Burlap & Satin is the twenty-fifth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on May 2, 1983, by RCA Records. The album straddled the line between pop and country sounds. Consisting mostly of Parton’s own compositions, two tracks were outtakes from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas film: “A Cowboy’s Ways” (a song […]
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs is the twenty-third solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on November 17, 1980, by RCA Records. A concept album about working, the album was centered on Parton’s hit “9 to 5”, which served as the theme song to the film of the same name (co-starring Parton, […]
“9 to 5” is a song written and originally performed by American country music entertainer Dolly Parton for the 1980 comedy film of the same name. In addition to appearing on the film soundtrack, the song was the centerpiece of Parton’s album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in late 1980. The song was […]
Sandman is the second album by singer/songwriter Herb Pedersen, released in 1977 on EPIC. Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944 in Berkeley, California) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country […]
Trio is the first collaborative studio album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. It was released on March 2, 1987, by Warner Bros. Records. The album has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and has also received several accolades. Longtime friends and admirers of one another, Parton, Harris and Ronstadt first attempted to […]
“Starting Over Again” is a song recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. The song was written by Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. Parton’s recording was performed as a slow tempo ballad, gradually building to a dramatic crescendo. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from her album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. […]
Here You Come Again, released in 1977, is the 19th solo studio album by Dolly Parton. The album included Parton’s first significant “crossover” success, the Grammy award-winning title single, which scored #3 on the US pop singles charts during the early months of 1978. Both the album and title single also scored #1 on the […]
Rainbow is the 28th solo studio album by American country entertainer Dolly Parton. Released on November 25, 1987, it was her first album after switching to Columbia Records, after nearly two decades with RCA. The original plan, when Parton signed with CBS, was for her to alternate between releasing pop and country albums (rather than […]
“Baby I’m Burning” is a 1978 song written and performed by Dolly Parton that was part of a double-A-sided single “Baby I’m Burning”/”I Really Got the Feeling”. Issued from Parton’s RCA Records album Heartbreaker, after the success of the title single, “Baby I’m Burning” reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early […]
For quite some time I got in touch with Blaise Tosti who re-released his album American Lovers in 2016. Apparently it was requested many times by the Toto fans at the address of Fred Mollin, who produced this album. Shortly before that Fred Mollin also released his Fast Company soundtrack. Who knows what else is […]