Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's romance and highly private marriage are explored in the new biography "Ain't Nobody's Fool," by ...

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to author Martha Ackmann about her new book on "American icon" Dolly Parton and the ambition it took the young Tennessean to reach success.

Before Dolly Parton was a country megastar, she grew up in a poor family in rural Tennessee. She wrote her first song at age 5 and played her first show at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry at 13. Her ...

You were different, and you had a secret: as in the new biography, “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton” ...

Dolly Parton has some major news about her dreams coming true in 2026. Hot on the heels of Parton’s health scare, which turned out to be kidney stones, the country crooner is making it clear she’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Reservations are now open for Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel, and pre-sale tickets are available for Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum, both opening ...

In 1959, a skinny 13-year-old girl stepped off a bus in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after a 30-hour ride with her grandmother. She walked into a recording studio in a garage attached to a TV repair shop, ...