McEntire wrote the ballad when she couldn't find songs to record that fit her pure country vibe in the '80s.

Dolly Parton was an American treasure. As the world mourns her death, here's a countdown of her best songs, from "Jolene" to "I Will Always Love You." ...

In 1973, the late Dolly Parton released her hit song “Jolene,” which she has said was “loosely based on a little bit of truth” by a woman who had a crush on the singer’s late husband, Carl Dean.

It was 1952, and Kitty Wells was about to make country music history with a song that some radio stations considered too controversial to play. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” became a ...