Claim: Dolly Parton has an album.

`` Jolene '' is a song written and performed by American country music artist Dolly Parton . It was released in October 1973 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name , produced by Bob Ferguson .   The song was ranked No. 217 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' in 2004 . According to Parton , `` Jolene '' is the song most-recorded by other artists of all the songs she has written .   `` Jolene '' was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance -LRB- first for the original release and the following year for a live version -RRB- ; despite not winning originally , the song eventually earned Parton a Grammy Award 44 years after its original release , for a cover by the a capella group Pentatonix in which she was also featured .