Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits a 'day or two apart'

Mark SavageMusic correspondent One week in 1972, Dolly Parton was suddenly struck with inspiration - and quickly dashed off two songs that would define her as an artist. The first was Jolene - a playful, but steely warning to a beautiful woman and love rival. According to Parton, the track was inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who’d flirted with her husband - but she acknowledged the appeal was more universal. "Most of us have actually had a Jolene in our lives at one time or another,” sh