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

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional ...

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

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

Who was Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean - and how did he inspire Jolene? Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Thomas Dean was a ...

In a 2019 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Dolly Parton shared just what motivated one of her most beloved songs—and ...

Here's how Dolly Parton's relationship with Carl Dean in their early years of marriage played a role in the creation of one of her most iconic songs.

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 ...

Through the years, Dean inspired much of Parton’s work, most famously “Jolene”, one of her biggest hits, when he became the ...

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.