Pressing 002Pressed 2026-08-2522 recordssigned Rob

The Queen of Country

Dolly Rebecca Parton, songwriter, of Locust Ridge, Tennessee, died on Tuesday in Nashville.

Fig 1 · Dolly in the mid-seventies, the decade the oldest chapters here were cut. Two inks on paper; she supplies the light.

She was 80. She had recorded the announcement herself years ago and handed it to her nephew to keep, which is as much as anyone needs to know about how she ran her affairs. The family asks for books instead of flowers, for the library she built because her father could not read. She is survived by some three thousand songs, by her own count, several of which grew larger than she was: one spent fourteen weeks at No. 1 in another woman's voice, on publishing she declined to hand Elvis's manager half of. This pressing reads twenty-two of them, hers first: the records she cut alone, then the screens that borrowed them, the partners she sang beside, and the artists who picked her songs up after her. It closes on the thing she plainly believed: that a song sent off in somebody else's voice is not gone.

The ledger watched one come back 43% in a single weekend.

18 dated facts beyond the birth years, across 4 chapters; the rule is Dolly Parton, 1946–2026. Hover or tap a lane.

Every dated fact the culture graph holds on these 22 records, one lane per chapter. A hollow ring is a record's birth year; a red mark is a song changing hands; a square is a screen it walked onto: a film, a show, an ad. A red fork joins an original to its cover when both are on this pressing. The dashed rule is Dolly Parton, 1946–2026. Hover a mark to name it, click to go there.

22 of 22 reach this year (100%). Hover or tap a square, a year, a decade.

Every record stacked on the year it was made, one square each. A filled square is a record a chart held this year; a hollow one the ledger has not seen since. 22 of 22 reach this year. Hover a square to name it, click to go there. Read fresh at every visit. The records are fixed, the wall is not.

Dolly first

1971

"Jolene" is Rolling Stone's No. 1 country song of all time and got a podcast episode all its own in 2019. "Coat of Many Colors" never entered the Hot 100 and sits in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. "Here You Come Again" held country No. 1 for five weeks and reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 — her first pop crossover. Wikipedia — Jolene ↗WNYC — Dolly Parton's America, "The Only One For Me, Jolene" ↗Wikipedia — Coat of Many Colors ↗Wikipedia — Here You Come Again ↗

JoleneDolly Parton
Two chords of dread and a plea to a woman who never answers, cut in one afternoon in May 1973.
peaked #1 in GB · 90 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- Covered Beyoncé, JOLENE, Cowboy Carter2024source
- Covered Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton2016source
- Covered 10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne source
- Covered Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh source
- Covered Bob Dylan source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Ellie Goulding source
- Covered John Farnham, Olivia Newton‐John & Anthony Warlow source
- Covered Miss B. Haven source
- Covered Patti Smith source
- Covered QueenAdreena source
- Covered Strawberry Switchblade source
- In the film The Intervention source
- Covered The Replacements source
- Covered The Sisters of Mercy source
- Covered The White Stripes source
I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton
A resignation letter to Porter Wagoner, sung instead of sent; she took it to country No. 1 twice, in 1974 and again in 1982.
peaked #2 in TN · 61 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- On the show Harry Styles' MSG opening night, the encore tribute2026source
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- Covered Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard1992source
- Covered Barratt Waugh source
- Covered Bent, Zazie, Lââm, Garou source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Fantômas source
- Covered Ilse DeLange source
- Covered Linda Ronstadt source
- Covered Nicola Gates source
- Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Ingman source
- Covered Sami Brookes source
- Covered The Zampoñas source
- Covered Unnamed Auditioner source
- Covered Wallace Roney source
- Covered Whitney Houston source
Coat of Many ColorsDolly Parton
The commercial record says No. 4 country and no Hot 100 at all; the Library of Congress says permanent, and NBC built a television film out of it in 2015 that thirteen million people watched.
peaked #3 in IS · 44 markets · latest chart date 2026-09-20
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- In the film Coat of Many Colors, NBC2015source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band source
- Covered Emmylou Harris with James Burton source
- Covered Emmylou Harris with The Hot Band source
- Covered Emmylou Harris source
- Covered Eva Cassidy source
- Covered Joey + Rory source
- Covered Lynn Morris source
- Covered Maria Muldaur source
- Covered Shania Twain & Alison Krauss source
- Covered Shania Twain, Alison Krauss & Union Station source
- Covered Sierra Ferrell source
- Covered Stella Parton source
Here You Come AgainDolly Parton
Her first pop top ten — a Mann & Weil song she took to No. 3 while it held country No. 1 for five weeks.
peaked #3 in JM · 33 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-02
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- On the show Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Winter2016source
- On the show Supergirl2016source
- On the show The Office2008source
- Covered B.J. Thomas source
- Written by Barry Mann source
- Covered Billie Jo Spears source
- Covered Clay Aiken source
- Covered Countdown Singers source
- Written by Cynthia Weil source
- Covered Jessica Andersson source
- Covered Jill Johnson source
- Covered John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra source
- Covered Maureen McGovern source
- Covered Millie Jackson source
- Covered Patti LaBelle source
- Covered Sonny Rollins source
- Covered Trijntje Oosterhuis with The Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra source

