Dolly Parton for beginners: How the Queen of Country wrote the playbook for Taylor Swift

Dolly Parton’s status as the Queen of Country never quite explained the scale of her influence. A better measure came from Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, who after her death shared a handwritten note she had sent him following his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Parton had congratulated him, admitted she knew little about rap and told him that he was “very special” and touched people in ways he probably did not even realise.