Dolly Parton Locked Away a Song To Be Released on What Would Have Been Her 100th Birthday

Fans are mourning the death of country music legend Dolly Parton, but they can look forward to one final song release from her — they just have to wait 20 years. Parton, who died on Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer, previously shared that she wrote a secret song and locked it in a time capsule at Dollywood that is supposed to be opened on the date of what would have been her 100th birthday, January 19, 2046.During a 2022 interview with Kelly Clarkson, Parton said that the track does exist. The song, entitled “My Place In History” was stored on cassette and a CD along with devices to play them.“There is a song. I figure it’ll probably disintegrate, probably nobody ever hears it,” Parton told Ms. Clarkson. “That’s what bothers me, to think that it’s gonna be a song that nobody’s ever gonna hear if it rots in there before they open it.”The country star said the song was locked away in 2015, and said it is a “really good song.” Though she fretted that it would not survive, adding, “I don’t know whose damn idea that was.”A placard on the box in which the song is stored states, “The chestnut ‘Dream Box’ is a repository of Dolly’s wishes and memories for the future. It will not be opened until Dolly’s birthday on January 19, 2046. The Dream Box itself is tribute to her original mentor and uncle, Bill Owens, who has worked tirelessly to preserve the American Chestnut tree.”“As a final tribute, Dolly placed a song which she has written to be released as her last. Entitled ‘My Place In History,’ only Dolly will know its melody and content until 2046,” the placard reads. Parton told late-night host Jimmy Fallon in 2022 that she had thought about opening the box so she could release the secret song and replace it with another one “that’s not as good.”

Dolly Parton Locked Away a Song To Be Released on What Would Have Been Her 100th Birthday

Dolly Parton Locked Away a Song To Be Released on What Would Have Been Her 100th Birthday

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