The movies and the shows

1992

Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" spent fourteen consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and stands at 11× Platinum — on publishing Parton kept after telling Elvis's manager no. "9 to 5" hit No. 1 pop and No. 1 country on the same single, then never clocked out: a Broadway musical in 2009 with four Tony nominations, one of them hers for the score, and a Super Bowl ad in 2021 she re-recorded as "5 to 9." Wikipedia ↗American Songwriter ↗Wikipedia — The Bodyguard soundtrack ↗Wikipedia — 9 to 5 ↗Playbill — 9 to 5 at the Marquis ↗Squarespace — the Super Bowl re-record ↗

9 to 5Dolly Parton
No. 1 pop and No. 1 country on the same 45, out of a movie about getting even with the boss — then a Broadway score, then a Super Bowl spot, forty-one years on.
Title song of the 1980 film; re-cut as 5 to 9 for Super Bowl LV.
peaked #2 in US · 63 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-07
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- On the show The Penguin, After Hours2024source
- In an ad Squarespace Super Bowl LV, re-cut as 5 to 92021source
- On the show 9 to 5: The Musical, Broadway2009source
- On the show The Simpsons, I Married Marge1991source
- In the film 9 to 51980source
- On the show 9 to 5 source
- Covered Alison Krauss source
- In the film Deadpool 2 source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Gawr Gura source
- Covered Home Free source
- Covered Melinda Schneider & Beccy Cole source
- Covered Millencolin source
- Covered Montezuma’s Revenge source
- Covered The Lost Fingers source
- In the film The Love Guru source
- On the show The Orville source
- Covered The Puppini Sisters source
- Covered Tom Jones source
- Covered Voice Male source
- Covered Wenche source
- Covered Wing source
I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston
The biggest single of Whitney Houston's life is a country writer's farewell note — fourteen weeks at No. 1, on a song Dolly refused to let Colonel Tom Parker take half of.
The Bodyguard, 1992.
peaked #7 in MA · 20 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-08
- In the film The Bodyguard1992source
- Covered Barratt Waugh source
- Covered Bent, Zazie, Lââm, Garou source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Dolly Parton source
- Covered Fantômas source
- Covered Ilse DeLange source
- Covered Linda Ronstadt source
- Covered Nicola Gates source
- Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Ingman source
- Covered Sami Brookes source
- Covered The Zampoñas source
- Covered Unnamed Auditioner source
- Covered Wallace Roney source
- Remixed by Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You source
- Remixed by Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You (Hex Hector club mix)source
I Have NothingWhitney Houston
Nothing of Dolly's in the writing — that is the point. It charted off the best-selling soundtrack ever pressed, and the song that pulled that album was hers.
The Bodyguard soundtrack, 1992.
peaked #14 in SA · 5 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- In the film The Bodyguard1992source
- Covered [unknown]source
- Covered Adam Watkiss source
- Covered Anja Nissen source
- Covered Charice source
- Written by David Walter Foster source
- Covered Deborah Cox source
- Covered Diandra source
- Covered Glee Cast source
- Covered Jack Vidgen source
- Covered Jake H. Concepcion source
- Written by Linda Diane Thompson source
- Covered Moonjam source
- Covered Romy Monteiro source
- Covered The Zampoñas source
- Remixed by Whitney Houston, I Have Nothing source
Run To YouWhitney Houston
Not hers either, and carried anyway: the quiet corner of a 50-million-copy album that moved because her farewell note led it.
The Bodyguard soundtrack, 1992.
peaked #6 in IT · 2 markets · latest chart date 2026-08-21
- In the film The Bodyguard1992source
- Covered Aegis source
- Covered Alexandra Burke & Melissa James source
- Written by Allan Rich source
- Covered Deborah Cox source
- Covered Heather Headley source
- Covered Johnny Mathis feat. Kenny G source
- Written by Jud Friedman source
- Covered Julie Zenatti source
- Covered Lucy Thomas source
- Covered Patricia Meeden & Ana Milva Gomes source
- Covered Romy Monteiro source
- Covered Samantha Jade source
- Covered Studio 99 source
- Covered 露崎春女 source

