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

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional characters, with her "flaming locks of auburn hair," "Ivory skin" and "Eyes of ...

Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair." But the Beyoncé version tweaked the lyrics to "Jolene," including changing "I'm begging of you please don't ...

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

Jolene / Please don't take him just because you can." And of course, Parton had to shout of her red-headed muses. "Your beauty is beyond compare / With flaming locks of auburn hair / With ivory ...

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.