courtesy Dolly Parton Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth" by a woman who had a crush on the singer's late husband, Carl Dean. Dean's death was ...

She told him to knock it off. She later channeled her feelings into “Jolene,” a hit 1973 song. Her fans have been singing its haunting chorus ever since. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I’m ...