Below you will find links to pretty much every single Dolly recording available on CD or DVD online. Simply click on the album cover or title to open a page which allows you to order it. If the link takes you to Amazon.com and it shows the disc as "Out Of Stock," be sure to look for "New and Used" (on the right-hand side of the page that opens) to indicate if copies are available from individual stores within the Amazon Marketplace. This page is organized into the following sections:
Described by Dolly as her first "mainstream country" CD in nearly two decades, she wrote nine of the 12 songs, including the title track (which is taken from the upcoming 9 To 5 Broadway musical). Also features covers of "Tracks of My Tears," "Drives Me Crazy" and "Jesus & Gravity." Bonus tracks released on iTunes, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target exclusive versions.
Splendid 23-track double CD of her live concerts at Dollywood in December 2002. Contains her first U.S. release of "We Irish" and her first release of "Rocky Top" along with many of her greatest hits and recent songs.
Patriotic and spiritual-themed album finds Dolly covering many classics (including "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and the national anthem) as well as some new tunes of war and loss.
Star-studded tribute album features Dolly's new version of the title song plus harmony vocals with Alison Krauss on Shania Twain's cover of "Coat Of Many Colors."
12 Dolly originals and acoustic covers of Bread's "If" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven." Buy the sheet music songbook for the album here. Three-time Grammy nominated CD: Best Country Album, Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Dagger Through The Heart" and "I'm Gone")
Critically-acclaimed bluegrass/folk release. Winner Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Shine") and nominee for Best Bluegrass Album.
Dolly's first bluegrass effort. Critically acclaimed. Winner Grammy Award Best Bluegrass Album (and nominee for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Travelin' Prayer"), International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Album Of The Year, British County Music Association's Top International Independent Label Artist Award, Best Bluegrass Album at the Association for Independent Music Awards.
Follow-up to 1987 hit album with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Released five years after it was recorded. Gold Album. Winner Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration ("After The Goldrush") and nominee for Best Country Album. Nominee for CMA Award for Vocal Event of The Year.
Cover album of songs she loved from the past, including Randy Van Warner's "Just When I Needed You Most" (with Alison Krauss and John Sebastian), Kenny Rogers' "Something's Burning" (written by pal Mac Davis) and Cat Stevens' "Peace Train" (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo). Duet and harmony guests abound, including John Popper, Kim Carnes, Matraca Berg, David Hidalgo, Suzanne Cox and Raul Malo.
"Best of" compilation from her years at Columbia. Features several hit songs and the re-recorded version of "To Daddy" which appeared on the live album Heartsongs: Live From Home.
Good album with new songs and re-interpretations of "Jolene," "The Seeker" and "I Will Always Love You" (Grammy-nominated and CMA-winning duet with Vince Gill).
Dolly's second live album (the first one was in 1970), this one was recorded at her annual benefit concerts at Dollywood in April 1994. First release via Dolly's own label, Blue Eye. (Alison Krauss sings harmony.)
Gold album. Grammy nominee. Return to traditional country (produced by Ricky Skaggs) after TV show cancelled and failed pop album. No. 1 hits "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" and "Yellow Roses."
With Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Platinum album. Grammy winner Best Country Duo/Group, nominee Album of The Year. CMA Album of The Year nominee, ACM Album of The Year winner. Contains No. 1 "To Know Him Is To Love Him" and three top 10 singles.
Re-issue of album with Brenda Lee, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. Dolly's vocals from mid-60s mixed with 1982 vocals from the others to form duets. Contains No. 7 hit "Everything's Beautiful" with Willie.
ACM winner Best Soundtrack. Contains Dolly's second No. 1 version of "I Will Always Love You" (Grammy nominee, Best Female Country Vocal Performance). Also has Burt Reynolds, Dom Deliuse and Charles Durning singing.
2009 SonyBMG re-issue of gold, double-Grammy winning, Oscar-nominated album with three bonus tracks ("Everyday People," karaoke "9 To 5" and Love To Infinity dance remix "9 To 5"). Features two country No. 1s (one pop No. 1). (Out-of-print 1999 Buddha re-issue available here.)
2008 U.S. re-issue of pop-themed album on which Dolly surprisingly didn't write any songs. Also available on CD as "2on1" paired with Great Balls of Fire released in the U.K. in 2007 here.
2007 U.K. re-issue of her album co-produced by Dolly and Porter Wagoner (her final solo work with him). On CD as "2on1" paired with New Harvest, First Gathering.
