Check out Coat of Many Colors
I agree. It’s my favorite Dolly song. They’ve made a movie of it.
You need to check out more. She a national treasure. We all love her.
She’s been married 50 some years. Think she 5’1
Yes. Know Dolly. She is a pillar of American music and culture. Her appeal is nearly universal, like Johnny Cash. Oh, Yeah. Know Johnny Cash too.
My favorite of hers: Coat of Many Colors.
I’ll say it again, Allison Krauss.
“When you say nothing at all “
She’ll melt your heart
Allison Krauss's Jubilee is one of my all-time favorite songs. Just beautiful.
She was a prolific song writer.... "I Will Always Love You", famously covered by Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard was written by Dolly.
In fact when Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston's characters are in a western bar, Dolly is on the jukebox singing the original version.
This song is so good it gives me chills every time I hear it...
Dolly is one of a kind. Also you have the best soft spoken voice ever.
I just went to Nashville for a mini trip and had a shirt made - "Jolene, you can have him! Love, Dolly". 😂 I'm not the most knowledgeable about country music but I do love Dolly, her very humble beginnings, and rise to success.
Dolly is a national treasure and incredible songwriter and performer. She could do standup! Among her gajillion amazing songs: 9 to 5, Coat of Many Colors, her duet with Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream”….
She is one of the greatest! Singer, writer and performer
Coat of many colors is so good! But all her music is truly great.
I have such fond memories of this song. I first heard it when it was released. My uncle was a jazz lover, but he had a job as a DJ at a local country music station on the radio. My mom would have my three year old brother call in and request this song. He grudgingly played it and we loved it. She is a true lady, gracious with the cutest giggle. There’s no one like her. When I lost my hair with lupus, I decided to go big with a blonde wig. She was my inspiration. A great story teller and all around lovely human being. Very self deprecating and constantly joking, which includes the “beat the tar out of him” quip. Some of her quotes are priceless. My favorite is “it costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” And she’s still hip today, with her amazing philanthropic work and involvement in current social causes. Can’t say enough about her. Thanks for the reaction. 💕
Oh, and you'd have a great time watching the movie "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" with Dolly, Burt Reynolds, Dom Delouise, and Jim Nabors.
9 to 5 is a better movie to start
Love that movie
Love them both. I was surprised how good an actor she is with the right script. Ditto Kenny Rogers and Reba McEntire.
What has always made this song so relatable is that even DOLLY can look like she does and still feel threatened by another woman's beauty. Dolly is the kind of woman who can just exist and make many other women feel inadequate. She's not just phenomenally pretty and cute, but her body has always been so vampy. But it's her sweet personality that balances it out, so she's not coming across as pornographic or trying too hard. Also, the song is vulnerable-- it's not "Back off bitch, he's mine---" it's "Please don't take him just because you can." You have to be a confident woman to admit that someone else has power over you, even in a song. Great choice, Dolly IS in your wheelhouse and now you know why she's such a legend!
Excellent song selection! Great tune! She's an artist who can't be contained by one genre. She's just adorable, though! Love it!
Dolly is amazing!!! So many songs that are great too many to pick a favorite
Love Dolly she is tje QUEEN of Country!💗😁 Great reaction, her original release of this song is her bext version!
Damb all my type-O's😣
💕Love your channel! Dolly Parton not only is one of the best singer and song writers of all time. She is an extremely savvy business woman. She wrote a song that Elvis wanted to sing and buy … she said “no.” She keeps the rights to her songs hence she has done beyond well. Besides any of that they gives hundreds of thousands of books and money toward literacy. Above that she gives without having her name put on a building. She gives from her heart. Her kindness is boundless and I believe if you listened to any of her songs they will move you. She came from abject poverty. Beyond poverty. The song “Coat of Many Colors “ is a true story/song of a coat her mom sewed for her to go to school. It will bring you to tears. Very well known song. She is a beautiful person outside but she is a beyond beautiful human being inside. 💕💕💕Oh she did none of those things such as beating . They are still very happily married to this day in October of 2021. That’s her humor. Yes he has thousands of wigs…. Well you just have to know her …💕💕💕💕💕
Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline ... these ladies sang about their lives and brought all of us along with them. I had the privilege of seeing all of these ladies when I was very little. And no, that is Dolly's body. She had that body when I was a toddler, lol, and seeing her live at Opryland and the Grand Ole Opry!
I grew up seeing Dolly every where. It was the eighties. She had a lot of Christmas specials.
Dolly Parton is a country legend and is a wonderful human being!!I grew up listening to Dolly,this song is one of her most well known and it's so great!!her personality is funny and adorable even when talking about such a topic as another woman trying to steal her man!! Gotta love her spirit!!and great voice that's very distinct & memorable.she's authentic and a beautiful soul.thanks for the cool reaction!!👍🙂✌
coat of many colours,is my ultimate fave,the story to it is wonderful xx
9-5 is a bop. Definitely check it out.
