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Dolly Parton Proved Artists Don’t Need Vulgarity To Be Successful

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Dolly Parton Proved Artists Don’t Need Vulgarity To Be Successful

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It’s not hard to see that as America’s culture has become coarser, so too has its music.

Scroll through some of the top songs in the country and you’re bound to find many accompanied by a red-coated “explicit” symbol warning listeners that it’s probably not suited to be played around Nana or children. Even for songs remastered to be “clean,” little is left to listeners’ imagination as to what explicit word or phrase was dinged from the original to garner radio playtime.

But for music lovers who found themselves listening to the recently deceased Dolly Parton, that was never a problem.

Throughout her decades-long career, the much-beloved Queen of Country graced the airwaves with tunes that the littlest cowgirl could enjoy. Aside from a cheeky “Dollyism” here or there during interviews, the bubbly singer instead imbued her music with themes of love, family, and her Christian faith.

Even while working in a culture that........

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