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February 14, 1972: Dolly released "Touch Your Woman" as the first and only single from her album of the same name. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.  Album cover. RCA Victor (APL1-2188) (1977) February 14, 1977: Dolly released her eighteenth solo studio album, New Harvest…First Gathering. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 71 on the Billboard 200.  Album cover. RCA Victor (LSP-4398) (1971) February 15, 1971: Dolly released The Golden Streets of Glory, her sixth solo studio album. The record peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. February 16, 2015: "Try" was released in the UK as the third single from Dolly’s forty-fourth solo studio album, Blue Smoke.
 Vinyl Me, Please launched pre-orders for Dolly's limited run vinyl subscription club, Vinyl Me, Parton on Wednesday. The subscription comes in 3, 6, and 12 month options, priced at $128, $237, and $435, respectively. Four of the albums included in the subscription are being released on vinyl for the first time: Little Sparrow, Backwoods Barbie, Halos & Horns, and Those Were the Days. The subscription also includes quarterly merch bundles in addition to the records. Vinyl Me, Parton launches in April with My Tennessee Mountain Home. Check out Dolly's announcement video below and a full list of the records being released. Visit Vinyl Me, Please for full details and to purchase your subscription before they're gone!
 Album cover. Giant (9 24630-2) (1996) February 6, 1996: Rhonda Vincent released her sixth studio album, Trouble Free. The album features Dolly on "The Blue Ain’t Workin’ on Me". February 6, 2001: The Sweet November soundtrack album is released containing the Paula Cole and Dolly collaboration, "Heart Door".  Album cover. Nettwerk (0 6700 30475 2 4) (2006) February 7, 2006: The Transamerica soundtrack album is released. The soundtrack features the Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy nominated Dolly song, "Travelin’ Thru", which she wrote for the film. February 7, 2020: Galantis released their Church album, featuring Dolly and Mr. Probz on the song "Faith".
February 1, 1982: Dolly released "Single Women" as the first single from her twenty-fourth solo studio album, Heartbreak Express. The single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.  Album cover. RCA Victor (LSP-4288) (1970) February 2, 1970: Dolly released her fifth solo studio album, The Fairest of Them All. The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. February 2, 1976: "Hey, Lucky Lady" is released as the first single from Dolly’s seventeenth solo studio album, All I Can Do. The single peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.  Album cover. Warner Bros. (BSK 3508) (1981) February 2, 1981: Emmylou Harris released her Evangeline album. The album includes two songs that feature harmony vocals from Dolly, the title track and "Mr. Sandman". The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
 Album cover. RCA Victor (PCD1-4940) (1984) January 23, 1984: Dolly released her twenty-sixth solo studio album, The Great Pretender. The album is comprised of covers of hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.  Album cover. Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-3927) (2001) January 23, 2001: Dolly released her thirty-eighth solo studio album, Little Sparrow. The album is the second in her critically acclaimed bluegrass trilogy. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards and single "Shine" won Best Female Vocal Performance. January 25, 1971: Porter Wagoner and Dolly release "Better Move It on Home" as a single. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and would later be included on The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton compilation album. January 25, 1993: Dolly released "Romeo" as the first single from her thirty-second solo studio album, Slow Dancing with the Moon. The single features Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, and Pam Tillis. It peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and was nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.
Dolly gifted us a new single titled "Don't Make Me Have to Come Down There" on Thursday, January 19, her 77th birthday. She said she was inspired to write the song after having a dream about God standing on a mountain top and saying, "Don't make me have to come down there." The single is available to buy or stream wherever you get your music. You can also listen in the video below. That's not the only new music from Dolly this week! The previously announced song from the 80 for Brady movie (starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, among others), "Gonna Be You", was released today, Friday, January 20. The Diane Warren-penned single's release was accompanied by a music video. The single is available to buy or stream wherever you get your music. Watch the music video below!  Germany 45 single, picture sleeve. RCA (PB49887) (1986) Image credit: MotownFan66 at 45cat.com January 16, 1986: "Almost in Love" is released as a single in Germany to promote the compilation album, The Love Album 2. January 17, 1966: Bill Phillips released "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" (featuring uncredited vocals from Dolly) as a single. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the success of this single that convinced Fred Foster at Monument Records to allow Dolly to record country material. He had previously tried to market Dolly as a bubblegum pop singer with her first five singles for the label.  Album cover. Music for Life / Abu Entertainment (6 34479 71614 0) (2011) January 17, 2012: Eirinn Abú released his Forever in Love album. The album features Dolly on a cover of "I Will Always Love You". The recording recycled Dolly’s vocal take from Abú’s 2005 album, Sax in the County (released under the name Jerry D). The same vocal take was used on his other 2012 album, A New Creation, with another new musical arrangement. He re-released Sax in the Country under his new name in 2020.  Album cover. Music for Life / Abu Entertainment (8 85767 57122 8) (2011) January 17, 2012: Eirinn Abú released his A New Creation album. The album features Dolly on a cover of "I Will Always Love You". The recording recycled Dolly’s vocal take from Abú’s 2005 album, Sax in the County (released under the name Jerry D). The same vocal take was used on his other 2012 album, Forever in Love, with another new musical arrangement. He re-released Sax in the Country under his new name in 2020.
January 9, 2006: Martina McBride released her Dolly collaboration "I Still Miss Someone" as the second single from her Timeless album. The Johnny Cash cover peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.  Album cover. BluGrascal / Cracker Barrel (BGR-CD-1002) (2011) January 10, 2011: The Grascals released the Cracker Barrel exclusive album, Country Classics with a Bluegrass Spin. The album features Dolly on a cover of the Porter and Dolly song "The Pain of Loving You" and two versions of "I Am Strong". The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.  Album cover. WaterTower Music (WTM39273) (2012) January 10, 2012: The Joyful Noise soundtrack is released. The soundtrack peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Soundtrack Albums chart. January 12, 2009: Dolly released "Drives Me Crazy" to Adult Contemporary radio as the fourth single from her Backwoods Barbie album. The Fine Young Cannibals cover did not chart.
 Single cover. Cheat Codes LLC / DashGo (digital single) (2023) Cheat Codes on Friday, January 6, released their new single, "Bets on Us" featuring Dolly, from their upcoming album, One Night in Nashville. The album will be released January 27. The single is available now to stream and purchase on all digital platforms. Currently, it looks like the album will only see a digital release (there are no links to a CD or vinyl release on Amazon). Listen to the song below.  Correction: Dionne Warwick clarified Saturday, January 7, on Twitter that a release date has not been set for her duet with Dolly. Tamron Hall was mistaken when she said the duet was coming this month. So it looks like we'll have to wait a little longer to hear it!
Correction 2: It also appears that Rolling Stone had the release date for "Gonna Be You" incorrect. The song is scheduled for release Friday, January 20. News broke this week that there are two new Dolly songs coming this month. The first is a song titled "Gonna Be You". Written by Diane Warren for the upcoming film 80 for Brady, the song features Dolly, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Belinda Carlisle, and Debbie Harry. Rolling Stone reported here that the song is scheduled to be released next Thursday, January 12. Dionne Warwick announced during an appearance on The Tamron Hall Show this week that she has a duet with Dolly coming out later this month titled "Peace Like a River". The exact release date for the Dolly-penned gospel song has not yet been announced. Read Rolling Stone's article about it here. |
