"Just think, I am Dr. Dolly!" she said Friday after receiving an honorary doctorate of humane and musical letters from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Always joking about her buxom figure, she added, "So when people say something about 'Double-D,' they will be thinking of something entirely different."
Parton, a Tennessee native who is the fourth of 12 children from a poor Appalachian family, is well-known for her philanthropic work. Her Imagination Library sends a book to about 500,000 children each month from birth until they start school.
Dolly Parton writes her first children's book
Jun 25, 2009 11:00 am PDT
Dolly Parton created a charity 13 years ago to provide books to children and encourage literacy. Now her first children's book, "I Am a Rainbow," will be featured in the philanthropy. The 63-year-old Parton says working on projects for c...
Dolly Parton surprises Girl Scouts, presents badge
Jun 14, 2009 2:00 pm PDT
Country singer Dolly Parton delighted hundreds of Tennessee Girl Scouts when she made a surprise entrance at a ceremony to present them with a patch created in her honor. Parton appeared on stage at the Pines Theatre in Pigeon Forge, wher...
Elton John, Dolly Parton to perform at Tonys
Jun 5, 2009 2:00 pm PDT
The Tony Awards will include a few bona fide music stars among the usual song-and-dance numbers. Elton John, Dolly Parton and Poison will help toast Broadway's finest at Sunday's ceremony, performing with the casts of top-nominated...
Yusuf takes whimsical look at deportation in song
Jun 5, 2009 7:00 am PDT
Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, doesn't bear any grudges about being denied entry into the U.S. five years ago. He's responded to the widely publicized episode with a whimsical new song, "Boots and Sand," with a music vide...
Dolly Parton takes "9 to 5" to Broadway
Mar 26, 2009 7:00 pm PDT
The jitters are starting to hit Dolly Parton a bit as she prepares "9 to 5: The Musical" for its Broadway debut. "I'm anxious about it," the country music legend told Billboard.com. Parton, who co-starred in the 1980 film, wrote the s...