... $600 million later, he was wrong.



More than 100 million records sold.

Over 100 million visitors to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Multiple Movie hits, including "9 to 5" and "Steel Magnolias". She appeared in twelve theatrically released films and made over 400 appearances on television.

Nevertheless, she did benefit from having Porter as a launch pad, so he gets some credit, and they did a lot of good together before she went into orbit solo.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner, Lauren Sánchez, gave Dolly Parton a $100 million award in November 2022.

The funds were part of the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, which gives recipients $100 million to distribute to charities of their choice.

She would have ended up being a billionaire, but she gave a lot of her own money to charity and other beneficial causes.

What an incredible lady.

Taylor Swift may be a billionaire, but she has a long trip ahead to fill Dolly's ultra-spike heels. A lot has to happen after the cutesy, youthful butt-shaking days to end life as a legend.

Dolly Parton composed over 5,000 songs throughout her career. The total number of individual song titles she recorded and released is 956, totaling over 1,100 individual recordings when studio recordings, remixes, and live tracks are combined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Dolly_Parton

Songs of which you might not know that Dolly was the author:

"I Will Always Love You" (a big Whitney Houston hit too)
"There'll Always Be Music" (a hit performed by Tina Turner)
"Fuel to the Flame" (Skeeter Davis hit)
"Rainbowland" (a Miley Cyrus hit)
"To Daddy" (Emmylou Harris hit)
"Circle of Love" (Jennifer Nettles hit)
"Waltz Me to Heaven" (waylon Jennings hit)

100% Tennessee Lady!