Dolly Parton Dead at 80: A Look Back at Her EDM Collaborations

Dolly Parton passed away Tuesday at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer, her representatives confirmed this week. The singer-songwriter and philanthropist released 49 solo albums, four collaborative albums, and over 200 compilation albums across a career that earned her 25 No. 1 singles, 10 Grammy wins, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Electronic collaborations spanned Swedish house to festival trap

Galantis recruited Parton for "Faith," a 2016 collaboration featuring Mr. Probz that paired her vocals with the Swedish duo's signature progressive house sound. Cheat Codes followed in 2023 with "Bets On Us," a pop-leaning collaboration that found Parton trading verses over the trio's melodic production.

Destructo put a festival-ready spin on Parton's 1973 signature track "Jolene" with a bass-heavy remix that reimagined the country classic for the dance floor.

Disco roots predate the EDM era

Parton's electronic leanings stretch back decades before her recent collaborations. She recorded disco mixes of "Baby I'm Burnin'" and "I Wanna Fall In Love" with Al Garrison and Warren Schatz in the late 1970s, embracing the four-on-the-floor rhythms that dominated dance music at the time.

Beyond music, Parton championed education through her Imagination Library, which has donated more than 300 million books to children in five countries over three decades.