Dolly Parton Has a Secret Song Locked Away in Dollywood
Parton wrote “My Place In History” for a time capsule, and the song will stay sealed until her 99th birthday, her team said.
- Country music legend Dolly Parton died Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at age 80, leaving behind a secret, unreleased song stored in a time capsule at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
- The track, titled "My Place In History," was placed alongside a CD player and cassette player with strict instructions to keep the capsule sealed until her 100th birthday on January 19, 2046.
- During a 2023 appearance on "The Tonight Show" with host Jimmy Fallon, the singer expressed frequent regret, saying "I have regretted that, because it was a really good song."
- Dollywood representatives confirmed the theme park will remain open as scheduled, honoring Parton's wish that "the show must go on," while announcing plans for an official memorial in the near future.
- Worldwide tributes continue following her passing, with President Donald Trump ordering flags lowered for a week as fans celebrate her legacy of hit songs, Dollywood, and her Imagination Library.
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Dolly Parton Locked a Never-Before-Heard Song in a Time Capsule
Dolly Parton saved a song for fans in the future! The never-before-heard song is in a time capsule to be opened on her 99th birthday in 2045. She first revealed the plan to stow away the tune, titled “My Place In History,” in her 2020 memoir “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.” The song is being stored at Dollywood in Tennessee. In 2022, Parton shared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “I had to write this song that nobody was going to hear ‘til then, an…
An unreleased song attributed to Dolly Parton, kept in a sealed box at the Dollywood resort in Tennessee, is set to be released in 2045, shortly before the artist would have turned 100.
Dolly Parton left a secret song. Learn why "My Place In History" can't be played until 2045.
The grief for the late Dolly Parton is great. But at least a little consolation is given by the country legend even posthumously to her fans: There is a song from her that will only be released in 20 years' time.
The last piece of the singer Dolly Parton, locked in a sealed box, currently in the Dollywood theme park, will be released shortly before the 100th anniversary of the American artist, who died Tuesday at the age of 80, informs DPA.
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