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

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Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

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Dolly Parton revealed that the inspiration for her iconic song, Jolene, came from two sources - the bank clerk that wouldn’t ...

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Country music icon Dolly Parton's mega hit Jolene is in fact a true story as she revealed she fought off the other woman who ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...

Parton’s husband Carl Dean died yesterday, aged 82, with her desire to hold on to him having fuelled her biggest hit ...

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, passed away in Nashville at 82. Dean was the inspiration for Parton's hit song "Jolene," based on a bank teller who admired him. The couple met in 1964 and ...

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.