Did Dolly Parton Make Pop Music? Yes, But She Preferred to Call It ‘Dolly Parton Music’

On the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith chat about the late country icon's relationship with pop music over the years.

It was 1967, and country musician Porter Wagoner was introducing a guest on his weekly TV show. The camera cuts to a woman with big, blonde beehive, wearing a magenta mini dress with the same shade of lipstick to match. It was in that moment a star was born. Her name was Dolly Parton. In the following decades after t

Dollyfest: The Celebration of a Lifetime was originally slated to occur on Parton's 80th birthday this January and feature a performance from the Queen of Country herself

Singer vows to carry on remembering Parton’s songs in her shows

Dolly Parton gained national attention in 1964 on "The Porter Wagoner Show," later becoming a 10-time Grammy Award-winner and Academy Award nominee.