Usually county music isn't my cup of tea but Dolly transcends genre. She is a national treasure. She has a heart of gold. She has a program where she mails millions of books to children. She helped local families rebuild after the forest fires in the Smokies and she's donates millions of dollars to help create a Covid vaccine. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Dolly writes all her music and is a great performer. Thanks. She wrote I Will always love you covered by Whitney Houston!
Dolly is now the Queen of Country, and treated like royalty in the Country World, and even more.
Dolly is a National Treasure!!! There will be millions who weep when she is gone. She is beautiful, a humanitarian, funny, sweet and talented beyond anyone.
Dolly started out with the Porter Wagoner Show (now he had some flashy clothes!) dolly once said in an interview, “It cost me a lot of money to look this trashy.” Referring to her makeup and big hair and flashy clothes.
Who doesn’t Love Dolly???
i love that it only took 3 jolenes "ok she's great" She's a legend!!!
You said it! How could someone like you not know this epic song! Lolol!
You should know all about Dolly! Check out her community work! She has taken care of the people of Gatlinburg and pigeon forge for years!!
You are missing out if you don't know Dollys music
She also sings with Porter Wagoner and she also sings with Kenny Rogers just some more things to look for
YES, she is very tiny...and a really sweet woman, I got to perform with her sister Stella at one time...I'm so glad you appriciate her work.
Love her. I'm a fan. She's beautiful, talented, songs are great and her voice is beautiful. So pure.
She’s an Angel, she has helped so many people
I would love to see you react to Lil Nas X cover of this because it the same words...but a whole different experience. Both are excellent.
I’m late to the party but you really need to check out her contributions to the area in Tennessee where she’s from. She’s an amazing woman and her music, both written and sung, are a small part of her awesomeness.
I love your comments and your presentation style. Thank you for your efforts.
Thank you for playing many songs by many artists I have forgotten.
Dolly is an American Classic! Her songs are stories and she can sell them! She also has done film, is a fabulous song writer and is credited as one of the toughest and best business women around. Do not be confused by her soft looks and lyrics!
One of the songs that always makes me tear up is her Coat of Many Colors. Dolly grew up poor as dirt in the hills of East Tennessee. She sings about her life. Just like Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daughter.
Dolly is great. Glad u appreciate her.
One of the greatest singer songwriters ever. Top 10 ever in music history
Dolly was one of influences as a kid. Her sass and shade was too good. And her voice is iconic.
Great video. Loretta Lynn, You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man. OG country song story telling.
She is one amazing person singer and actress
my dad loved the hell out of her it took a while but she grew on me she is still so pretty but her i think she was at her peak esthetically here she minded her looks well but i could listen to her on a blacked out room with a blind fold on today she makes me want to hug her and never let go i wouldn't have wanted the life she chose but i would have followed her any where if she just ask or at least i feel that way today. she wore her fame on her sleeve it was her way of being publicly humble and people loved her for that alone. she had a number of her own shows on tv over the years and i don't think my dad missed one episode and if he did he'd get pretty cranky about that quiet as he was he's let you know about that one. anyway she's a treasure grounded in bluegrass and the sunshine that made every thing in the appellations grow.
You should listen to BOTH ISLANDS IN THE STREAM and 9 to 5 .
She grew up extremely poor..and her song …Coat of many colours is also a tearjerker.
And of course… she WROTE AND SANG … I will always love you!!
Dolly singing her song I Will Always Love You, she wrote it and let Whitney sing it.
Another country Queen and such an amazing person. You should look up at all the things she has done to help her community and less fortunate people.
She's been around for decades and has even been in movies.
My favorite is "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" it's hilarious. One of the songs from it ising constantly. Its call Hard Candy Christmas.
And her theme park is Dollywood and is so fun but definitely different. She even has family member whonworknin the park and give shows. She will even show up.
I will always love him is something to here.
She also started a charity that mails you children's books from birth to the start to school. It started in TN and is now in Us, Uk, Canada and Australia
Dolly is a very prolific song writer. Many artists have done her songs. Dolly is not afraid to try other songs and she puts her own spin on them. Many of the songs she does tell a story. She shares her faith through her gospel songs. I love her version of ''He's Alive'' . She did an incredible version of ''Stairway to Heaven'' on her album titled Halos and Horns.
I would like to know how old you are. It warms my heart that you are listening to these songs by so many country legends. That said, I’m always amazed that so many younger people are not familiar with the classics. I have made it my duty that my children and grandchildren know the classics. Not just country. Do you know that Dolly sang “I Will Always Love You” long-g before Whitney Houston. Keep up the good work. There are SO MANY great songs out there. Check out Carrie Underwood singing Amazing Grave with Vince Gill. I was fortunate enough to see that performance in person. Not a dry eye in the house.
She is truely a beautiful person inside and out. Yes she is short.
I like the way she covered a British group's song , HE DRIVES ME CRAZY from the 80's or 90's. She's someone who not only talks about religion, but also lives it. Also has a very sly sense of humor and is a smart businesswoman.
I enjoy watching your reactions to the songs of long ago.
Clairy Browne and the Banging Racquettes "Love Letters" and "She Plays up to You" both similar to this song. Love Letters was in the background of the Heineken Beer Ad.