How Dolly Parton Said No to Elvis Presley

In the mid 1970s, a young Dolly Parton did something that made almost no financial sense at the time. Elvis Presley, the biggest star in music, wanted to record one of her songs. All she had to do was hand over half the publishing rights, standard practice for anyone who wanted "the King" to sing their material. Dolly said no. She cried about it the same night, by her own account, certain she'd just turned down the biggest break of her career. Two decades later, that stubborn refusal had...