The Best of Dolly Parton

The Best Of Dolly Parton

Greatest hits album by Dolly Parton

Released

November 30, 1970

Recorded

RCA

Dolly Parton chronology

A Real Live Dolly
(1970)

The Best of Dolly Parton
(1971)

The Golden Streets of Glory
(1971)

Singles from The Best of Dolly Parton Volume 1

"Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" / "More Than Their Share"
Released: June 1970

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	(A)^[2]

The Best of Dolly Parton is a compilation album by Dolly Parton, released in November 1970.

Featuring much of her early RCA material, the compilation album included the biggest hit she'd had to that point, her cover of Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", which peaked at #3 on the U.S. country charts in early 1970. This recording was also released later by Time/Life Records - the other tracks were previously released on other albums.

The Best of Dolly Parton was released just three years after Parton signed with the label and thus features several songs that were not single releases, "Down From Dover", "Gypsy Joe and Me", "Just the Way I Am" and the gospel standard "How Great Thou Art".

The album is occasionally confused with the 1975 RCA release Best of Dolly Parton. (Sometimes the albums are differentiated by their being referred to as Best of...Volume I and Best of...Volume II) and the 2007 compilation album The Very Best of Dolly Parton.

"Mule Skinner Blues" earned Parton her first ever Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal.

The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dolly Parton; except where indicated

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughan)	3:10
2.	"Down From Dover"	3:42
3.	"My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy"	3:27
4.	"In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)"	2:46
5.	"Gypsy, Joe, and Me"	3:07
6.	"In the Ghetto" (Mac Davis)	2:46
7.	"Just Because I'm a Woman"	3:01
8.	"Daddy Come and Get Me" (Parton, Dorothy Jo Hope)	2:59
9.	"How Great Thou Art" (Carl Boberg)	3:27
10.	"Just the Way I Am"	2:27

Chart position

Chart (1970)	Peak Position
U.S. Top Country Albums	12

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ "American album certifications – Dolly Parton – The Best of Dolly Parton". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

The Best of Dolly Parton at Dolly Parton On-Line

Dolly Parton

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Hello, I'm Dolly (1967) Just Because I'm a Woman (1968) In The Good Old Days (1969) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969) The Fairest of Them All (1970) The Golden Streets of Glory (1971) Joshua (1971) Coat of Many Colors (1971) Touch Your Woman (1972) My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972) My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973) Bubbling Over (1973) Jolene (1974) Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974) The Bargain Store (1975) Dolly (1975) All I Can Do (1976) New Harvest – First Gathering (1977) Here You Come Again (1977) Heartbreaker (1978) Great Balls of Fire (1979) Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980) 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980) Heartbreak Express (1982) Burlap & Satin (1983) The Great Pretender (1984) Real Love (1985) Rainbow (1987) White Limozeen (1989) Eagle When She Flies (1991) Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993) Something Special (1995) Treasures (1996) Hungry Again (1998) The Grass Is Blue (1999) Little Sparrow (2001) Halos & Horns (2002) For God and Country (2003) Those Were The Days (2005) Backwoods Barbie (2008) Better Day (2011) Blue Smoke (2014) Pure & Simple (2016)

Compilations	As Long as I Love (1970) The Best of Dolly Parton (1970) Just the Way I Am (1972) Mine (1973) Best of Dolly Parton (1975) Just Because I'm a Woman (1976) Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits (1982) Collector's Series (1985) Think About Love (1986) The Best There Is (1987) Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3 (1987) I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (1996) Ultimate Dolly Parton (2003) Singer, Songwriter & Legendary Performer (2006) The Very Best of Dolly Parton (2007) 16 Biggest Hits (2007) Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton (2008) Dolly (2009) Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith & Inspiration (2010) Dolly Parton & Friends (2011)

Dollywood Exclusives	Precious Memories (1999) Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke (2009)

Collaborations	Just Between You And Me Just the Two of Us Always, Always Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca Once More Two of a Kind The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil Together Always We Found It Love & Music Porter 'n' Dolly Say Forever You'll Be Mine Porter & Dolly The Winning Hand Trio Honky Tonk Angels Trio II

Songs	"Dumb Blonde" "Mule Skinner Blues" "Joshua" "Coat of Many Colors" "Touch Your Woman" "My Tennessee Mountain Home" "Jolene" "I Will Always Love You" "Love is Like a Butterfly "The Bargain Store" "The Seeker" "We Used To" "All I Can Do" "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" "Here You Come Again" "Two Doors Down" / "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" "Heartbreaker" "Baby I'm Burning" "You're The Only One" "Sweet Summer Lovin'" "Starting Over Again" "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" "9 to 5" "But You Know I Love You" "The House of the Rising Sun" "Single Women" "Heartbreak Express" "Hard Candy Christmas" "Potential New Boyfriend" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Tennessee Homesick Blues" "Don't Call It Love" "Real Love" (w/ Kenny Rogers) "Think About Love" "Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)" "We Had It All" "The River Unbroken" "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" "Yellow Roses" "White Limozeen" "Rockin' Years" "Silver and Gold" "Eagle When She Flies" "Little Sparrow" "Better Get to Livin'" "Together You and I"

Collaboration singles	"The Last Thing on My Mind" "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Say Forever You'll Be Mine" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers"

Guest singles	"Islands in the Stream" (w/ Kenny Rogers) "Love Is Strange" (w/ Kenny Rogers) "When I Get Where I'm Going" (w/ Brad Paisley)

Soundtracks	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Rhinestone Straight Talk

Live albums	A Real Live Dolly Heartsongs: Live from Home Live and Well Live from London An Evening With...Dolly Live!

Christmas albums	Once Upon a Christmas (w/ Kenny Rogers) Home for Christmas

Films	Hollywood to Dollywood The Book Lady For the Love of Dolly Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love

Tours	Halos & Horns Tour Hello, I'm Dolly Tour The Vintage Tour An Evening with Dolly Parton Backwoods Barbie Tour Better Day World Tour Blue Smoke World Tour Pure & Simple Tour

Theme parks and attractions	Dollywood Dollywood's Splash Country Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede

Related articles	Stella Parton Rachel Dennison Dollywood Foundation Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton discography Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton

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