Trio II is the second collaborative studio album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. It was released on February 9, 1999, by Asylum Records. A dozen years after the release of their Platinum, Grammy-winning Trio album, the country music supergroup returned with another in the same vein. The songs were recorded in 1994 […]
“Downtown” is a song written and produced by English composer Tony Hatch. Dolly Parton recorded “Downtown” in Nashville in October 1983 in the sessions for her covers album The Great Pretender, a Val Garay production which focused on hits from the 1950s and 1960s. “Downtown” served as the album’s second single release in March 1984 […]
The Great Pretender is the twenty-sixth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on January 23, 1984, by RCA Records. It is composed of covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s. The album was produced by Val Garay. It made heavy use of synthesizers and had a decidedly pop sound. […]
“Save The Last Dance For Me” is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group the Drifters with Ben E. King on lead vocals. In 1983, Dolly Parton recorded “Save the Last Dance for Me,” releasing it as a single in late November; the song subsequently […]
Real Love is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on January 21, 1985, by RCA Records. The album was produced by David Malloy, and would be Parton’s last studio album for RCA Records. It includes two number one country singles, “Real Love” (a duet with Kenny Rogers) and […]
“Real Love” is a song written by David Malloy, Richard “Spady” Brannon and Randy McCormick, and recorded as a duet by American entertainers Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers that topped the U.S. country singles charts in August 1985. It was released in April 1985 the second single and title track from Parton’s Real Love album. […]
Great Balls Of Fire is the twenty-first solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on May 28, 1979, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Dean Parks and Gregg Perry with Parton and Charles Koppelman serving as executive producers. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Country […]
“You’re The Only One” is a song written by Carole Bayer Sager and Bruce Roberts, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. Included on Parton’s album Great Balls of Fire, the song was released as the album’s first single in May 1979, topping the U.S. country singles chart. It was her fifth consecutive chart-topper since […]
“Sweet Summer Lovin’” a song written by Blaise Tosti, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1979 as the second single from the album Great Balls of Fire. “Sweet Summer Lovin’” reached number 7 on the U.S. country charts. (It was the first Dolly Parton single in two years not […]
