The singer's hit song was released in October 1973, and was inspired by a woman who had a crush on her husband, Carl Dean, who died on March 3 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...
On Oct. 15, 1973, Dolly Parton released her now-classic song "Jolene." The No. 1 song (as of February of 1974) wasn't her first to reach the country charts' highest peak, but it did help launch one of ...
A Congolese singer, a Zimbabwean banjo player and a Mozambican bassist walk into an East Nashville bar. What follows is not a punchline, but the trio’s hypnotic opening salvo on “My Kind of Country,” ...
Dolly Parton says Beyoncé might feature her hit song "Jolene" on her upcoming album, Act II. In an interview with Tennessee’s Knox News to mark the opening of the season at her amusement park ...
“Jolene” was Dolly Parton’s second No. 1 single. More than that, though, the title track from her 1974 album went on to be one of her signature songs. In a recent interview, she revealed that the ...
"She wasn't gonna go beg some other woman like I did," the legendary country singer said Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE, where she has been working since 2023. She previously ...
Despite the affection for the service among its users, and their recent outpouring of woe at its demise, Zipcar was bleeding ...
The threat of infidelity is the same, but how the two women negotiate it is a reflection of their age, race, and experiences of womanhood. It’s only natural that Beyoncé’s cover version would be ...