Editing Dolly Parton (section)

===1987–2005: Country and bluegrass period===
Along with [[Emmylou Harris]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]], Parton released ''[[Trio (1987 album)|Trio]]'' (1987) to critical acclaim. The album revitalized Parton's music career, spending five weeks at number one on ''Billboard's'' Country Albums chart, and also reached the Top{{spaces}}10 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} Top{{spaces}}200 Albums chart. It sold several million copies and produced four Top{{spaces}}10 country hits, including [[Phil Spector]]'s "[[To Know Him Is to Love Him]]", which went to number one. ''Trio'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]] and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. After a further attempt at pop success with ''[[Rainbow (Dolly Parton album)|Rainbow]]'' (1987), including the single "[[The River Unbroken]]", it ended up a commercial let-down, causing Parton to focus on recording country material. ''[[White Limozeen]]'' (1989) produced two number one hits in "[[Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That]]" and "[[Yellow Roses (Dolly Parton song)|Yellow Roses]]". Although Parton's career appeared to be revived, it was actually just a brief revival before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s and moved most veteran artists off the charts.<ref name=allMusicGuide/>

[[File:Dolly Parton with square red earrings.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Dolly Parton at a recording session {{circa|1989}}]]
A duet with [[Ricky Van Shelton]], "[[Rockin' Years]]" (1991) reached number one, though Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack of the feature film ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' (1992). Both the single and the album were massively successful. Parton's soundtrack album from the 1992 film, ''[[Straight Talk]]'', however, was less successful. But her 1993 album ''[[Slow Dancing with the Moon]]'' won critical acclaim and did well on the charts, reaching number four on the country albums chart, and number 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. It would also become Platinum certified.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/27/dolly-parton-country-music-rockstar-tops-billboard-album-charts/71718623007/|title=Dolly Parton's 'Rockstar' tops 6 different Billboard album charts|first=Marcus K.|last=Downing|publisher=The Tennessean|date=November 27, 2023|accessdate=December 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Dolly Parton|title=Slow Dancing with the Moon|type=album|accessdate=December 12, 2023}}</ref> She recorded "The Day I Fall in Love" as a duet with [[James Ingram]] for the feature film ''[[Beethoven's 2nd (film)|Beethoven's 2nd]]'' (1993). The songwriters (Ingram, [[Carole Bayer Sager]], and [[Clif Magness]]) were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Parton and Ingram performed the song at the awards telecast. Similar to her earlier collaborative album with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton released ''[[Honky Tonk Angels]]'' in the fall of 1993 with [[Loretta Lynn]] and [[Tammy Wynette]].<ref name="bio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20031223090313/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/parton_dolly/bio.jhtml "Dolly Parton Biography"]. [[Country Music Television]]; retrieved February 12, 2012.</ref> It was certified as [[Oro album|a gold album]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] and helped revive both Wynette and Lynn's careers. Also in 1994, Parton contributed the song "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit album ''[[Red Hot + Country]]'' produced by the [[Red Hot Organization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-hot-country-mw0000622534|title=Red Hot + Country – Various Artists – Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|date=September 13, 1994|access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> A live acoustic album, ''[[Heartsongs: Live from Home]]'', featuring stripped-down versions of some of her hits, as well as some traditional songs, was released in late 1994.<ref>{{cite web|author=Barry Weber|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/heartsongs-live-from-home-mw0000119223|title=Heartsongs: Live from Home – Dolly Parton – Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>

Parton's recorded music during the mid-to-late-1990s remained steady and somewhat eclectic. Her 1995 re-recording of "I Will Always Love You" (performed as a duet with [[Vince Gill]]), from her album ''[[Something Special (Dolly Parton album)|Something Special]]'' won the Country Music Association's [[Country Music Association Awards#Awards by year|Vocal Event of the Year Award]]. The following year, ''[[Treasures (Dolly Parton album)|Treasures]]'', an album of covers of 1960s/70s hits was released, and featured a diverse collection of material, including songs by [[Mac Davis]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Cat Stevens]], and [[Neil Young]]. Her recording of Stevens' "[[Peace Train]]" was later re-mixed and released as a dance single, reaching ''Billboard's ''dance singles chart. Her 1998 country-rock album ''[[Hungry Again]]'' was made up entirely of her own compositions. Although neither of the album's two singles, "(Why Don't More Women Sing) Honky Tonk Songs" and "Salt in my Tears", charted, videos for both songs received significant airplay on [[Country Music Television|CMT]]. A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, ''[[Trio II]]'', was released in early 1999. Its cover of Neil Young's song "[[After the Gold Rush (song)|After the Gold Rush]]" won a [[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals]]. Parton also was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref name=bio/>

Parton recorded a series of [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]]-inspired albums, beginning with ''[[The Grass Is Blue]]'' (1999), winning a [[Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album]]; and ''[[Little Sparrow]]'' (2001), with its cover of [[Collective Soul]]'s "[[Shine (Collective Soul song)|Shine]]" winning a [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance]]. The third, ''[[Halos & Horns]]'' (2002) included a bluegrass version of the [[Led Zeppelin]] song "[[Stairway to Heaven]]". In 2005, she released ''[[Those Were the Days (Dolly Parton album)|Those Were The Days]]'' consisting of her interpretations of hits from the [[folk-rock]] era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]", "[[Where Do the Children Play?]]", "[[Crimson and Clover]]", and "[[Where Have All the Flowers Gone?]]"<ref name=bio/>