courtesy Dolly Parton Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth" by a woman who had a crush on the singer's late husband, Carl Dean. Dean's death was ...

“Jolene” was released in 1973 ... Love everlasting, I promise you that/ From here to the moon and back.” Dean was born in Nashville to parents Virginia Louise “Ginny” Bates and Edgar ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional characters, with her "flaming locks of auburn hair," "Ivory skin" and "Eyes of ...

Dolly Parton's once in a lifetime love to husband Carl Dean was almost left in tatters thanks to a woman named 'Jolene'. The country icon, 79, sadly announced the death of her beloved husband Carl ...

Agatha is Dolly Parton's Jolene, Agatha All Along showrunner confirms Dean was born in Nashville, Tenn. in 1942 to Virginia Bates Dean and Edgar Henry Dean. Parton met Dean the first day she moved ...

As PEOPLE pointed out Monday night, Dolly Parton‘s most famous song, “Jolene,” was based on a woman who had a crush on Parton’s late husband. Per the report, the 1973 hit song ...

Jolene Delgado often joked that she was getting a tattoo that read, “Jolene Party of 1.” It would not have been accurate. The PBR super fan never partied alone. She was the proverbial “life ...

She told him to knock it off. She later channeled her feelings into “Jolene,” a hit 1973 song. Her fans have been singing its haunting chorus ever since. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I’m ...

The country music star, 79, has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene," in which she begs the beautiful title woman not to take her man, was inspired by a real bank teller's interactions with her ...