Dolly Parton, 76, is estimated to have written 3,000 songs, with some 450released by her and others. But nothing points to retirement. On November 18,she released the album _Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection_from. That is why NU.nl lists five of her hits with the story behind them.
Jolene
appeared in 1973 Jolene, the song about the woman with fiery red hair, ivoryskin and emerald green eyes. Later, Parton admitted that the song is based ona true story. “Another woman flirted with my husband Carl Thomas Dean. She hadeverything I didn’t have,” Parton said in an interview with NPR in 2008.
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.> Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. Please don’t take him just because you can.
Lyrics Jolene
The name Jolene came from another redhead. When Parton met a beautiful girl atone of her concerts, she asked for her name. “She replied ‘Jolene’ and Ithought it was such a beautiful name that I named a song after it.”
The lyrics of the song are simple and only have 200 words, including 31 timesthe word Jolene. Yet, with more than 447 million streams on Spotify, it isParton’s most listened to song.
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I Will Always Love You
Many people know the number I Will Always Love You as the soundtrack to themovie The Bodyguard from 1992 starring Whitney Houston. But Parton alreadywrote the song in 1973 for her then colleague and mentor Porter Wagoner. WithWagoner, Parton sang duets on TV, in the The Porter Wagoner Show. Afterworking together for seven years, the singer wrote I Will Always Love You asa farewell song for Wagoner. It appeared on the album a year later Jolene.
If I should stay, I would only be in your way. So I’ll go, but I know I’ll> think of you every step of the way.
Lyrics I Will Always Love You
Elvis Presley was very interested in the song, but the two artists did notagree with the music rights. “I wanted so badly to hear Elvis sing that song.I cried all night,” the singer said in an interview with W Magazine. “ButI didn’t want to just give away the rights to the song. These songs are mine,they’re like my kids. And they have to take care of me when I’m old.”
“But when Whitney recorded the song, I was glad I stood my ground.” It wasKevin Costner, the other lead in The Bodyguard , who suggested Parton’s songto Houston. It became the best-selling single in the UK in 1992 and in the USin 1993. The song won two Grammys for ‘Recording of the Year’ and ‘BestPerformance by a Female in the Pop category’.
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Faith
Faith is a dance song from 2019 with a Dutch touch. This song is acollaboration between the Swedish music duo Galantis, Dolly Parton and theDutch producer and singer Mr. Probz.
The producer of the song, David Saint Fleur, contacted Parton to sound her outabout the collaboration. “As soon as I heard the song, I thought: yes! It’sabout optimism and believing in a higher power. That’s exactly what humanityneeds in these dark times,” Parton told music magazine Rollingstone.
When you don’t know who you are. I will find you so easily. Don’t you worry,> whenever you need me. Have a little faith in me.
Lyrics Faith
“I ‘Dolly-fied’ the song a bit and added a little more spirituality to thelyrics.” Parton and Mr. Probz both took on vocals on the song, which is aversion of Have a Little Faith in Me by John Hiatt.
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9 to 5
The number 9 to 5 wrote Parton for the film of the same name, which alsomarked her acting debut. Actress Jane Fonda, who also stars in 9 to 5 ,approached Parton for a role in the film. “It’s a great opportunity, but I’llonly do it if I can also do the title music,” Parton had said. And so shewrote the song during the recordings, which was released in 1980 a monthbefore the film premiere.
The song is about working women who say they are overworked, undervalued andunderpaid. It was a statement about gender inequality in the workplace. Boththe movie and the song were inspired by the organization 9to5. Theorganization, founded in 1973 and still active today, consists of women’sactivists who are committed to a better position of women in the labor market.
Working 9 to 5. What a way to make a living. Barely getting by. It’s all> taking and no giving.
Lyrics 9 to 5
The powerful lyrics combined with the sound effects – a typewriter and other’office noises’ – used in the music propelled the song to number one in the1981 charts. Billboard Hot 100. More importantly, it earned the singer aprestigious Oscar.
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Islands in the Stream
The number Islands in the Stream , which is named after a book by ErnestHemingway, was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, better known as theBeeGees. Where the brothers previously mainly wrote disco music, the song was_Islands in the Stream_ initially intended as an R&B song for singer MarvinGaye. But it became a country pop song for singer Kenny Rogers.
You do something to me that I can’t explain. Hold me closer and I feel no> pain. Every beat of my heart. We’ve got something going on.
Lyrics Islands in the Stream
The song is about true love. When Rogers recorded the song in the studio, hewas not happy with the end result. “We need Dolly Parton,” Barry Gibb is saidto have said. Coincidentally, Parton was present in the building at the timeof the recording. She recorded the song with Rogers on the spot and withsuccess: the song was at the top of the charts for a long time in 1983.
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