On this day in 1973, Dolly Parton recorded “Jolene” during the afternoon at RCA Studio B in Nashville. . Parton released the track in October 1973 as the first single from her album of the same name.

“Jolene” reached number one on the Billboard Country Chart, and was ranked No. 217 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004.