Paying Tribute To Dolly Parton
Singer Dolly Parton will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Wednesday night. She will be recognized during CBS's telecast of the 33rd Annual Country Music Association Awards.
CBS News This Morning Co-Anchor Mark McEwen reports this award honors her many successes in the country music industry.
Parton began her professional singing career in her early teens, performing throughout her home state of Tennessee on television and radio stations.
At an early age she formed one of the nation's most popular duos with Porter Wagoner. Then she starred on her very own TV show.
Throughout the 1970s, Parton's solo career skyrocketed. She wrote and recorded "I Will Always Love You" and took that song to No. 1 on the country charts three times - twice as a solo artist and later in a duet with Vince Gill, winning the Country Music Association's Vocal Event in 1996.
Whitney Houston recorded the song for her feature film, The Bodyguard, and sales of the movie soundtrack topped 20 million.
Some other hit singles include "Jolene" and "Here You Come Again."
And her musical success earned her four Grammy awards and eight Country Music Association Awards including that of Entertainer of the Year.
Though she calls herself a "symbol of bad taste," Parton's judgment in film roles has proved impeccable. She's held her own against some of Hollywood's best.
Parton made her motion picture debut in 9 to 5 and received a Best Song Oscar nomination for her recording of the theme song in 1981.
Other Parton films include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Steel Magnolias.
And in 1986, she donned yet another hat - a hard hat - and built her own theme park, Dollywood, which boasts more than 2 million visitors a year.
The 33rd Annual CMA Awards will air Sept. 22, 1999 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
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