CONTENTS

Part I • Blonde Ambition

Interview: Music City News | EVERETT CORBIN
June 7, 1967 | Interview Tape

Miss Dolly Parton: Blonde Bombshell of Great Smokies | JACK HURST
September 27, 1970 | The Tennessean

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton | GENE GUERRERO
May 1971 | The Great Speckled Bird

Say Hello to the Real Miss Dolly | JERRY BAILEY
October 20, 1974 | The Tennessean

Part II • Elusive Butterfly

Interview: Dolly Parton | CHET FLIPPO
August 25, 1977 | Rolling Stone

PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: DOLLY PARTON: A Candid Conversation with the Curvaceous Queen of Country Music | LAWRENCE GROBEL
October 1978 | Playboy

Dolly Parton: The Sexy Superstar of Country Pop | LAURA CUNNINGHAM
January 1979 | Cosmopolitan

Dolly Parton: Doin’ What Comes Naturally | GERRI HIRSHEY
January 9, 1979 | Family Circle

Part III • City of Schemes

The Unsinkable Dolly Parton | CHET FLIPPO
December 11, 1980 | Rolling Stone

INTERVIEW: Dolly Parton | LAWRENCE GROBEL
January 1981| Playgirl

Radio Interview | RALPH EMERY
1981 | The Ralph Emery Show

Golly, Dolly! (What Will She Say Next?) | CLIFF JAHR
July 1982 | Ladies’ Home Journal

Part IV • Toast of Dollywood

Dolly’s Dazzling Comeback | CINDY ADAMS
March 1984 | Ladies’ Home Journal

Dolly Parton | MAURA MOYNIHAN AND ANDY WARHOL
July 1984 | Interview

Dolly Parton: “How I Came Close to Suicide” | CLIFF JAHR
June 1986 | Ladies’ Home Journal

“I Ain’t Down Yet!” | LAWRENCE GROBEL
July 1988 | Redbook

Part V - Steel Magnolia

Daisy Mae in Hollywood - WILLIAM STADIEM
July 1989 | Interview

One Tough Dolly | JIM JEROME
July 1995 | Ladies’ Home Journal

Welcome to the Dolly House | FRANK DECARO
July 1997 | Out

Dolly Parton—The Smartest Working Woman in Show Business | LINDA RAY
November / December 1999 | No Depression

Part VI • CEO of Dreams

Dolly Parton: “I’ve Lived So Many Lifetimes” | JEREMY RUSH
December 27, 2002 | Goldmine

Dolly Parton Talks About Days Future and Past | LAWRENCE FERBER
2006 | Q-Notes

Good Golly, Miss Dolly | GERRI HIRSHEY
March 2008 | Ladies’ Home Journal

Q&A: Dolly Parton on Lesbian Wedding Rumors & Boob Advice, Says Drag Name Is “P. Titty” | CHRIS AZZOPARDI
May 6, 2014 | Between the Lines

The Interview: The Industry of Dolly Parton | ELIO IANNACCI
May 11, 2014 | Maclean’s

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