"Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack album"" —previously released on Parton's 1974 album ""Jolene"". Released on July 31, 1982, the double-A side was well-received--""Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"" peaked at #1 on the country singles chart in August, followed by ""I Will Always Love You"", which became the Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single ""for a second time"" on October 16, 1982. Thanks to a double-A side of ""previously recorded"" singles, Dolly Parton became the first artist ever to earn a number one record twice with the same song as a singer (three times as a writer, following Whitney Houston's 1992"
"Country Songs chart, becoming one of the best selling singles of 1974. When Parton re-recorded the song in 1982 for the soundtrack of the film ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", the track was issued as a single and once again charted at number one on Hot Country Songs — making her the first artist ever to earn a number one record twice with the same song., the 1982 version also reached #53 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #17 on its adult contemporary charts. After recording a duet with Vince Gill in 1995 for the album ""Something Special"", the duet"
"Best Country Song. It also reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart and it was No. 78 on the ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs"" list released by the American Film Institute in 2004. ""9 to 5"" became a major box office success, grossing over $3.9 million its opening weekend, and over $103 million worldwide. Parton was named Top Female Box Office Star by the ""Motion Picture Herald"" in both 1981 and 1982 due to the film's success. In late 1981, Parton began filming her second film, the musical film ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1982). The film earned her"
"and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple number-one hit. Parton became one of the few female country singers to have a number-one single on the country and pop charts simultaneously. It also received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Her singles continued to appear consistently in the country Top 10. Between 1981 and 1985, she had 12 Top-10 hits; half of them hit number one. She continued to make inroads on the pop chart as well. A re-recorded version of ""I Will Always Love You,"" from the feature film ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"""
"1982, the same year as the film it was based on. A heavily cut version of the film, with a runtime of 48m 19s, was passed by the BBFC in the United Kingdom rated 18 on April 13, 1994. Memphis Cathouse Blues Memphis Cathouse Blues is a 1982 pornographic film that is a spoof of the Broadway musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", and the 1982 film it was made into, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Annette Haven takes over the Parton role of the madam and Mike Horner the Reynolds role as the sheriff. Madam Mavis (Annette"
"La Grange (song) ""La Grange"" is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album ""Tres Hombres"". One of ZZ Top's most successful songs, it was released as a single in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1974. The song refers to a brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Texas (later called the ""Chicken Ranch""). The brothel is also the subject of the Broadway play and film ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", the latter starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. The first time ZZ"
"Fund. Hall died on October 11, 2018 at the age of 82. Carol Hall Carol Hall (April 3, 1936 – October 11, 2018) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for composing the music and lyrics for the Broadway stage musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1978, adapted as a film in 1982). Her other works include the Broadway sequel ""The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public"" (1994), as well as the Off-Broadway musical ""To Whom It May Concern"" (c. 1986). Hall was born in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. She penned eight one-act plays, all under the"
"Texas, was renamed the Larry L. King Theatre. King died on December 20, 2012, at a retirement home in Washington, D. C. He was survived by his third wife, Barbara S. Blaine (who was also his lawyer and literary agent), five children, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Larry L. King Larry L. King (January 1, 1929 –December 20, 2012) was an American playwright, journalist, and novelist, best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", which became a long-running production on Broadway and was later turned into a feature film starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning"
"horror film ""House of 1000 Corpses"". The house is also featured as the residence of Sabrina and her two aunts on the '90s sitcom ""Sabrina the Teenage Witch"". The film was mentioned in an episode of ""The Venture Bros."", where Dr. Venture mistakes it for a pornographic film, given it's ""racey"" history. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a 1982 American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins (in his final film as director). It is an adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name, and stars"
"sometime in 1980. The Texas Chicken Ranch is the basis for the 1978 Broadway musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" and 1982 movie adaptation. It also inspired the ZZ Top song ""La Grange."" Chicken Ranch (Texas) The Chicken Ranch was an illegal but tolerated brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973. It was located in Fayette County about east of downtown La Grange. The business was established by Miss Jessie Williams, and was the basis for the 1973 ZZ Top song, ""La Grange"", the 1978 Broadway musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"","
"Memphis Cathouse Blues Memphis Cathouse Blues is a 1982 pornographic film that is a spoof of the Broadway musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", and the 1982 film it was made into, starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Annette Haven takes over the Parton role of the madam and Mike Horner the Reynolds role as the sheriff. Madam Mavis (Annette Haven) runs a bordello in Memphis, Tennessee. Her exclusive client is Sheriff T.J. Thomson (Mike Horner), but he can't help her against Reverend Pritchit (R.J. Reynolds) who sends Deacon Davis (Herschel Savage) and Brother Pyle (Jon Martin) to demonstrate"
