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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 23, 2008 11:24:24 GMT -5
ARTIST: DOLLY PARTON
ALBUM: BACKWOODS BARBIE
NEW YORK (Billboard) - There's more than meets the eye to Dolly Parton, the autobiographical title cut tells us, and her first mainstream country album in years is an important reminder of the breadth of her singing and songwriting talents. Classic country "Do You Think I'm Made of Stone" is a passionate plea for a man to stop his cheating ways, while first single "Better Get to Livin"' is laden with pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps advice to women who play the victim. Parton's take on the Miracles' "Tracks of My Tears" took chutzpah, but she wears the song well, and her version of Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" works as a funked-up bluegrass number. "Only Dreamin'," a plaintive call for the return of love lost, wrapped in a swirling Celtic production, is easily the set's most powerful tune.
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Post by mikeshere on Feb 23, 2008 11:41:46 GMT -5
^^^ i hope this SOARS up the country charts!!!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 26, 2008 21:48:04 GMT -5
Out today in the USA!!
Circuit City: $9.99
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 10, 2008 21:35:46 GMT -5
3/15 chart:
17 NEW PARTON*DOLLY BACKWOODS BARBIE 26,542 1,663 999 28,390
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Post by reception on Mar 23, 2008 5:55:04 GMT -5
Mar 22, 9:36 PM EDT
Dolly Parton Releases Album on Own Label
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dolly Parton knows a good investment when she sees one, and these days she sees one in the mirror.
Parton, whose business portfolio includes a theme park and an entertainment production company, says she's spending a lot of her own money trying to get back on country radio with her new CD, "Backwoods Barbie."
"I'm looking at it like an investment," she told The Associated Press. "I thought, 'I've made enough money. I can afford to invest a little in myself.'"
She has self-released the disc on her own label, Dolly Records, and hired a seven-member promotions team.
"I purposely tailor-made this to try to get some hits," Parton explained.
The album reached No. 2 on Billboard in its second week, her best showing in 17 years.
The first single, "Better Get to Livin'," a country-pop song she describes as sonically similar to Keith Urban, sputtered at No. 48. But the second single, "Jesus & Gravity," is just now arriving at radio.
At age 62, Parton remains an icon and inspiration to younger singers.
"I don't think there's anything that woman can't do," said rising country star Kellie Pickler, who calls Parton her greatest influence. "She just walks into a room and lights it up. She's got that 'it' factor that money can't buy. She's the whole package."
Music Row began to lose interest in Parton in the '90s as a new crop of country stars emerged. Her last Top 5 hit, "Rockin' Years," was in 1991, and she hasn't had a major label record deal in 10 years.
"When it changed I was still as serious as ever and was thinking I'm still as good as ever, if I ever was any good," Parton said.
She has watched with interest as new technology has created opportunities without the big labels.
"Now the majors are what they used to think I was: history," she said.
"I thought this is a good time, but I need to make an all-out effort. ... Whatever it takes, you fight for it. You do what you have to do to feed your habit, and I'm a music addict."
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 1, 2008 20:04:31 GMT -5
Dolly looked good and was very charming tonight on American Idol.
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Post by reception on Apr 11, 2008 6:17:13 GMT -5
Apr 10, 7:32 PM EDT
Dolly Parton Helps Eagle Return to Wild
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dolly Parton visited the woods overlooking Douglas Lake near the Great Smoky Mountains in designer buckskins and 4-inch heels. But she knew she wasn't the star of this show. It was a young American bald eagle.
The eagle was blown from its nest several weeks ago in Florida. On Thursday, it was returned to the wild by the American Eagle Foundation, which is based at the 62-year-old singer's Dollywood theme park.
Some 90 eagles have been released from the same spot since the 1990s. But this marked the first time that their country music benefactor had seen it in person.
Before she helped open the cage and watched the bird soar away, Parton named it "Liberty."
"I thought that sounded better than Baldy," she said.
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Post by jen on Apr 11, 2008 20:54:21 GMT -5
That's so sweet =)
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 25, 2008 10:26:00 GMT -5
5/3 chart
184 PARTON*DOLLY BACKWOODS BARBIE 3,786 5,620 -33% 86,724
8 weeks on the chart...
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