Show: Biography
Episode: Dolly Parton
Network: (A&E) A&E Network
Date: Friday - April 14, 2006
Time: 8/7c PM
Duration: 2:00
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: Biography: Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is almost more famous for her impossibly curvaceous figure and huge hair than for her music, which is somewhat of a shame. She is after all a distinctive and important part of country music, representing a link from the music of her Appalachian birth to country music's crossover to pop music.
In this special two-hour A&E BIOGRAPHY: DOLLY PARTON viewers will see that the Sevierville, Tennessee, native is a multifaceted artist whose first success came as a songwriter in the mid-1960s with hit songs recorded by Bill Phillips. After she became Porter Wagoner's singing partner, her career took off and by 1971 she was a solo artist. She consistently made the country charts throughout the '70s and crossed over to the pop charts with Here You Come Again in 1977. Along the way Parton became a genuine pop culture icon. Despite the glitzy, glamorous aura that surrounds her, she always manages to include some element that seems like pure country in her recordings.
BIOGRAPHY: DOLLY PARTON shows viewers why Parton's standing as one of the entertainment world's most beloved and durable superstars is undeniably assured. And as the celestial-voiced songstress illustrates on her new Columbia/Blue Eye album "Something Special," the thrill of making music is far from gone for the dazzling superstar. Interviewees include: Darryl Hannah, Lee Ann Womack, Lily Tomlin, Henry Winkler, Shania Twain, Tanya Tucker, Olympia Dukakis, Steve Buckingham, and Billy Ray Cyrus.
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: Biography
A&E's Emmy Award-winning series Biography has been called "one of cable's true landmarks," bringing viewers a remarkable variety of profiles of important and interesting people, represented with depth, detail, and historical accuracy. Biography is the longest-running, single-topic documentary series on television.
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