2007 Legacy re-issue of classic Dolly album featuring No. 1 and Grammy-nominated title track and original No. 1 version of "I Will Always Love You." Contains four previously unreleased tracks.
2007 Legacy re-issue of one of country music's first concept albums, with bonus track of "Sacred Memories" from Love Is Like A Butterfly. (Or get it as a 2001 Camden British double-CD with Jolene and one bonus track from Bubbling Over ("Love You're So Beautiful Tonight") here) .
2007 Legacy re-issue of classic album featuring Dolly's autobiographical hit (and one of her best overlooked gems, "She Never Met A Man She Didn't Like"). Features three previously unreleased bonus tracks and one rare B-side bonus track.
2001 Camden British re-issue of classic featuring her first No. 1 single (the Grammy-nominated title song). Coupled as a double-album with Coat of Many Colors.
1997 BMG re-issue of Dolly's first gospel album (title song nominated for Best Sacred Performance Grammy) under the title I Believe as part of their Encore collection. (Order the 1993 re-release under its original name from the Amazon Marketplace here.) And get “Comin’ For To Carry Me Home,” Dolly’s version of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” which didn’t make the original album, on Great Country Hymnshere!
Oct. 7, 2003, re-issue on RCA Nashville/BMG Heritage featuring bonus tracks of never-released live versions of the title song and "Coat Of Many Colors" cut from 1970's A Real Live Dolly .
Splendid 23-song DVD of her live concerts at Dollywood in December 2002. Many of her greatest hits and recent songs are included, plus her Irish anthem "We Irish" and the Tennessee staple "Rocky Top."
DVD. Compilation of the animated TV show includes episode from 1999 featuring Dolly's brief guest voice appearance as herself. Dolly's episode is also available on the 10th season boxed set released in 2007 and available here.
DVD only, October 2003. Released as a Wal-Mart exclusive, this “budget” DVD contained several Dolly videos from her Sugar Hill releases as well as interview segments on each track she had recorded for her CD For God And Country and that other artists had recorded in tribute to her for Just Because I’m A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton. While it is sold out at most Wal-Marts, a few copies are available through Amazon’s Marketplace through this link.
DVD/VHS (issued November 2002). Dolly plays a supporting role in this comedy which was in theaters for only a limited release in Florida earlier in the year before being shipped direct to video.
DVD/VHS. Special episode of the animated children's series starring Lily Tomlin focuses on recycling with special guest Dolly, who also sings. (Issued on video for the first time in October 2002)
DVD/VHS. Compilation tape featuring country performers singing hit songs. Dolly is included with "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene," apparently from the mid-70s on The Porter Wagoner Show.
DVD/VHS. Dolly plays a struggling singer trying to make it big, falling in love with co-star Billy Dean, and dealing with the death of her abusive father.
DVD only. Charming holiday telefilm of Dolly as a singer who dies and is sent back to bring a family together for Christmas to earn her wings. Good pal Roddy McDowell plays St. Peter in one of his last film roles before his death. Re-issued on DVD June 28, 2005.
DVD only (re-issued July 26, 2005). Willie Nelson-hosted 60-minute documentary on the famed Nashville honky tonk features appearances from the many faces that have performed there, including Dolly.
DVD release Dec. 14, 2004. Film version of the TV series about the Clampett clan reunites Dolly with 9 to 5 co-stars Lily Tomlin (Jane Hathaway) and Dabney Coleman (Mr. Drysdale). Dolly appears in a cameo as herself and performs two songs for Jed's birthday party. Get the VHS version here. Grossed $42 million.
DVD release May 6, 2003. Dolly leaves Arkansas for Chicago and gets mistaken for a radio shrink, which turns into a profitable career. But can she continue "Living a Lie"? Filled with country humor and lots of Dolly songs. Grossed $21 million.
DVD/VHS. One of Dolly's best performances in this ensemble piece co-starring acclaimed actresses Julia Roberts (who snagged an Oscar nomination), Sally Field, Shirley McClaine, Daryl Hannah and Olympia Dukakis. Tearjerker about the lives of women in a small Louisiana town as one battles diabetes. Based on the hit play. Peoples Choice winner for Best Drama. Special edition released in 2000 with director's commentary and deleted scenes. Grossed $84 million.
VHS. 1992 release of Dolly's 1986 ABC made-for-television holiday movie. Out of print, but you may buy used copies from Amazon's Marketplace by clicking on the cover image.
