Jolene
Dolly Parton
1973
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1973
Release: 1973Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The RCA single is listed in 1973, before the 1974 album.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1973.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Dolly Parton discography - Library of Congress
Original RCA single listings: Jolene (1973), Light of a Clear Blue Morning and Here You Come Again (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), and the Kenny Rogers duet Islands in the Stream (1983).
Jolene - official Dolly Parton album catalog
Original album released February 4, 1974; tracklist includes I Will Always Love You. This album date is later than the Jolene single.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Written by Parton about a bank teller who flirted with her husband One of Parton's most popular and enduring songs
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1973.html, song-list position 78
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1973.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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