Dolly Parton always spends the first month of the new year celebrating her birthday. When the calendar hits Jan. 19 this year, the Queen of Country turns a very special age and enters a new era.

Dolly Parton is an American original. The singer, songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and multi-multi-hyphenate has blazed her own bright trail since Jan. 19, 1946, when she was born in a single-room ...