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Dolly Parton is on course to land her first-ever No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart following a posthumous streaming spike.
"I've had to wear my heart on my sleeve for a long time now, and I cry easier than I used to. But it's just leaving your life wide open for everybody to look right at you, right through you and right into you," Dolly told me of sharing her joys and sorrows with the public. "I hope they see my heart."
Dolly Parton can never be replaced, but there are some artists in country music and beyond who embody that same spirit and charisma.
PEOPLE pays tribute to the legendary Queen of Country in this week’s cover story
Ken Adams said the half-staff honor should be reserved for “truly extraordinary circumstances.” Fans disagreed.
The Tennessee Volunteers football team will pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton by wearing a commemorative helmet sticker this season.
Bad Wolves founding drummer John Boecklin said the group had recorded “Jolene” before Parton’s death, for the band’s upcoming fifth album. Boecklin said all proceeds from the song will be donated to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The singer’s rep has said Parton didn’t want a traditional memorial service.
Boston’s premiere country bar is inviting guests to a hair-raising good time in honor of the late Queen of Country. Loretta’s Last Call in Fenway is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 at age 80,
In her tribute to Dolly, Freida Parton said that "like all sisters," they had their "share of arguments and disagreements throughout the years."