Featured photo by Jeremy Westby/Webster Public Relations
Rising country star, Cam, sits down with Dolly Parton on Cracker Barrel's classic wooden rockers. Cam asks Dolly about her songwriting, the Imagination Library and her legacy.
Cam gets a giggle out of Dolly with her reference to Dolly's "songwriting muscles" which Dolly admits are big. The two blond beauties go head to head in a trivia game called "Dolly or not Dolly?" Faced with witty quotes, they must decide if Dolly said it or not.
Dolly's newest CD, "Pure & Simple" debuted at #1 on national country charts worldwide. A deluxe edition which includes a 48-page book of photos, memories and stories, as well as two bonus tracks, is available exclusively at Cracker Barrel.
Cam is hitting the road on her first headlining tour this fall.
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Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas presented by Humana has long been known as one of the world’s best holiday theme park events. Dolly Parton unveiled plans for an awe-inspiring new parade—dreamed up as only she can—which will add even more excitement to this family-favorite festival.
Like her new NBC holiday movie, "Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love," Dolly’s new parade celebrates the fun, faith, family and harmony of the holidays. Vibrant floats, interactive characters and a few other surprises help spread cheer throughout Dollywood this holiday season. Smiling, Dolly said,
“The joy I feel during the Christmas season makes my heart sing because of the love and sweet Christmas memories I have of family and friends from when I was a child.”
She continued by saying,
“Christmas is the time of year when traditions, faith and family come together to create experiences we all remember forever. That is why my new movie and this parade are so important for me. I truly believe The Parade of Many Colors will inspire some of those same lifelong memories for the families who see it.”
The Parade of Many Colors represents another significant investment made by The Dollywood Company as part of the $300 million investment strategy announced in 2013. The company also recently announced the addition of TailSpin Racer to Dollywood’s Splash Country for 2017.
Dollywood has added two days to its calendar, December 6 and 13, to provide guests more time to experience the eight-time winner for Best Christmas Event. One of Dollywood’s greatest entertainment offerings is remastered in 2016, as "Christmas in the Smokies," returns to its traditional home at D.P.’s Celebrity Theater. Guests can celebrate the joy of the season while a cast of singers and dancers performs hometown holiday favorites while accompanied by a band of live musicians!
Dollywood’s entertainment team brings a Christmas classic to life with the debut of "It’s a Wonderful Life." Based on the timeless holiday story of love and generosity, small town businessman George Bailey discovers the true value of life, family and friends with a little help from his guardian angel, Clarence.
Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas begins November 5, 2016.
Preview image courtesy of Curtis Hilbun.
Dolly Parton's "Pure & Simple" debuts at #1 not only in the U.S., but, also on the national country charts in Canada, U.K. and Australia. It's Dolly's first No. 1 in 25 years and her seventh overall.
Dolly’s 43rd studio recording and the first release of her recently-announced joint venture between Dolly Records and Sony Music Nashville, achieves #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with first-week sales of 20,000 units! This marks the first time Dolly has topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in the 25-year history of SoundScan.
The new album which released August 19th on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville lands the #11 slot on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart with a first-week total consumption of 21,000. On Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, the disc debuts at #1. In the UK, Pure & Simple enters the all-genre album sales chart at #2, behind Frank Ocean’s Blonde.
Left to right: Danny Nozell, CEO, CTK Management; Dolly Parton; and, Kirt Webster, President/CEO, Webster Public Relations
Upon hearing the news, Dolly Parton, who co-produced and wrote every song on Pure & Simple, enthused,
"Boy, it's a good day for me. I am a happy girl! It feels great to be #1 as it's been a long time and it feels so good to still be in the game after all this time."
Remarked Doug Morris, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment,
“Congratulations, Dolly, for your stunning debut with Pure & Simple. You put your heart and soul in this album, and we join you in celebrating a long-overdue #1 on the country album chart.”
CTK Management CEO Danny Nozell said,
"There is nobody more deserving of this tremendous success. Having worked with Dolly for the past 13 years, I have never met any person that works harder than her. She is a businesswoman that understands her brand and knows exactly what to do and when to do it, and once again, she proves it with a #1 album."
The new project is a collection of love songs written and produced by Dolly. True to its name, the minimalist album uses simple arrangements to create a pure sound.
1991 - "Eagle When She Flies"
1987 - "Trio" (With Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt)
1981 - "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs"
1978 - "Heartbreaker"
1977 - "Here You Come Again"
1977 - "New Harvest…First Gathering"
Preview and buy Dolly Parton's "Pure & Simple" here
Support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library with the new Dolly Parton License Plate.
Imagination Library is pre-selling Dolly Parton License Plates to Tennessee residents. For $35, registered vehicles can display this beautiful license plate featuring Tennessee's Book Lady. Proceeds from sales will benefit Dolly Parton's Imagination Library efforts in the Volunteer State.
A minimum of 1,000 pre-orders are required by the State of Tennessee in order to put the new plate into production.
Visit Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for more information and to Pre-order the Dolly Parton License Plate
Founded in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting organization that has, to date, mailed over 80 million books to children in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States. Each month, the program currently mails over 955,000 specially selected, high-quality, age-appropriate books to registered children from birth to age five in participating communities.
Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading in children, preparing them for Kindergarten and inspiring them to dream. Recent studies suggest participation in the Imagination Library is positively and significantly associated with higher measures of early language and math development. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
"You can never get enough books into the hands
of enough children."
From a quiet corner in her dressing room, Dolly Parton talks candidly about the first single released from her new studio album, "Pure & Simple."
Listen as Dolly talks about a comfortable love that is pure and simple.
See exclusive pre-order bundles for "Pure & Simple" releasing worldwide on August 19!