VHS. Kenny Rogers and Dolly's 1985 HBO concert special. Out of print, but you may buy used copies from Amazon's Marketplace by clicking on the cover image. GET THE FOREIGN DVD IMPORT HERE!
DVD/VHS (get VHS version here). Dolly take on My Fair Lady as a singer trying to take a New York cabbie played by Sylvester Stallone and turn him into a country singer. Other than Rocky, this is amazingly one of the best films which Stallone, who co-wrote it, ever made (but that's not saying much). Nominated for ACM Best Soundtrack. Grossed $21 million. DVD VERSION RELEASED MARCH 8, 2004!
VHS. DVD release Jan. 7, 2003. Film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Dolly plays a madam dealing with her romance with the sheriff (Burt Reynolds), a television reporter (Dom Deluise) exposing her business, and the governor (Charles Durning) following the polls to see if the public wants her house closed. Dolly earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and the film was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical. ACM winner for Best Soundtrack. Grossed $70 million.
DVD/VHS. Dolly's first movie earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Song and Golden Globe nominations for Best New Film Star, Best Song and Best Actress. She and Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda star as secretaries dealing with the boss from hell, Dabney Coleman, and they get even. Link at left is for April 4, 2006, special "Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot" Edition issued for the 25th anniversary with many special features. Released on DVD for the first time in 2001 here without special features. Grossed $103 million.
DVD/VHS. This film, shot during Fan Fair in 1969, is sometimes called country music's version of the Woodstock film. It features classic performances by many of country's legends, including Dolly's "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" and Porter & Dolly's "Just Someone I Used To Know" in addition to songs by Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff and more. Being re-issued on DVD again Oct. 18, 2005, here.
Boxed set features previously unreleased Trio tracks with Dolly and Linda Ronstadt ("Palms of Victory" from 1978 and "Softly and Tenderly" from 1994) and several previously released recordings ("My Dear Companion," "When We're Gone, Long Gone," and "The Sweetheart of the Rodeo"). Released Sept. 18, 2007.
Duet on new recording, "Drifting Too Far From The Shore," and Dolly appearance on mid-1990s track, "Mother Church of Country Music." Released Aug. 21, 2007.
Dolly and Floyd duet on one of his first hits, “Slippin’ Around,” in this collection of duets with the singer-songwriter recorded a few months before his death.
Vivid Sound Records import of the tribute album to American-born banjo player Adams, who moved to Europe in the 1950s and gained fame as a musician there. After his death in 2000, friends Hans Theesink and Arlo Guthrie began gathering friends to pay tribute in song. Dolly, Hans and Arlo perform the Carter Family tune “Dixie Darling.”
Called the female answer to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, this wonderful collection of traditional tunes by country's leading ladies includes a few new ones, such as the Dolly-written "When Love Is New," performed as a duet with Emmy Rossum, an actress from the film.
Paula Cole considers Dolly her biggest inspiration, and she got her to sing beautiful harmony with her on the Cole-written and produced "Heart Door" from this film.
2002 re-issue of Big Mon, the Grammy-nominated and Ricky Skaggs-produced tribute to the Father of Bluegrass includes Dolly's version of "Cry, Cry Darlin'."
Dolly provides harmony on “Touch Of A Dove” in the Knoxville singer’s debut album, produced by Dolly’s cousin Richie Owens (who produced her Hungry Again album).
Ireland’s leading female country singer chose to honor Dolly on her 30th anniversary album, covering eight Dolly songs on the collection including two with Dolly singing along: “Wrong Direction Home” and “God’s Coloring Book,” the latter of which was released as a single in Ireland.
After joining Dolly for "Peace Train" on Treasures, the African group invited her to sing lead vocals on their cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." The reggae-tinged production works very well and also features Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar.
Soundtrack to the holiday animated television special. Dolly performs "Something Bigger Than Me" and "Silent Night," even though neither actually appeared in the film.
Dolly and Neil give their reading of the classic "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," with her voice often overpowering his (remember "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"?).
This compilation CD contains Gail Davies' "Unwed Fathers" with Dolly providing harmony from Davies' 1985 RCA album Where Is A Woman To Go. (The single reached No. 56.)
This boxed set not only includes a couple of tunes from Trio, but it also features the Trio's version of "Mr. Sandman" from Emmy's 1981 album Evangeline. However, the version of the song "Evangeline" on this set is not the Trio recording from that album.
This compilation includes Chet and Dolly's 1976 version of Dolly's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind," which originally appeared on The Best of Chet Atkins and Friends. The song features them not only singing together, but Dolly also holds her own as a guitarist playing with the legendary Atkins.
