Dolly Parton's 1973 hit "Jolene" has been ranked among the greatest country songs of all time by the place that best knows ...

Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth" by a woman who had a crush on the singer's late husband, Carl Dean. Dean's death was announced by the singer on ...

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Megan Moroney slides into Dolly Parton's 1974 cover of the Jolene album for PEOPLE's new World's Most Beautiful ...

A Congolese singer, a Zimbabwean banjo player and a Mozambican bassist walk into an East Nashville bar. What follows is not a punchline, but the trio’s hypnotic opening salvo on “My Kind of Country,” ...

Here's what inspired the legendary country star to write one of her biggest hits: ...

“Jolene” is one of Dolly Parton’s most famous songs–and that really means something, considering how many smashes the country legend has written throughout her career. This week, the tune hits a new ...

By imagining a future encounter with Jolene’s son, Belles doesn’t just revisit the world made famous by Dolly Parton—she ...