"Larry L. King Larry L. King (January 1, 1929 –December 20, 2012) was an American playwright, journalist, and novelist, best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", which became a long-running production on Broadway and was later turned into a feature film starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning and Dolly Parton. He was born Lawrence Leo King on January 1, 1929, in Putnam, Texas, son of Clyde Clayton King, a farmer and blacksmith, and Cora Lee King (née Clark), who introduced him to the writings of Mark Twain. King dropped out of high school to"
"Chicken Ranch (Texas) The Chicken Ranch was an illegal but tolerated brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973. It was located in Fayette County about east of downtown La Grange. The business was established by Miss Jessie Williams, and was the basis for the 1973 ZZ Top song, ""La Grange"", the 1978 Broadway musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", and its 1982 film adaptation. The brothel that became the Chicken Ranch opened in La Grange in 1844. Run by a widow known as ""Mrs. Swine,"" the brothel operated out of a hotel near"
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall. It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas. It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas (subbing for real locale La Grange) for more than a century. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner. While"
"Ranch"" was written for the trailer. Parton recorded two of the deleted songs, ""A Gamble Either Way"", and ""A Cowboy's Ways"" (a reworking of ""Where Stallions Run""), and included them on her 1983 album ""Burlap & Satin."" The film presented some difficulties for Universal, particularly with advertising. In 1982, the word ""whorehouse"" was considered obscene in parts of the United States, resulting in the film being renamed ""The Best Little Cathouse in Texas"" in some print ads, while television ads were either banned outright in some areas, or the offending word was censored; on WXYZ-TV in Detroit, the announcer on"
"""Night Game"" (1989), ""Convicts"" (1991), ""Judy Berlin"" (1999) and ""Whiskey School"" (2005). Carlin Glynn Carlin Glynn (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer and retired actress. She is the mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Glynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. A life member of The Actors Studio, Glynn made her belated but Tony-winning Broadway debut - as 1979's Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - portraying ""Mona Stangley"" in the original production of ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", a musical comedy adapted by Glynn's husband and fellow"
"albums for Andy Bautista and Sam Sorono. She appeared on Sharifah Aini's ""Just for You"" album which was released in 1980. The one song she contributed to was ""Reunited ""which was a hit for Peaches & Herb in 1978. She came to Australia that year as part of a theatrical tour and decided to stay in the city of Melbourne. In September that year she was starring along side Lorraine Bayly and Alfred Sandor in the stage production of ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" at Her Majesty's Theatre in New South Wales, which was directed by Jerry Yoder. In"
"known as the ""Chicken Ranch"" in Fayette County, Texas, near La Grange, which led to its closure in 1973. The Chicken Ranch story was featured in a 1973 edition of ""Texas Monthly"" magazine, two 1974 issues of ""Playboy"" magazine, was the basis for the Broadway and film musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", and served as the basis of the song ""La Grange"" by ZZ Top. The closing did not go well with the sheriff of Fayette County, Jim T. Flournoy, who later attacked Zindler in a fight that left Zindler with two fractured ribs, along with a snatched"
"Carol Hall Carol Hall (April 3, 1936 – October 11, 2018) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for composing the music and lyrics for the Broadway stage musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1978, adapted as a film in 1982). Her other works include the Broadway sequel ""The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public"" (1994), as well as the Off-Broadway musical ""To Whom It May Concern"" (c. 1986). Hall was born in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. She penned eight one-act plays, all under the tite ""The Days Are As Grass"". The work was acquired by Samuel"
"Carlin Glynn Carlin Glynn (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer and retired actress. She is the mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Glynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. A life member of The Actors Studio, Glynn made her belated but Tony-winning Broadway debut - as 1979's Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - portraying ""Mona Stangley"" in the original production of ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"", a musical comedy adapted by Glynn's husband and fellow Studio member, Peter Masterson, from a non-fiction article published in ""Playboy"", in"
"Appearing on the show with Wagoner during this time is credited with helping to boost Parton to superstardom. Following her departure from Wagoner's weekly show, Parton transitioned into a more pop oriented musical style in 1976 and 1977. During this time Parton starred in her own variety show ""Dolly!"", which ran for one season. In 1980 Parton made her theatrical film debut as Doralee Rhodes in ""9 to 5"". She wrote the film's theme song, which was nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy. In 1982 Parton appeared in ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" as Mona Stangley. She"
"can be found on country music compilation albums. Rinehart was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in October 1996, in recognition of his being a pioneer of the Texas music scene. Cowboy Slim Rinehart Cowboy Slim Rinehart was born Nolan Alfred Rinehart on March 11, 1911, in Comanche County, Texas. He died October 28, 1948 in Michigan (car accident). He was among the first of the ""Singing cowboys"" of the 1930s and 40s (whose ranks included Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers among others), and gained notoriety and national recognition as a broadcaster and singer on"
