The singer's hit song was released in October 1973, and was inspired by a woman who had a crush on her husband, Carl Dean, who died on March 3 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

More than 50 years after Dolly Parton released one of her most famous songs, we're still singing about Jolene. Beyoncé put her own fiery spin on Parton’s classic 1973 country song “Jolene” on her ...

A Congolese singer, a Zimbabwean banjo player and a Mozambican bassist walk into an East Nashville bar. What follows is not a punchline, but the trio’s hypnotic opening salvo on “My Kind of Country,” ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Dolly Parton has continually put out hit after hit over the years — from "These Old Bones" and "If I ...

On Oct. 15, 1973, Dolly Parton released her now-classic song "Jolene." The No. 1 song (as of February of 1974) wasn't her first to reach the country charts' highest peak, but it did help launch one of ...

The threat of infidelity is the same, but how the two women negotiate it is a reflection of their age, race, and experiences of womanhood. It’s only natural that Beyoncé’s cover version would be ...

"She wasn't gonna go beg some other woman like I did," the legendary country singer said Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE, where she has been working since 2023. She previously ...

Dolly Parton’s 1972 hit “Jolene” is an American classic. Even Beyoncé covered the song on her recent album Cowboy Carter. The song tells the story of an auburn-haired vixen who tries to steal Dolly’s ...

Miley Cyrus joined forces with her godmother, the inimitable Dolly Parton, to perform the icon's 1973 hit "Jolene" on The Voice last night (November 29) along with a cappella group Pentatonix. This ...

The stage at Jolene’s, the Dolly Parton–themed honky-tonk on East Fourth Street, is somewhat unconventional. A balcony that ...