"She’s the most charismatic human being alive," said Merle Haggard of Dolly Parton. "She’s Marilyn Monroe with a guitar.

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner began working together in 1967 ... So when I would write love songs, it wasn’t so much about Porter. Some were. Some were based on love. But people always assume ...

Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ was famously inspired by her late husband, Carl Dean, but she wrote several other songs about him over the years ...

Emmylou Harris' song, "To Daddy," was never supposed to be hers, though, thanks to Dolly Parton's rebellious ways, it was and always will be.

Soon, she began recording songs and traveling with him ... I did that for seven years on The Porter Wagoner Show.’” Parton acknowledged that Wagoner was extremely important to the development ...