"Ed Bruce William Edwin Bruce, Jr. (born December 29, 1939) is an American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is known for penning the 1975 song ""Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"" and recording the 1982 country number one hit ""You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had"". He also co-starred in the television series ""Bret Maverick"" with James Garner during the 1981-82 season. Bruce was born in Keiser, Arkansas, United States, and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1957, at the age of 17, he went to see Jack Clement, a recording engineer"
"Jay Garner (actor) Jay Garner (January 17, 1929 – January 21, 2011), born James H. Garner Jr., was an American actor. Born James H. Garner Jr. in 1929 in Sewanee, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Tennessee and moved to Atlanta, where he worked in radio and began acting, he changed his first name to Jay upon entering Actors Equity as there was already a James Garner in the union. Garner was best known to theatre audiences for his diverse character roles, including the ""side-stepping"" Governor of Texas in the musical ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"". He debuted"
"Flash, White Cloud, and Copper. Eddie Dean (singer) Eddie Dean (born Edgar Dean Glosup, – ) was an American western singer and actor whom Roy Rogers and Gene Autry termed the best cowboy singer of all time. Dean was best known for ""I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven"" (1955), which became an even greater hit for Tex Ritter in 1961. Dean was born in the rural community of Posey in Hopkins County, Texas, northwest of Sulphur Springs. His father was a teacher, who encouraged Dean to launch a professional singing career. At the age of sixteen, Dean performed on the"
"Little Whorehouse in Texas"", in addition to many other main-stage theatrical roles in Texas. She sang with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. In her later years, she became known for her roles in horror films, including the 2003 remake of ""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"", starring Jessica Biel. Marich reprised her role as Luda Mae Hewitt in the 2006 prequel, """". In 2013, she replaced fellow veteran actress Tippi Hedren in ""House of Good and Evil"". Marich was married to former radio host Bob Marich who predeceased her in 2012. They had a son, actor Michael Marich (1969–1996), and a daughter, Allison,"
"Edward L. Crain Edward Leroy Crain (December 27, 1903 – March 15, 1975), also known by his stage name, ""The Texas Cowboy"" or his recording alias, ""Cowboy Ed Crain"", was an American country blues musician who played guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. He recorded in the 1930s and is perhaps best known for his rendition of the song, ""Bandit Cole Younger"". As a youth, Crain was taught to play instruments from his fellow ranch hands working on a ranch as a tailor and taking part in cattle drives, in Longview, Texas. Crain credits Jimmie Rodgers with persuading himself to perform professionally"
"wrote the iconic ""True Blue""), Lee Kernaghan (whose hits include ""Boys from the Bush"" and ""The Outback Club""), Gina Jeffreys, Forever Road and Sara Storer. In the United States, Olivia Newton-John, Sherrié Austin and Keith Urban have attained great success. During her time as a country singer in the 1970s, Newton-John became the first (and to date only) non-American winner of the Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year which many considered a controversial decision by the CMA; after starring in the rock-and-roll musical film ""Grease"" in 1978, Newton-John (mirroring the character she played in the film)"
"where she and her husband Roy Morris, himself a singer-songwriter, appear from April until December featuring a two-hour dinner show in the Golden Corral Showroom, singing country, gospel, and patriotic music. Barbara Fairchild Barbara Fairchild (born November 12, 1950) is an American country and gospel singer, who is best known for her hit 1973 country song ""The Teddy Bear Song"" and other country hits. Fairchild started her career at a young age singing country music. She cut her first single at 15 years old. In 1963, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and by 1965, she was a regular on"
"of the Year and Best Country Song. In 2013, ""Little Green Apples"" was covered by English recording artist Robbie Williams featuring American recording artist Kelly Clarkson, which became a top 40 hit in Mexico. According to Buzz Cason, who partnered Bobby Russell in the Nashville-based Rising Sons music publishing firm, Russell wrote both the songs ""Honey"" and ""Little Green Apples"" as ""an experiment in composing"", anticipating a potential market for true-to-life story songs...with more 'meat' in the lyrics [than was] standard"" for current hits. Russell wrote ""Little Green Apples"" for Roger Miller to record and Miller made the first recording"
"the age of seven. Parton went on to say that she writes something every day, be it a song or an idea. Parton's songwriting has been featured prominently in several films. In addition to the title song for ""9 to 5,"" she also recorded a second version of ""I Will Always Love You"" for ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1982). The second version was a number one country hit and also managed to reach the pop charts, going to number 53. ""I Will Always Love You"" has been covered by many country artists, including Ronstadt on ""Prisoner In Disguise"""
"image grew. Like the other Outlaw artists in the business at the time (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Emmylou Harris, David Allan Coe, Hank Williams Jr.), Tucker was able to combine qualities of country and rock music into her voice to make the Outlaw sound that was popular at the time. These qualities could be heard on some of her biggest hits at the time, including 1978's ""Texas (When I Die)"". Tucker also had a spirit of independence, which was another Outlaw quality. She ranked number nine on CMT's Dozen Greatest Outlaws, the only woman"
"Whitney Kershaw Whitney Kershaw (born April 10, 1962) is an American singer and actress, best known for her roles on television. Her most well known role was that of Merilee Gunderson during the first season of ""Major Dad"" in 1989 and 1990. Additional television credits include ""Something Wilder"", ""The Wonder Years"", ""Valerie"", ""Jake and the Fatman"", ""Longarm"", ""Simon & Simon"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Hunter"", ""Quicksilver"", ""A Letter to Three Wives"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""HeartBeat"", ""Covenant"", ""Two Fathers' Justice"" and ""Knots Landing"" and for singing the closing theme song for ""Big Blue Marble"", a mid-1970s syndicated children's TV program produced by her"