Heart, hope and a steely determination: Dolly Parton's musical legacy
- Image source, Getty ImagesByMark SavageMusic correspondentIn 1980, Dolly Parton was filming her first Hollywood movie, 9 To 5, and between scenes she had an idea for the tune that would become the movie's theme song.
- But her guitar was banned from the set - so she made the beat by strumming her acrylic nails together.
- The sound, she realised, was just like the typewriter used by her character, a married secretary who is constantly belittled and sexually harassed by her boss.
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- Image source, Getty ImagesByMark SavageMusic correspondentIn 1980, Dolly Parton was filming her first Hollywood movie, 9 To 5, and between scenes she had an idea for the tune that would become the movie's theme song.
- But her guitar was banned from the set - so she made the beat by strumming her acrylic nails together.
- The sound, she realised, was just like the typewriter used by her character, a married secretary who is constantly belittled and sexually harassed by her boss.
Sources: BBC News