{"id":34970,"date":"2026-01-19T04:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/happy-80th-birthday-dolly-parton\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:46:04","slug":"happy-80th-birthday-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/01\/happy-80th-birthday-dolly-parton\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 80th Birthday, Dolly Parton!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Queen of Country,&nbsp;<strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong>, is 80 years old today.&nbsp; What an amazing life she&#8217;s led.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolly was born as the fourth-born of 12 siblings on January 19th, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee . . . which is a tiny town in the Smoky Mountains. &nbsp;Here are some highlights from Dolly&#8217;s incredible life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp; She wrote&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;Jolene&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp; She has a $650 million&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/entertainment\/dolly-parton-650-million-empire-from-humble-roots-queen-country-music-movies-now-makeup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>empire<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that includes Dollywood . . . a beauty line . . . baking kits . . . a series of books . . . a hotel . . . truck stops . . . and dog toys and treats that she sells on her website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.dollyparton.com\/collections\/doggy-parton-dog-toys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DoggyParton.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp; Dolly&#8217;s Imagination Library has given out over 200 million free&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginationlibrary.com\/200-million-books\/\"><strong>books<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.\u00a0 She&#8217;s won\u00a011 Grammys and is a member\u00a0of the Country Music Hall of Fame. <strong><em>(She&#8217;s also been nominated for two Oscars, six Golden Globes, and a Tony.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.&nbsp; And Tennessee&nbsp;<strong>Governor Bill Lee<\/strong>&nbsp;just proclaimed&nbsp;that today is officially Dolly Parton Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolly Parton\u2019s Friends Have a SURPRISE For Her\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMq3jeRc8Os?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queen of Country,&nbsp;Dolly Parton, is 80 years old today.&nbsp; What an amazing life she&#8217;s led. 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