Few women have influenced country music more than Dolly Parton, and on her 70th birthday The Daily Beast takes a look at the country queen’s life in pictures. From her early days with Porter Wagoner to her new NBC show, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, the singer-songwriter, actress, author, and humanitarian has done it all.
Here, Dolly Parton performs on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, during the Glastonbury Festival, June 29, 2014.
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Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait circa 1955 in Tennessee.
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Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, Nashville, Tennessee, late ’60s.
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Dolly poses for a portrait by her tour bus before performing in September 1977 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Dolly performs onstage in circa 1977.
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Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
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Dolly poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles, California.
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Dolly in a scene from the film Nine to Five, 1980.
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Dolly poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles.
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Dolly shows off her Country Music Award to the media after winning the Vocal Event of the Year for her version of “I Will Always Love You,” recorded with Vince Gill. Dolly Parton’s new album, for which she wrote the music, features a song about a young girl abused by her father, but the “little gal” from east Tennessee says she has always gotten along well with men herself.
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Dolly poses for the NBC show Coat of Many Colors, Season 1.
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