This double CD of Place's two CBS albums from 1976 and 1977 includes all of the tracks from the actress' 1976 Live at the Capri Lounge: Loretta Haggers, which featured songs performed as her character from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Dolly joins her for harmony on "Coke and Chips" and Dolly's own "All I Can Do." Dolly and Herb Pederson provide harmony for "Good Ole Country Baptizin'." Other guests appearing on other songs include Emmylou Harris and Anne Murray.
The Trio's first recording together was actually a quartet, with Neil Young adding his voice to Dolly, Linda and Emmy's on the title song from this Christmas collection.
This 1997 British import is a compilation of various "girl group" pop songs from the '60s, and it includes what is to my knowledge the only CD version of one of my favorite all-time Dolly recordings, "Don't Drop Out," a very "Leader of The Pack"-type song produced by Ray Stevens in 1966 when Dolly was at Monument. Also available on Rhino's 2005 boxed set One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found here.
This Holland release is the best collection of her Monument recordings (1966-1967), including several singles and B-sides which were not on her two Monument albums.
Another Holland release of some Monument recordings and earlier Somerset material (including "Letter To Heaven," "Two Little Orphans," and "Release Me").
Dolly's earliest recordings: "Puppy Love" and "Girl Left Alone" from Goldband in 1957 plus her 1962 Somerset recordings: "Little Blossom," "Two Little Orphans," "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," "Making Believe," "Letter To Heaven," and "Release Me."
U.K. compilation promoted heavily to correspond with her March 2007 British dates on her European tour. Became her first-ever British top 10 pop album.
Boxed set of three of Dolly's roots music CDs for the label (The Grass Is Blue, Little Sparrow, and Halos & Horns) plus a bonus DVD featuring five re-mixes, three videos, two tracks from the Dolly tribute album and footage of her CMA performance of "The Grass Is Blue" live with Norah Jones.
BMG Sony compilation of 14 RCA recordings around a love theme. Contains first U.S.-CD release of "You Are," which had previously only been available in CD format on one European import.
BMG Sony re-issue of the now-out-of-print, limited-edition two-disc expanded version of the 2003 multi-label compilation Ultimate Dolly Parton with the addition of the track "Shine" representing her time with indie label Sugar Hill to bring the total to 37 Dolly-picked tracks from Monument, RCA, Columbia, Warner Brothers and Sugar Hill Records covering 1967 through 2001.
Compilation for which Dolly had final song selection, final sound quality approval and final photo approval for a career-spanning collection of 20 songs: 18 from her time at RCA (17 of which went to No. 1) plus a No. 1 from Warner Brothers and a No. 1 from Columbia Records. ORDER THE UK VERSION WITH BONUS DANCE REMIX OF "EARLY MORNING BREEZE" HERE.
Compilation from RCA career includes many hits and several rarer cuts (a couple on CD for the first time and a couple on CD in the U.S. for the first time).
Several cuts from each of her solo albums for the indicated time period at RCA (except one) includes many early gems never before on CD as well as some more popular hits on this Australian compilation.
Massive three-CD Australian release includes several of her best RCA material throughout her career (some on CD for the first time). Biggest highlight is the first release of Dolly's original "Two Doors Down" recording since 1977. (She re-recorded the song in early 1978, deleting a verse and dramatically altering the accompaniment. This "new" version, which was released as a single, replaced the original on the last several hundred thousand copies of Here You Come Again and all compilations until this one.)
Good overview of her pop years at RCA. Rare tracks include the only release of her original version of "To Daddy" (she had recorded it in 1976 but chose not to release it because Emmylou Harris wanted to record it) and a solo version of "Real Love."
Dolly’s Dixie Fixin’s Want a quick, easy and tasty way to satisfy the Dolly fans on your Christmas shopping list this year? Gift them with Dolly's Dixie Fixin's! Dolly's new cookbook features more than 125 recipes, including many from Dolly's personal collection of southern specialties including her popular banana pudding. Many of the recipes were passed down to Dolly from her late mother, Avie Lee Parton, as well as several from her mother-in-law, "Mama" (Ginny) Dean. Dolly's Dixie Fixin's also includes recipes from Dollywood, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show and recipes for dishes from many of her favorite restaurants discovered during more than 40 years of touring.
Penguin
2006
Beginning Sept. 15, the book is is $24.95 (plus tax). All proceeds benefit Dolly’s Imagination Library.