Dolly Parton has
consistently used her platform to spread hope and joy to countless fans
throughout her legendary career. At a time when our world seems to be
in disarray and so many are struggling, Parton is once again using her
familiar and comforting voice to lift us all to a better place with the
release of her new song “When Life Is Good Again“.
The music video for “When Life Is Good Again”
is a heartwarming visual that reminds everyone of all the happy
memories and inspires us to look forward past this temporary moment of
distance and isolation. Parton also uses the video as a nod to all of
the selfless front line workers who are fighting each day to keep us
safe. Several of those courageous health workers are featured in the
video as a symbol of community and how in times of crisis we come
together to support one another.
“Since
our world was forever changed by the COVID virus, I have felt a deep
respect and appreciation for all of our frontline responders,” says
Parton. “This video is to pay respect to them and to remind all of us
that this too shall pass. If we pull together as a community, we can
rise above and look forward to more beautiful days on the horizon. I
hope you love this song as much as I have loved bringing it to you.”
ABOUT DOLLY PARTON:
Dolly
Parton is the most honored and revered female country singer-songwriter
of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA-certified gold, platinum, and
multi-platinum awards, she has had 26 songs reach #1 on the Billboard
country charts, a record for a female artist. Parton recently became the
first country artist honored as Grammy MusiCares Person of the Year
given out by NARAS. She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record
for any artist, and 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years.
In 2014 the RIAA recognized her impact on recorded music with a plaque
commemorating more than 100 million units sold worldwide. Her 2016 #1
album, “Pure & Simple,” which topped the Billboard Top Country
Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts and debuted at No. 1 in the
U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, added to that massive tally. She has
garnered ten Grammy Awards and 49 nominations, including the Lifetime
Achievement Award and a 2020 win with for KING & COUNTRY for their
collaboration on “God Only Knows”; 10 Country Music Association Awards,
including Entertainer of the Year; five Academy of Country Music Awards,
also including a nod for Entertainer of the Year; four People’s Choice
Awards; and three American Music Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted as
a member of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. Parton has donated
over 130 million books to children around the world with her Imagination
Library. Her children’s book, Coat of Many Colors, was dedicated to the Library
of Congress to honor the Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book
donation. From her “Coat of Many Colors” while working “9 to 5,” no
dream is too big and no mountain too high for the country girl who
turned the world into her stage.
ABOUT THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY:
Dolly
Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free,
high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no
matter their family’s income. After launching in 1995, the program grew
quickly. First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier
County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in
2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton’s
Imagination Library had mailed one million books. it would prove to be
the first of many millions of over 135 million books gifted to children
around the world. Dolly’s home state of Tennessee pledged to pursue
statewide coverage in 2004 and global expansion was on the horizon.
After the United States, the program launched in Canada in 2006 followed
by the United Kingdom in 2007, Australia in 2013 and the Republic of
Ireland in 2019. For more information visit imaginationlibrary.com.