Dolly Looks Back To 'Imagine'

Singing Superstar On CMA Awards, New CD And Single

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Besides being a seven-time Grammy winner, she is a 10-time Country Music Association Award winner, and has been inducted into the Grand Old Opry, Hollywood Walk of Fame and Country Music Hall of Fame. She was awarded the 2005 National Medal of Arts along with eight other artists and writers. The award was presented by President Bush in a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 10, 2005.

Parton has written more than 3,000 songs, many of which have been popularized by other artists, most famously Whitney Houston whose cover of "I Will Always Love You" topped the pop charts for 14 weeks.

As an actress, she was nominated for an Emmy (Best Supporting Actress for Cher's ABC special "Cher"), an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress for "9 to 5"), and three Golden Globes (Best Song and Best New Film Star for "9 to 5," Best Actress for "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas").

Currently, she is working on the score for a Broadway musical version of her 1980 hit movie "9 to 5." The show is slated to debut in fall of 2006.

"I've been around a long time. I started young and I'm going late," Parton said.

Parton also owns and operates Dollywood theme park with Herschend Enterprises. It is a one-of-a-kind Smoky Mountain Family Adventure spanning 125 acres and nestled in the lush foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., near Gatlinburg. Dollywood welcomes more than 2.25 million visitors a year.

And she is the creator of The Imaginary Library, a national literacy program now operating in nearly 400 communities across 38 states. The organization, started in Parton's hometown of Locust Ridge, Tenn., sends a book a month to a child from the day they are born till the day they begin school to encourage children to read.