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This Week in Dolly's Discography: May 22–May 28

5/22/2023

 
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Album cover. Rounder (11661-0580-2) (2006)
​May 23, 2006: Rhonda Vincent released her All American Bluegrass Girl album featuring Dolly on "Heartbreaker's Alibi". The album peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart.

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Single cover. Dolly / Warner Music Nashville (digital single) (2011)
May 23, 2011: Dolly released "Together You and I" as the first single from her forty-third solo studio album, Better Day. The single peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles chart. She had previously recorded the song as a duet with Porter Wagoner on their Porter 'n' Dolly album in 1974.

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45 single, Side A. RCA Victor (47-9994) (1971)
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May 24, 1971: "The Right Combination" is released as the first single from Porter Wagoner and Dolly's seventh collaboration album, The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil. The single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

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45 single, Side A. RCA Victor (47-9548) (1968)
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May 27, 1968: "Just Because I'm a Woman" is released as the first single from Dolly's album of the same name, her second solo album and first solo album release for RCA Victor. The single peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

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Album cover. RCA Victor (AHL1-3361) (1979)
May 28, 1979: Dolly released her twenty-first solo studio album, Great Balls of Fire. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

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45 single, Side A. RCA (PB-13819) (1984)
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​May 28, 1984: "Tennessee Homesick Blues" is released as the first single from the Rhinestone soundtrack album. The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

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Single cover. Butterfly (digital single) (2020)
May 28, 2020: "When Life Is Good Again" is released as a single. Dolly's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the single peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart.

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    The Grass Is Blue is the thirty-seventh solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on October 26, 1999, by Sugar Hill Records and Dolly's own Blue Eye Records. The first in Dolly's critically acclaimed bluegrass trilogy, it was produced by Steve Buckingham. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Two singles were released, "A Few Old Memories" and "Silver Dagger". The album won Best Bluegrass Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards.

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

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