June 28, 2011: Dolly's forty-third solo studio album, Better Day, is released. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. June 29, 1970: Dolly's first live album, A Real Live Dolly, is released. The album was recorded at Dolly's high school, Sevier County High School. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Image credit: BandBox244 at 45cat.com June 29, 1970: "Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man" is released as the first and only single from Porter Wagoner and Dolly's fifth collaborative studio album, Once More. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Image credit: jaimeeduardo at 45cat.com June 21, 1993: "Full Circle" is released as the third and final single from Dolly's thirty-second solo studio album, Slow Dancing with the Moon. Image credit: 55bluesman at 45cat.com June 22, 1970: "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)", a Jimmie Rogers cover, is released as a single. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Dolly's first top ten single. It would later be included on the 1970 compilation album, The Best of Dolly Parton. Image credit: gamrhein at 45cat.com June 23, 1969: "In the Ghetto" is released as the second single from Dolly's fourth solo studio album, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy. The single peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Image credit: greenshields at discogs.com June 13, 1966: Bill Phillips released his debut album, Put It Off Until Tomorrow. The album’s title track features uncredited harmony vocals from Dolly and was written by Dolly and her uncle, Bill Owens. It was this song's success which persuaded Fred Foster to let Dolly record country music instead of the bubblegum pop material she had been recording, which had been unsuccessful. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. June 13, 2009: Maura O’Connell released her Naked with Friends album. It features harmony vocals from Dolly on a track tiled "The Bright Blue Rose". June 13, 2017: Debbie Cochran released her Born Again Wildflower album featuring Dolly on the title track.
Image credit: boyjohn at 45cat.com June 6, 1966: "The Little Things" is released as a single. It would be Dolly's final pop-leaning single for Monument before the release of her breakout single, "Dumb Blonde". June, 8, 1970: The compilation album, As Long as I Love, is released. It is comprised of recordings Dolly made before she left Monument for RCA in late 1967. June 10, 2008: Emmylou Harris released her All I Intended to Be album. The album features Dolly and Vince Gill on "Gold". The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Image credit: greenshields at discogs.com May 29, 1967: Bill Philips released his second studio album, Bill Phillips' Style. The album included the first recorded version of the Dolly and Bill Owens composition, "The Company You Keep" (Dolly's version would be included on her debut album in September 1967), in addition to another Parton–Owens composition, "Friends Tell Friends", which features harmony vocals by Dolly. The album peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. May 30, 1989: Dolly released her twenty-ninth solo studio album, White Limozeen. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Image credit: d_k_ray at discogs.com June 1, 1992: "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" is released as the second single from the Straight Talk soundtrack album.
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AdministratorBen 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. Archives
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