Nobody Can Handle Dolly Parton's WILD Life Story

Dolly Parton was born in a one-room cabin with no electricity, and her parents paid the doctor who delivered her with a bag of cornmeal. That's the first fact in here, and it barely cracks the top ten. These are 16 things about the Queen of Country that sound invented but check out — the single song writing session that produced both Jolene and I Will Always Love You, the real bank teller who inspired one of them, the reason Elvis was never allowed to record the other, the 9 to 5 catalogue she refused to sell, the theme park she owned and never once rode a ride at, the Dolly Parton look-alike contest she entered as herself, the cloned sheep named after her, and the diagnosis she kept quiet while releasing a charity single for children with cancer. Subscribe for weekly entertainment tributes and career breakdowns, and tell us what we missed in the comments. #DollyParton #Jolene #CountryMusic Chapters 0:00 16 Facts About Dolly Parton 0:40 Born in a One-Room Cabin 1:26 Paid the Doctor in Cornmeal 2:34 The Imagination Library 3:12 Nashville the Day After Graduation 3:56 Jolene and I Will Always Love You 4:45 The Real Jolene 5:19 Why Elvis Never Recorded It 6:05 She Never Rode a Ride at Dollywood 6:57 The Dolly Parton Look-Alike Contest 7:46 Dolly the Cloned Sheep 8:26 3,000 Songs, All Hers 9:43 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 10:19 The Songteller Hotel 10:57 The Diagnosis Nobody Knew