If you need us to explain to you who Dolly Parton is, we'd have to assume that you've just arrived on Earth from somewhere in outer space. It's a controversial statement, but we think Parton may be the most famous and successful country music singer of all time. At one point, she was one of the best-known women in the whole world. In the 1970s, she was everywhere.
Good looking, American as apple pie and brimming with charisma, Parton was a record company executive's dream. Her breakthrough single 'Here You Come Again' made her an almost overnight sensation, and from then on Parton never looked back. The world fell in love with her, and her name was on top of the bill wherever she went. There have only ever been a handful of artists who were able to take country music mainstream; Parton was one of them.