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* SignatureSong: "9 to 5" is arguably her most well-known song.
** "Jolene" is quickly gaining ground, if this [[https://i.imgur.com/9Jbcqkf.jpg well known meme]] is anything to go by.

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* SignatureSong: While "9 to 5" is arguably her most well-known song.
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(her biggest hit on the pop charts) held this position for a long time, it's been overtaken by "Jolene" is quickly gaining ground, if this (which had already long been her SignatureSong among country audiences), thanks to [[https://i.imgur.com/9Jbcqkf.jpg well known meme]] is anything to go by.some heavy]] MemeticMutation in the last decade or so, and getting high profile CoverVersion treatment from Music/MileyCyrus and Music/{{Beyonce}} (on ''Music/CowboyCarter'').
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** "Single Women" was also a song that she recorded after seeing it performed on TV, in this case on the October 10, 1981 episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. The song was written by legendary ''SNL'' writer and featured player Michael O'Donoghue and performed on the show by cast member Creator/ChristineEbersole.
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The previous entry seemed to be confusing another song with this decidedly unhappy 1980 song.


** While "Starting Over Again" is a happy song about a couple finally being allowed to be together after years of yearning, the singer notes that it was painful having to wait that long.

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** While "Starting Over Again" is a happy song about the poignant account of a couple finally being allowed to be together getting divorced after years several decades of yearning, marriage and trying to cope with the singer notes that it was painful having to wait that long.process of moving on.

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** Jolene has become a symbol to some as "one bad bitch" because another woman is literally begging her not to steal her man. Dolly Parton herself found this funny [[https://imgur.com/gallery/MR7RrHD on Twitter]].

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** Jolene has become a symbol to some as "one bad bitch" because another woman is literally begging her not to steal her man. man (especially one that is a very gorgeous bubbly buxom blonde herself, leading to the question "If Dolly was that gorgeous in her youth, what the hell did Jolene look like!?") Dolly Parton herself found this funny [[https://imgur.com/gallery/MR7RrHD on Twitter]].


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** In addition, she was the co-founder of the production company Sandollar Entertainment with her former manager Sandy Gallin back in 1986, and Sandollar was one of the executive producers of none other than ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer.'' Meaning Dolly helped create This Very Wiki itself.

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Explaining why the songs are sad.


* TearJerker: "Me and Little Andy", "I Will Forever Hate Roses", "Down From Dover", "Starting Over Again" and "Hard Candy Christmas", to name a few.

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* TearJerker: TearJerker:
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"Me and Little Andy", Andy" concerns a girl (Sandy) and her dog (Andy) showing up at the singer's house and Sandy begging for food and a bed because her mother abandoned the pair and [[AlcoholicParent her father ran off and got drunk]]. And if that's not sad enough, Sandy and Andy both ''[[DeathOfAChild die]]'', from either malnutrition or hypothermia, at the end.
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"I Will Forever Hate Roses", Roses" is a bitter BreakUpSong about how the singer used to love roses when her boyfriend sent them to her, but now will always hate them due to the association.
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"Down From Dover", Dover" ends with a baby being born but being "too still" and not crying, implying that she's [[TragicStillbirth stillborn]] or at the very least, very weak and unlikely to survive.
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"Starting Over Again" and is a happy song about a couple finally being allowed to be together after years of yearning, the singer notes that it was painful having to wait that long.
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"Hard Candy Christmas", Christmas" ''does'' involve the singer saying she'll be able to name a few.make Christmas work, she still mentions that she has to overcome "sorrow" in order to do so.


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** One song involves the singer's mother running away because she had problems that she never discussed with the father.
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* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Moments]]: When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced her as a nominee for the 2022 Hall of Fame ballot in February 2022, Parton said that she hadn't earned the right because she didn't deserve that right, along with saying she didn't think of herself as a rock artist. This was the Hall's response:
--> "From its inception, rock and roll has had deep roots in rhythm & blues and country music. It is not defined by any one genre, rather a sound that moves youth culture. [[Main/YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Dolly Parton’s music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed.]]

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* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Moments]]: When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced her as a nominee for the 2022 Hall of Fame ballot in February 2022, Parton said that she hadn't earned the right because she didn't deserve that right, had never recorded a rock song, along with saying she didn't think of herself as a rock artist. This was the Hall's response:
--> "From its inception, rock and roll has had deep roots in rhythm & blues and country music. It is not defined by any one genre, rather a sound that moves youth culture. [[Main/YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Dolly Parton’s Parton's music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed.]]
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* ArchivePanic: Released her first single in 1959, her first album in 1967, and is still going. All told she's recorded over 50 albums. And there are literally hundreds of career compilations to choose from as well.

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* ArchivePanic: Released her first single in 1959, her first album in 1967, and is still going. All told she's recorded over 50 albums. And there are literally hundreds of career compilations to choose from as well. Parton has estimated that she's written ''nearly 5,000 songs'' in her lifetime, with "only" 956 being recorded (as of 2022 at least).
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* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Moments]]: When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced her as a nominee for the 2022 Hall of Fame ballot in February 2022, Parton said that she hadn't earned the right because she didn't deserve that right, along with saying she didn't think of herself as a rock artist. This was the Hall's response:
--> "From its inception, rock and roll has had deep roots in rhythm & blues and country music. It is not defined by any one genre, rather a sound that moves youth culture. [[Main/YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Dolly Parton’s music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed.]]
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