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The Road to Rockstar

9/5/2023

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The release of Dolly’s forty-ninth solo and sixty-sixth overall studio album, Rockstar, is quickly approaching. I thought it would be exciting to follow “The Road to Rockstar” by listening to all of Dolly’s studio albums over the next several weeks (with a few extras thrown into the mix). Beginning September 12, I will be listening to one of Dolly’s studio albums every day as a build up to the release of what will be Dolly’s largest body of work to date! I’m sharing that plan here so anyone who wants to participate can listen along. Comments will be open on this post, so feel free to comment each day with any thoughts on the album or to discuss the music with other fans! It has been a long road to Dolly’s first Rock album, with lots of twists, turns, and detours along the way. Join me as I start from the beginning and travel the long and winding Road to Rockstar!

The Albums

​September 12     Hello, I'm Dolly (1967)
September 13     Just Between You and Me (with Porter Wagoner) (1968)
September 14     Just Because I'm a Woman (1968)
September 15     Just the Two of Us (with Porter Wagoner) (1968)
September 16     In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (1969)
September 17     Always, Always (with Porter Wagoner) (1969)
September 18     My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969)
September 19     The Fairest of Them All (1970)
September 20     Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca (with Porter Wagoner) (1970)
September 21     As Long as I Love (1970) / A Real Live Dolly (1970)
September 22     Once More (with Porter Wagoner) (1970)
September 23     Two of a Kind (with Porter Wagoner) (1971)
September 24     The Golden Streets of Glory (1971)
September 25     Joshua (1971)
September 26     Coat of Many Colors (1971)
September 27    The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil (with Porter Wagoner) (1972)
September 28     Touch Your Woman (1972)
September 29     Together Always (with Porter Wagoner) (1972)
September 30     My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972)
October 1             We Found It (with Porter Wagoner) (1973)
October 2             My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
October 3             Love and Music (with Porter Wagoner) (1973)
October 4             Bubbling Over (1973)
October 5             Jolene (1974)
October 6             Porter 'n' Dolly (with Porter Wagoner) (1974)
October 7             Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974)
October 8             The Bargain Store (1975)
October 9             Say Forever You'll Be Mine (with Porter Wagoner) (1975)
October 10           Dolly (1975)
October 11           All I Can Do (1976)
October 12           New Harvest...First Gathering (1977)
October 13           Here You Come Again (1977)
October 14           Heartbreaker (1978)
October 15           Great Balls of Fire (1979)
October 16           Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980)
October 17           Porter & Dolly (with Porter Wagoner) (1980)
October 18           9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
October 19           Heartbreak Express (1982) / The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
October 20           Burlap & Satin (1983)
October 21           The Great Pretender (1984) / Rhinestone (1984)
October 22           Once Upon a Christmas (with Kenny Rogers) (1984)
October 23           Real Love (1985)
October 24           Trio (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) (1987)
October 25           Rainbow (1987)
October 26           White Limozeen (1989)
October 27           Home for Christmas (1990)
October 28           Eagle When She Flies (1991) / Straight Talk (1992)
October 29           Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993) / Heartsongs: Live from Home (1994)
October 30           Honky Tonk Angels (with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette) (1993)
October 31           Something Special (1995)
November 1        Treasures (1996)
November 2        Hungry Again (1998)
November 3        Trio II (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) (1999)
November 4        Precious Memories (1999)
November 5        The Grass Is Blue (1999)
November 6        Little Sparrow (2001)
November 7        Halos & Horns (2002)
November 8        For God and Country (2003) / Live and Well (2004)
November 9        Those Were the Days (2005)
November 10      Backwoods Barbie (2008) / Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke (2009) / Live from London (2009)
November 11      Better Day (2011) / Joyful Noise (2012)
November 12      Blue Smoke (2014)
November 13      Pure & Simple (2016) / Live from Glastonbury 2014 (2016)
November 14      I Believe in You (2017) / Dumplin' (2018)
November 15      A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020)
November 16      Run, Rose, Run (2022)
November 17      Rockstar (2023)
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    Blue Smoke is the forty-fourth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released by Dolly Records and Sony Masterworks on January 31, 2014, in Australia and New Zealand; May 13, 2024, in North America; and June 9, 2014, in Europe. The release was staggered to coincide with each leg of the Blue Smoke Tour, which ran from January to July 2014, grossing over $20 million. The album was produced by Kent Wells with Dolly serving as executive producer. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number six on the all-genre Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album: "Blue Smoke", "Home", "Try", and "Unlikely Angel". At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, "You Can't Make Old Friends" was nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

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    Ben Childers is the administrator of The Dolly Parton Discography. A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up taking family vacations to the Smokies and Dollywood. His love for Dolly and her music reached a fanatical level in April 2013. After spending countless hours researching and cataloging Dolly's musical output, he decided to open a website dedicated to her discography. His dream of meeting Dolly came true on May 23, 2024.

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    Ben at the opening of Dollywood's 39th season on March 8, 2024.

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