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October 25th: On This Day

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On this day in 2000, Vince Gill and Dolly Parton hosted a TV taping for the Grand Ole Opry’s 75th: A Celebration, at the Opry House. The special debuted on CBS on Thursday, November 23rd, later that year. The show also included performances by current Opry Members including Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, and George Jones.

Dolly Parton To Recieve The Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award

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Dolly Parton has been named as the 2016 recipient of the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented during the upcoming 50th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville. The prestigious award was established to recognize an artist who has reached both national and international prominence through their concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy and record sales. The 50th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 2 at 8:00 PM ET on ABC.

 

·       Past recipients of the rare Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award are Nelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), and Johnny Cash(2015).

Dolly Parton Makes Chart History

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Dolly Parton has made even more history thanks to her collaborative rendition of “Jolene” with a cappella group Pentatonix. The new version of Parton’s classic has debuted at #18 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making Dolly the only artist to notch a Top 20 hit on the chart in each of the last six decades.

 

·       The song also sits at #4 on the Country Streaming Songs chart with 2.6 million U.S. streams and additionally finds #7 spot on the Country Digital Song Sales chart with 18,000 downloads sold in its first week out, according to Nielsen Music.

·       A video of the a cappella version of “Jolene” has gone viral with more than 10 million views so far. That video can be seen here.

A First For Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton has a worldwide #1 album to celebrate. Parton’s new release Pure & Simple debuts at #1 not only in the U.S., but, also on the national country charts in Canada, U.K. and Australia. Dolly’s 43rd studio recording achieves #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with first-week sales of 20,000 units. This marks the first time Dolly has topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in the 25-year history of SoundScan.

 

·       The new album lands the #11 slot on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart with a first-week total consumption of 21,000.

·       On Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, the disc debuts at #1. In the UK, Pure & Simple enters the all-genre album sales chart at #2, behind Frank Ocean’s Blonde.

Dolly Parton Compares Playing Both Big And Small Cities

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Dolly Parton has been touring the Canadian leg of her 2016 “Pure & Simple” Tour and she told one Canadian reporter last week what she compares playing big and small cities to, “Kinda like the dollar stores… You know they have ’em in all little places here and there. They have ’em in big cities but you’ll find a little. So I’m kinda like the dollar store.

 

April 11th: On This Day

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On this day in 1983, recording began on Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s number one single, “Islands In The Stream.” The song was written by The Bee Gees.

The song was originally written for Marvin Gaye before it was given to Kenny to record on his album  Eyes That See in the Dark.

“Islands In The Stream” would go on to be certified Double Platinum by the RIAA, and the song topped CMT’s poll of the best country duets of all time.

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