The Legendary Dolly Parton

	Because of her unbelievable talent as an actress, comedienne, woman, and person in general, Lucille Ball has become a role model for many people. Among these people are Rosie O'Donnell, Carol Burnett, and Bette Midler. In fact, Rosie O'Donnell said, "Lucille Ball paved the way for every female performer, I think, today. You know, you have to honor those who came before you and give a hand to those who

Dolly Parton is so much more than what people see her as. She is much more than a “Barbie doll,” that is why I am going to inform the class about Dolly Parton’s early life, her career, and about information that most people do not know about her. Additionally, I want to make the class more familiar with some of Dolly Parton’s most sensible words, which serve as valuable quotes to live by. I want people to know how wonderful Dolly Parton is so that less people will possess negative opinion about her. Dolly Parton proves that there is so much more to people than just their looks.

Not everyone is blessed with musical talent but when someone has an extraordinary ability, he or she should get the chance to please others with it. Sometimes a career can be made out of musical endowment, and that is what Billie Holiday did. Billie had a life that she may not have dreamed of since it started out rough with her mistreatment from adults and discouraging misfortunes, but she was ambitious and that showed through her singing career. Billie could usually adapt to her life’s problems except for her drug addiction and alcohol abuse, which unfortunately led to her demise. She was a talented woman who sang and helped create hit songs that aided her to rise to fame. Billie Holiday bravely stood up to racism, showed the world her talent, and inspired many of her beloved fans, all while continuing to be herself and not allowing the issues in her life hold her back.

Oprah Winfrey has had an outstanding career and has emerged as the most significant female African American of her generation and those following her. From her early childhood Oprah has faced many obstacles and family distortions such as

Whitney Houston is considered as one of the greatest singers of our generation. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she holds the record of being the most rewarded female artist of all time. I chose her as my topic, because she represents resiliency and tenacity, despite her troubled experiences with drugs and her personal life. Whitney Houston comes from a family with an amazing, musical pedigree; her mother, Cissy Houston, was a successful back-up singer for Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Dionne Warwick is her first cousin and Aretha Franklin is her godmother. In 1983, Houston was signed to Arista Records and music executive, Clive Davis, became her mentor and helped launch her successful career. Whitney Houston was

Dolly Parton’s 1973 iconic “Jolene” is a tale about a woman pleading her husband’s mistress to stop seeing him because she knows she can't compete with her beauty. Even though,

The lovely artist grew up with 11 siblings. They were a poor family and lived in a small cabin. Music has always been an important thing in her life. Dolly Parton has been active with her music since she was a child. Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs. The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville and after that her initial success came as a songwriter.

How is Dolley Madison’s character developed by the events of her childhood and young adulthood?

Joss Stone all show signs of Ella's influence. Ella is also credited with inspiring the great Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet and Mel Torme to some extent. Although Ella's influence through style is great, perhaps her greatest achievement can be noticed in her career as a whole. Ella Fitzgerald was an influential woman with many followers around the world, of all races, religions and nationalities.

Attention material: She is the most popular female artist since 2006 when she started as a country singer; she has won many Grammy Awards, Kids Choice Awards and People’s Choice Awards with her incredible talent. She is generous, creative and successful; this could be no other than our beloved Taylor Swift.

Connie Francis truly left an amazing impact on rock and roll music. She is essentially the prototype for the female pop singers of present day. She paved the way for women in the fifties to sing rock and roll with the boys, and was unique as a female artist in that she made record sales equal to or exceeding her male singing counterparts. Her music styling had quite a range, including big band, country, ethnic, folk, and many other types. Interestingly, Francis actually still challenges one of today’s pop stars, Madonna, as the biggest-selling female recording artist of all time.

In June of 1997, Julie was operated on for a cyst on one of her vocal chords. After this operation, her musical career was over, as she has never again been able to sing with all her previous quality. She filed a malpractice suit and it was settled out of court. During this time, in 1997 the Queen appointed Julie Dame Commander of the British Empire, for her services as an entertainer, becoming the fourth woman to be from the performing arts to be given the honor. Since that time she has taken to writing children’s stories with her husband. She has also taken on many movies, such as The Princess Diaries (2001), and lending a voice to the animated film Shrek 2 (2004).

Being a touring singing and performer can become a very rough and tiring job. Being on the road traveling for many months, playing different shows every night would make you really realize if singing is what you love to do. Ella was a singer for more than 60 years. Ella Fitzgerald goes down in history as one of the greatest female singers proven by the many awards and respect she received.

Gabriel Faure (12 May 1845 – 4 Nov 1924) The Dolly Suite is a collection of six short piano duets. It was inspired and composed for Helene, nicknamed “Dolly”, the daughter of singer Emma Bardac, with whom Faure was intimately associated in the 1890s. This suite was composed and revised between 1893 to 1896.

Country music is constantly changing, an example of this is how women are now viewed in country music. The American form of music became popular in the 1920’s, and continued to grow, artists of this era include the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and Vernon Dalhart. One of country’s most well-known female singers is Dolly Parton, becoming a major country star in the 1970’s. Dolly was one of the first female artists to challenge the gender stereotypes in country music, this major success led to her long career. She has contributed over 35 hits to country and popular music, including her album Coat of Colors released in 1971, by RCA records was the album that changed her career. The 8th solo album made it onto Time Magazine 's 100 Greatest