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Dolly Parton’s Birthday Present To Fans

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

To celebrate her 78th Birthday today (1/19), Dolly Parton has announced that she has released several new songs on her deluxe version of Rockstar. The album, complete with deluxe songs, now has 39 tracks.

Dolly posted on her Instagram, “Hey fans and friends, It’s my birthday, so I’m going to give you a present! I’m releasing four never-released songs for my birthday to go with the Rockstar album and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! LOL Thanks for everything, Dolly.”

Additional tracks for Rockstar Deluxe:

31. Rockin’ It (Live)
32. Hit Me With Your Best Shot
33. Mama Never Said
34. Two Tickets To Paradise
35. Jolene (featuring Måneskin)
36. Stay Out Of My Bedroom
37. Bridge Over Troubled Water
38. The Entertainer
39. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

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Something fun about following Parton’s every musical move since 1980 is that new songs she releases sound familiar at times, as she likes to revamp and re-release older songs. She did just that with her birthday release of “Stay Out Of My Bedroom,” an unheard track from Rockstar. The song was actually first recorded in 1984 for the soundtrack of the movie Rhinestone. The original version of the song is a duet with Sylvester Stallone.

For those who haven’t seen it, Rhinestone is a movie Dolly did in 1984 where she played a character who made a bet that she could turn a New York cabbie (played by Stallone) into a country singer. Critics panned the movie, but it has since become a cult classic. It’s a hard movie to see as no streaming service has it, and buying a copy of the DVD or VHS can be pricey on auction sites like eBay.

Parton told me in an interview a few years ago about Rhinestone, “It’s kind of like that ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show.’ There are kids that love it and know every word in it. It’s not all that good, but it was a fun movie to make. It was the first movie I did after I’d gone through kind of an ill health spell and all that. Stallone was so healthy and so crazy and fun and that was really a great movie to do. So I have fond memories of doing that.”

Dolly Parton: Her Five Most Fabulous Music Videos

  • "Real Love" (1985)

    This music video shows footage and moments of Dolly and Kenny Rogers when they toured together for a few years in the early 1980s. It is to be cherished; although they recorded together many times, the music icons only toured together in the 1980s.

  • "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" (1993)

    This music video is also a gem. It is the only music video to feature Parton with fellow country music Queens and icons Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn, who have both since passed. The beginning of the music video shows a fun clip of music and guitar icon Chet Atkins trying to get backstage to see the country queens. The security guard says, “I don’t care if you are Chet Atkins, you can’t get in,” and Chet replies, “I am Chet Atkins.” It was Atkins who first signed Dolly to a RCA recording contract in the 1960s.

  • "Why'd You Come In Here" (1989)

    This fun video starts with Dolly auditioning men to play her leading man in the video, and it’s pretty funny. At one point, a car salesman auditions just to meet her, and she quips, “I think you’re real cute.” The video starts after he says, “Dolly, is that you?” This is just pure fun.

  • "Jesus & Gravity" (2006)

    This is one of Dolly’s songs that I always thought should have been a big hit. It was one of the rare songs not written by Parton. The music video, shot in black and white, shows Parton singing as well as scenes of people overcoming obstacles in their lives.

  • "Better Get To Livin'" (2007)

    Broadway actress and movie star Kristin Chenoweth plays in this video that is circus-themed and shows Parton dressed as a circus conductor advising women to “get to living.” In true Dolly style, the song shows a positive attitude toward life, something she has always possessed.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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