Dolly also lifted the lid on the real Jolene in NPR in 2008, revealing: "She got this terrible crush on my husband. And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention.

Dolly Parton's hit song was released in October 1973 and has since been covered by dozens of musicians. She previously said ...

In 2008, the singer told NPR that the inspiration behind "Jolene" was a pretty bank teller whom she and ... Entertainer of the Year Winner Ever [Pictures] A List of Every ACM Awards Entertainer ...

Dolly Parton's late husband Carl Dean served as the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits. Parton loosely wrote "Jolene" about a bank teller who had a crush on Dean.

The country music star, 79, has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene," in which she begs the beautiful title woman not to take her man, was inspired by a real bank teller's interactions with her ...

In 2008, the singer told NPR that the inspiration behind “Jolene” was a pretty bank teller whom she and Dean met long ago. “She’s got this terrible crush on my husband,” Parton recounted.

But the “real” Jolene didn’t try to “take” Dean. Instead, she had a flirtatious banter with him when she helped him at the ...