The Life Of Dolly Parton, The Queen Of Country Music

Guess How Many Songs Dolly Has Written In Her Lifetime?

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Given that she can play all those instruments, it’s clear that Dolly’s real talents lie in singing and songwriting — particularly songwriting. Her very first song was about her corn-cob doll, which she wrote when she was seven years old. We already know about Dolly’s humble upbringing, so since she couldn’t write at that time, she had her mother write down her lyrics for her.

Dolly Parton’s website says that Parton writes a song every two or three days. So if you if you count how often she allegedly writes—knowing that she had started writing songs at age seven—that would amount to having written over 5,000 songs in her entire lifetime!