The partnerships

1983

The Trio record with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt went to No. 1 on the country album chart, Platinum, and took the Grammy for Country Performance by a Duo or Group in March 1988. Thirty-six years later Rockstar — standards re-cut with their owners, Sting to Debbie Harry — entered the Billboard 200 at No. 3, the highest chart position of her career, at 77. Wikipedia — Dolly Parton albums discography ↗dollyparton.com ↗Official Charts ↗

Islands In the StreamDolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
A Bee Gees song two country singers made permanent: No. 1 pop, No. 1 country, and CMT's pick for the best country duet ever cut.
peaked #1 in US · 58 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Attached to Dolly Parton, 1946–20262026source
- Written by Barry Gibb source
- Covered Barry Gibb source
- Covered Bee Gees source
- Covered Bo Andersen & Bernie Paul source
- Covered Dolly Parton with Kenny Rogers source
- Covered Katie Price & Peter Andre source
- Covered Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton source
- Covered Lee Towers feat. Anita Meyer source
- Written by Maurice Gibb source
- Covered Rob Brydon, Rhys Jones source
- Written by Robin Gibb source
- Covered Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon & Tom Jones feat. Barry Gibb source
- Covered The Shires source
- Covered Troy Cassar-Daley & Ella Hooper source
- Covered Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb source
The GamblerKenny Rogers
Not her song — her partner. The voice on the other side of Islands, kept close for thirty years.
peaked #14 in IE · 9 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Covered Arly Karlsen source
- Covered Billy Strings source
- Covered Bobby Bare & The Cowboys source
- Written by Don Schlitz source
- Covered Elmer source
- Covered Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes & Askil Holm source
- Covered Johnny Cash source
- In the film Kenny Rogers as The Gambler source
- Covered Mike Doughty source
- Covered Phish source
- Covered Prince source
- Covered The Chipmunks source
- On the show The Gambler source
- Covered The King’s Singers source
- On the show The Muppet Show source
- On the show The Office source
- Covered The Smashing Pumpkins source
- On the show WWE Raw source
To Know Him Is to Love HimEmmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
Three voices on a 1958 song, and it went to country No. 1.
peaked #27 in JO · 2 markets · latest chart date 2026-08-27
- Covered Amy Winehouse source
- Covered Carole Laure source
- Covered Cilla Black source
- Covered Dodie Stevens source
- Covered Jill Johnson feat. Lisa Miskovsky source
- Covered På Slaget 12 source
- Covered Patricia Paay source
- Written by Phil Spector source
- Covered T. Rex source
- Covered The Beatles source
- Covered The Langley Schools Music Project source
- Covered The Shirelles source
- Covered The Teddy Bears source
Boulder to BirminghamEmmylou Harris
The partner whose harmonies Trio was built around, on her own defining record.
peaked #17 in JO · 1 market · latest chart date 2026-08-11
- Covered Aoife O’Donovan source
- Covered Barbara Dickson source
- Written by Bill Danoff source
- Covered Dolly Parton source
- Written by Emmylou Harris source
- Covered Eric Brace & Peter Cooper source
- Covered Jessie Buckley source
- Covered Jill Johnson & Doug Seegers source
- Covered Joan Baez source
- Covered Kate Campbell source
- Covered The Hollies source
- Covered The Wailin’ Jennys source
- Covered The Walker Brothers source
- Covered Waterloo & Robinson source
Hasten Down the WindLinda Ronstadt
