Dolly Parton releases new song in memory of the late husband Carl Dean

Dolly Parton pays a special musical tribute to his beloved late husband Carl Thomas Dean.

Thursday, March 6, Parton, 79, revealed the title of its new track, “If you had not been there“In one Instagram Post, which she shared with a throwing photo of the couple showing Parton on Dean’s Back.

“Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all the great love stories they never end,” wrote country music legend about Dean, who died Monday 3 March in Nashville at the age of 82.

“They live in memory and in singing, and I devote this to him,” she added before referring to the song.

“If you hadn’t been there / where would I be? / Without your trust, love and faith,” Singing Parton at the beginning of the track.

“The ups and downs / we have always shared / and I would not be here, if you had not been there,” she continues.

Partons published his song shortly after she Shared a tribute on Instagram After the death of her husband 58 years earlier this week.

The Pair of bands tied Back in 1966, but the ultra-adequate dean remained largely from the limelight during their almost 60-year marriage, despite his wife’s huge career in the show industry.

Parton wrote earlier on Thursday, “This is a love note to family, friends and fans. Thank you for all the messages, cards and flowers that you have sent to pay your respect for the loss of my beloved husband Carl.”

“I can’t reach out personally to each of you but just know that it has meant the world to me,” added musicians.

“He is in the arms of God now and I’m okay with it. I will always love you,” she continued, referring to her hit song from 1973 “I Will Always Love You.”

On Monday, Parton Dean confirmed death On the website of social mediaWriting, “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t make the right to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”

Dean started meeting Parton after they met at a washing machine in Nashville – “and that was the day my life began,” he said in 2016 in a rare public statement, per Entertainment tonight.

“My first thought was” I’ll marry that girl. “My second thought was,” Lord she looks good, “he added.

Parton told People In 2019 by her private husband who chooses a quieter life, “He always supports me as long as I don’t try to pull him into it. He has always been my biggest fan behind the scenes, but he’s home.”

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Her newly released song “If You’t You Been Been There” Ekade Her tribute to her uncle, Billy Earl Owenswhich died in April 2021 at the age of 85.

“I knew my heart would break when he went, and it did,” she wrote on xShare a link to a tribute on her website. “I will start this word by saying that I would not be here if he had not been there.”