When Dolly Parton attended the CMA Awards in 1977, she wasn’t an audience favorite. She had recently released the album New Harvest … First Gathering, which took Parton’s music in a new direction. The Nashville establishment resented her move to the pop charts and some people weren’t happy to see her at the show. When she arrived, heads turned because of her outfit.
Dolly Parton turned heads at an awards show
In 1977, Parton was nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year at the CMA Awards. She wore a red, floral patterned blouse with one fringed sleeve and a pair of pants in the same floral pattern. She adorned her hair with a large red flower. The look did not go over well with the audience.
“She came out there in that garb lookin’ like a peacock,” one person said in the book Dolly by Alanna Nash.
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