Encore: Saint Dolly | Girl Singer | 202
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
When Dolly makes it to Nashville, stardom doesn’t come as quickly as she’d hoped. But landing a spot as the Girl Singer on Porter Wagoner’s show brings her much closer to her dreams. There’s just one problem — Porter controls every aspect of her career. And Dolly’s ready to strike out on her own.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.7 | convince the newest season of Even the Rich |
| 0:03.3 | before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:08.3 | This episode is pretty wholesome, |
| 0:10.2 | but there might be some adult language and innuendo. |
| 0:13.2 | Please be advised. |
| 0:14.4 | It's June 1964. |
| 0:19.4 | An 18-year-old Dolly Parton strides up to the marble-column |
| 0:26.5 | entrance of the opulent Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. Make no mistake, Dolly's on a mission. |
| 0:36.0 | This is the fanciest place Dolly has ever been to, |
| 0:40.0 | so she's put on her full armor. |
| 0:42.0 | Her hair is teased as high as she can get it, |
| 0:46.0 | big and round and blonde. |
| 0:48.0 | Her lashes are heavy with mascara. |
| 0:52.0 | She put on an extra coat especially for this. |
| 0:55.0 | And her nicest pants are jeans, unfortunately, but she's paired them with her very best blouse, |
| 1:01.8 | a white satin looking button up that shows off her figure. |
| 1:07.0 | All right, as someone who's been in leggings for the last two years, sounds fancy enough to me. |
| 1:11.5 | Well, I'm currently sitting in a chicken wing-stained t-shirt, |
| 1:14.1 | so I'd wager she's almost too fancy for me. |
| 1:18.0 | But Dolly needs this look to work for her tonight. |
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