The third voice of Trio, singing on her own.
peaked #85 in MY · 1 market · latest chart date 2026-08-18
- Covered Jackson Browne source
- Covered Steve Thompson source
- Covered Vitamin String Quartet source
- Written by Warren Zevon source
- Covered Warren Zevon source
Every Breath You TakeThe Police
This is the Police's 1983 record, untouched. In 2023, at 77, Dolly cut her own version with Sting singing beside her on Rockstar.
peaked #13 in AT · 62 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Covered Dolly Parton with Sting2023source
- Covered Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Sting source
- Covered Bruce Springsteen with Sting, Tracy Chapman source
- Covered Bruce Springsteen source
- Covered Carolyn Watkinson, Ricky Koole, Karin Bloemen, Adelheid Roosen, Rocq‐E Harrell en Leoni Jansen source
- Covered Phil Collins & Sting source
- Covered Rita Lee source
- Written by Sting source
- Covered Sting & Bruce Springsteen source
- Covered Sting & Phil Collins source
- Covered Sting feat. Bruce Springsteen source
- Covered Sting source
- On the show Stranger Things source
- On the show The Blacklist source
- Covered The Countdown Singers source
- On the show The Sopranos source
- Covered The Zampoñas source
Heart of GlassBlondie
Blondie's record, 1978. Dolly re-cut it on Rockstar with Debbie Harry beside her — the owner showing up to hand it over.
peaked #41 in FR · 9 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-02
- Covered Dolly Parton with Debbie Harry2023source
Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin's cathedral, 1971. Dolly walked in and cut it with Lizzo on Rockstar, like she owned a pew.
peaked #68 in GE · 8 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-05
- Covered Dolly Parton with Lizzo2023source
- Sampled by Chumbawamba, Stairway to Heaven source
- Covered Faith No More source
- Covered Frank Zappa source
- Sampled by Go Home Productions, Wrapped Detective (Elvis Costello vs. The Police vs. Lionel Richie vs. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley vs. The Hollies vs. Led Zeppelin)source
- Covered Heart source
- Covered Helloween source
- Covered Iron Maiden source
- Written by Jimmy Page source
- Covered Jimmy Page source
- Covered Justin Hayward with Mike Batt & the London Philharmonic Orchestra source
- Sampled by KatazTrophee, To Heaven source
- Covered Leningrad Cowboys & The Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble source
- Sampled by Negativland, Please Don't Sue Us source
- Covered Pallas source
- Written by Robert Plant source
- Covered Stanley Jordan source
- Covered The London Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Choral Society source
- Covered The Sisters of Mercy source
Wrecking BallMiley Cyrus
Miley's record, 2013. Dolly re-cut it as a duet with Miley herself on Rockstar — the reach running back the other way.
peaked #41 in DZ · 4 markets · latest chart date 2026-09-20
- Covered Dolly Parton with Miley Cyrus2023source
- Written by Cirkut source
- Covered Dami Im source
- Covered Gordi source
- Covered Kidz Bop source
- Written by Kiyanu Kim source
- Covered Léa Deleau & Louis Delort source
- Covered London Grammar source
- Written by Łukasz Gottwald source
- Covered Madilyn Bailey source
- Covered Marius Beck, Eric Whitacre Singers, Eric Whitacre source
- Written by Maureen McDonald source
- Written by MoZella source
- Covered Mutoid Man + Royal Thunder source
- Covered Professor Shyguy source
- Written by Sacha Skarbek source
- Covered Scars on 45 source
- Written by Stephan Moccio source
- Covered The Bent Folk source
- Covered Two Minutes to Late Night + Mutoid Man + Royal Thunder source

