Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton – Rockin’ Years

“Rockin’ Years” – Single by Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton from the album Eagle When She Flies and Backroads. Released February 4, 1991.

“Rockin’ Years” is a song written by Floyd Parton, and recorded as a duet by American country music artists Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton. it was released in February 1991 as the lead-off single to both Parton’s album Eagle When She Flies and Shelton’s album Backroads, and on both albums, it is track #2 on each of the albums track lists. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, giving Parton her twenty-fourth number one and Shelton his eighth. The song would be Parton’s last chart-topper until 2006.

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Dolly Parton - Rockin' Years

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“Rockin’ Years” was a 1991 #1 Country hit by Parton & Ricky Van Shelton, but it was originally intended to be a duet between Parton & Jones. They recorded it in 1988, but apparently his label contract ended and it wasn’t released. Several years later Parton recorded it with Van Shelton and it became her last #1 hit.

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