When you bought it, you bought it. And Dolly Parton nonetheless has it.
The nation legend and reluctant latest Rock & Roll Hall of Famer carried out as we speak at halftime of the NFL sport between the Washington Commanders and host Dallas Cowboys and introduced the billion-dollar home down with a three-song, six-minute live performance.
Riding her just-released rock double album Rockstar, the veteran singer-songwriter started with a pitch for the Salvation Army earlier than taking part in two of her signature hits and a newly revamped Queen traditional. Parton started with “Jolene,” her iconic plea to a man-stealing, auburn-haired vixen that options the signature line “please don’t take him just because you can.” It’s the monitor’s golden anniversary this month, having first hit the nation chart in November 1973 earlier than going to No. 1.
She Grammy winner adopted that with one other massive hit, “9 to 5,” from the 1980 comedy she starred in alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. That music topped Billboard’s Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts, received two Grammys and was nominated for Song of the Year.
A stadium full of individuals was the right place to play the night time’s closing monitor, her cowl of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”/”We Are the Champions.” It’s the fourth and newest single from Rockstar, and the Texas crowd devoured it up like post-turkey pumpkin pie.
Click right here to see the way it regarded on CBS as we speak. Trust us, it’s higher than the sport was.
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