The ones she reached

2024

The weekend Beyoncé's album dropped, the 1973 original "Jolene" moved from 871,000 to 1.24 million US on-demand plays, up 43% (Luminate) — without re-entering a single chart. And the Parton remix of Sabrina Carpenter's "Please Please Please" entered Hot Country Songs at No. 17 in February 2025 — the chart entry that sealed her Guinness record for top-20 country hits in seven consecutive decades. Billboard ↗Guinness World Records ↗

JOLENEBeyoncé
Rewrites the plea as a warning, and every songwriting credit on it still reads Parton.
peaked #25 in SR · 1 market · latest chart date 2026-08-01
- Written by Beyoncé source
- Written by Brittany Chi Coney source
- Written by Denisia “Blu June” Andrews source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Written by The‐Dream source
TYRANTBeyoncé & Dolly Parton
Not a cover — a new record with her voice on it, cut in her seventy-ninth year.
peaked #14 in ID · 8 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Written by Beyoncé source
- Written by Cam source
- Written by D.A. Got That Dope source
- Written by Dominik Redenczki source
- Written by Ezemdi Chikwendu source
- Written by The‐Dream source
Jolene (Live)Miley Cyrus
Jolene again, in a third voice — the song has not stopped changing hands in fifty years.
peaked #4 in DZ · 1 market · latest chart date 2026-08-29
- Covered 10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne source
- Covered Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh source
- Written by Dolly Parton source
- Covered Dolly Parton source
- Covered John Farnham, Olivia Newton‐John & Anthony Warlow source
- Covered Melissa Etheridge feat. Dolly Parton source
- Covered Miss B. Haven source
- Covered Patti Smith source
- Covered QueenAdreena source
- Covered Strawberry Switchblade source
- Covered The Replacements source
- Covered The Sisters of Mercy source
- Covered The White Stripes source
Please Please PleaseSabrina Carpenter
The remix with Parton on it put her in the country top 20 for a seventh straight decade, at 79.
peaked #1 in VE · 38 markets · latest chart date 2026-10-09
- Attached to Dolly Parton, the remix2025source
- Written by Amy Allen source
- Covered Ana Done source
- Covered Bowling for Soup source
- Covered Brooklyn Duo source
- Written by Jack Antonoff source
- Covered Omar Apollo source
- Covered Our Last Night source
- Written by Sabrina Carpenter source
- Remixed by Sabrina Carpenter feat. Dolly Parton, Please Please Please source
- Covered The Chillest source
- Covered Yvonnie source
God Only Knowsfor KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton
A Christian pop record she joined at 73; it took the Grammy for its category in January 2020.
peaked #58 in SB · 1 market · latest chart date 2026-08-18

About this pressing

No. 002

Chosen by	Rob. By hand and on the hook for it. Every song carries one line saying why it earned the slot.
What is on it	22 songs in 4 chapters, newest first. The story runs backwards on purpose.
Where the facts came from	15 sources, linked where the claims stand. I don't print a number I can't point at.
Where the places came from	22 of 22 makers are placed: 21 from MusicBrainz, 1 signed by Rob, each saying what it overrode.
The numbers under each song	The ledger's, not mine. Real chart positions, re-read every hour, and still moving long after I signed the list.
If I get something wrong	1 correction, printed below with the date

Corrections

2026-08-26 Recut the morning after the drop, on the curator's call: the chapters now run Dolly first, then the screens, the partners, and the artists she reached — and "Here You Come Again" joins, taking the count from twenty-one songs to twenty-two. Nothing was removed. Later the same day, six why-lines were rewritten to say plainly which record is which and why the two soundtrack picks earned their slots — same facts, clearer sentences.

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