The 'Tennessee Whiskey' paid tribute to the late Queen of Country by performing one of her beloved country ballads.

The New York Times qualified it as the singer's greatest burst of songwriting, as two of her career-defining hits came to life in 1973 in a short amount of time. The legend says that Parton wrote two of her most iconic songs,

Harry Styles, Kesha, Chris Stapleton, Jack White & John Mayer were among the artists who paid tribute to Dolly Parton with covers of her hits.

She crossed genres, generations and political divides. What made Dolly Parton one of America's most beloved figures?

The legend says that Parton wrote two of her most iconic songs, “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” on the same day, but the singer revealed in several interviews since then that this might not have been the case.

NPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

Dolly Parton, the legendary singer-songwriter and 11-time Grammy winner behind such memorable hits as “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You,” “9 to 5” and “Here You Come Again” who also was an an actor, producer,

Dolly Parton bet on herself in a cutthroat industry and it paid off. "What I really want to do is just to (do) – what I've always done – own myself."