Dolly Parton died at the age of 80, her family announced on Tuesday, August 25.
The beloved country music icon has left Hollywood and fans alike in mourning. However, the “I Will Always Love You” artist previously revealed that she had a vault of pre-recorded music that would be available to be released following her death.
“I’ve got hundreds, hundreds, even thousands of songs — a big part of them have never even been recorded,” Parton said during an appearance on the Dolly Parton’s America podcast in 2020. “There’s enough stuff to go on forever with my music, to do compilation albums, to do new and original stuff. I am purposely trying to put songs down for that very purpose, to have a click track and my vocals where any arrangement could be done. So I think ahead.”
She added, “Anybody could produce that. Anyone, any producer in the world — a hot shot producer, when I’m gone, they could take my songs, just the click track of my vocal, and build a complete arrangement around that. So that will go on forever.”
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