Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction (2001)

Dolly Parton was inducted into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. She has written more than 3,000 songs, among them "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene", and in a 2009 interview on CNN's Larry King Live she said she had been writing seriously since the age of seven. She has earned more than 35 BMI Pop and Country Awards.