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20 Famous Songs With Hidden Stories That Will Change The Way You Listen Them

Here are 20 famous songs with hidden stories that will change how you hear them.

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"I remember all the guys learning to play it and everybody thinking how cool a rhythm it was. I remember everybody in the studio just loving that song”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic later covered by The White Stripes, Beyoncé and more

“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said

MusicRadar

Dolly Parton rerecords Light of a Clear Blue Morning with 'very special women'

Dolly Parton has released a new version of her song Light of a Clear Blue Morning which she recorded with a group of "very special women" including Reba McEntire, Queen Latifah, Lainey Wilson and her goddaughter Miley Cyrus.

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Star of the Show: Is Dolly Parton having the final say on her career?

THE READING LIST: While she still keeps her romantic life firmly behind closed doors, Parton’s new book offers a lively narrative for her extraordinary career, finds Roisin O’Connor, from her impoverished childhood to the cherished country queen she is today

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Dolly Parton says mentor Porter Wagoner saw her rise as a ‘threat’

In a new book, the country star recalls tension over pay as her career took off

The Independent UK

“The thing I remember most was all the musicians when I came up with the little guitar lick, saying: 'Damn, that’s so good. That’s the coolest little lick’”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic later covered by The White Stripes, Beyoncé and more

“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said

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“It’s just the same word over and over. Even a baby can sing, ‘Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene’”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic later covered by The White Stripes, Beyoncé and more

“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said

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Agatha All Along reveals surprise connection to Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’

News clipping identifies Agatha as the beauty with ‘flaming locks of auburn hair’

The Independent UK

PLAYLIST: A musical guide to each Paris Olympics sport, from archery to wrestling

From the dazzling opening ceremony to warmup songs, music is intrinsic to the Paris Olympics now underway

The Independent UK

Betrayal, bluegrass and Backwoods Barbie: Dolly Parton’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years after Parton released the album Jolene, we assess a catalogue that spans country, Christianity and weirdly chilling ballads

The Guardian - UK

Dolly Parton’s 10 best songs: from Jolene to The Bargain Store

Ahead of the release of her new album Rockstar, these are the country legend's best and most essential songs

Evening Standard

Country icon Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs, but her trademark ‘thumb and flick’ playing style is essential learning for acoustic players

Develop your alternating bassline picking and bluegrass soloing techniques with this country rhythm workout

Guitar World

‘I’m a roads scholar!’ Marty Stuart’s five decades at the country university

Since joining his first band aged 12, Stuart has played with the likes of Johnny Cash and the Byrds and is now building a country music museum. He explains the roots of his lifelong passion

The Guardian - UK

Jim Carrey ‘taking a break’ from acting: ‘I have enough. I’ve done enough’

Good afternoon, good evening and good night to acting.

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