Album · Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors is an album by Dolly Parton, released in 1971. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Coat of Many Colors”, on 3 lists with a best position of #408.
Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton's eighth solo studio album, came out on RCA Victor in October 1971, one of three albums she put out that year alongside The Golden Streets of Glory and Joshua, the most she ever released in a single year. Bob Ferguson produced it.
The title track is the one Parton has named, time and again, as her own favourite of all the songs she's written, and it sets the tone: plainspoken country storytelling, sung with that bright, trembling soprano and not an ounce of Nashville gloss wasted. It earned a nod for Album of the Year at the 1972 CMA Awards, turned up on Time magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums, and landed at number 257 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the 500 greatest. A 2007 CD reissue added four previously unreleased tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Coat of Many Colors on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coat of Many Colors | 3 | #408 | – | 2020–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.