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Dolly Partonis the late husband, Carl Deanwas a very private personBut his SuperStar’s wife still celebrated him in her music – and sometimes he was begging him.
One of the most famous songs of the “Jolene” icon was inspired by an incident where banking order developed feelings for Dean, who married Parton in 1966.
“She got so terrible crushing to my husband,” Parton said in 2008 NPR. “And he just loved going to the bank because she paid so much attention to him. It was a bit like a running joke between us – when I said, “Damn, you spend a lot of time at the bank. I don’t believe we have such money. “So it’s a really innocent song all around, but it sounds like terrible. ”
Dean, who died in March 2025 At the age of 82, he also inspired several Parton’s numerous love songs. And while he stayed outside the public eyes, he was a big fan of his wife’s music. In 2023, The Associated Press said “my blue tears” were “one of my favorite songs of my husband I’ve ever written.”
The composition originally appeared on its album from 2001, SparrowBut she recorded a new version with Duran Duran Simon The Good for her rock album 2023, Rockstar. “I thought,” Well, I rather put one of my favorite Carl’s favorite, “she explained.
Continue to move for the schedule of the songs that Parton wrote about Dean during their marriage:
“Just because I am a woman” (1968)
This famous cut is not a love song, but it is one of the biggest hits of Parton – and was directly inspired by an interview with Dean at the beginning of their relationship. “My husband doesn’t like it especially to say it, but now it’s old enough, so he really doesn’t give a big S -” she said Rolling Stone In 2003. We were married for eight months, happy as we could be and suddenly decide to ask. I told him the truth and broke his heart. That could not overcome the longest. I thought, “Well, my God, what is the big damn business?” ”
Parton then wrote “Just because I’m a woman” starting with lines: “I see you are disappointed (by the way, how you look at me / and I’m sorry I’m not / the woman you thought to be.”
“Tomorrow is forever” (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ6V5QH-2U8
Parton originally recorded this song in 1969 for the 1970 duet album with Porter Wagoner name Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca. Again she recorded it for her album 2016, Pure and simplewho was full of love songs of old and new ones.
“When I decided to write a love album – you know, this year I got married for 50 years with my husband, Carl – I had two songs I wrote in the first days, soon in our marriage,” she said Cosmopolitan In 2016. … I remembered these two songs like two of my favorite love songs I’ve ever written, so I just thought, “Well, it was so many years, many of my fans never heard these songs.” ”
“Say forever, you will be mine” (1975)
This song originally appeared on her 1975 duet album with Wagoner of the same name and is the second vintage song she brought back Pure and simple. “I wrote them back at the beginning of the early days of our marriage,” she said Rolling Stone In 2016. “So I just pulled them out because I thought they were rare.”
‘From here to the Moon and Back’ (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7FSLZSFNS
Parton wrote this song for his 2012 film, Joyful noisewho also played Latifah queen – And she based it on her real romance with Dean. “When I wrote” from here for a month and back, “I needed to write a beautiful love song,” she explained Shoe “I chose my husband I love, and I thought,“ Well, I’ll write some beautiful song about him. “It was about my husband in the movie, played Kris KristoffersonSo I thought it was really real and really touching, I would write it about my real, real emotions about someone I really love and love more than half of my life. ”
Duet version with Willie Nelson Later appeared on Parton’s album 2014, Blue smoke.
“Forever Love” (2016)
For Pure and simpleParton wrote “Forever Love” in honor of her and Dean’s golden wedding anniversary. “This is the one I considered our wedding song because we got married again on May 30, to our 50th anniversary,” she said Rolling Stone “I thought I would have to have a small wedding song, so it was the one. I intentionally tried to write a wedding song and thought it would be a good wedding song for everyone’s wedding. ”
And some of the packaging in his honor
While his wife is a rural legend, Dean was also a big fans of rock – and her discography includes several nodding according to his taste. Her album from 2002, HALOS & HORNSIt included the envelope “Led Zeppelin’s” staircase to heaven “, which was one of Dean’s favorite.
Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, was last seen in a rare public trip five years before his death. Parton announced on Monday 3 March that Dean had died at the age of 82. “Carl and I have spent many amazing years together,” Parton wrote, 79, through the Instagram statement. “Words can’t justice (…)
“My husband has such a special taste in music and loves Led Zeppelin.” From the first day he was led by his head and also loves Bluegrass and large band music. “Staircase to Heaven” has always been a favorite of Carl, “she explained in an interview. “It was something like” our song “, because in romantic times or sweet times we would just go around in the car and if it came, Lord, he would just drive us out of the car to plunder it.”
Parton included another version of “Stairway to Heaven” on her rock album 2023, Rockstar. LP also represented the “Magic Man” envelope with Heart’s Ann Wilson The Parton is sorry “Magic Man (Carl version).”
