Jody Miller, Dolly Parton Versions
The song has twice been a hit record on Billboard's country chart. In 1973, Jody Miller reached #29 on the country charts and #41 on the adult contemporary chart.
| "The House of the Rising Sun" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
| from the album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs | ||||
| B-side | "Workin' Girl" (Dolly Parton) | |||
| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | November 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 4:02 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Traditional | |||
| Producer | Mike Post | |||
| Dolly Parton singles chronology | ||||
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In September 1981, Dolly Parton released a cover of the song as the third single from her 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album. Like Miller's earlier country hit, Parton's remake returns the song to its original lyric of being about a "fallen woman". The Parton version makes it quite blunt with a few new lyric lines that were written by Parton. Parton's remake reached # 14 on the U.S. country singles chart, and crossed over to the pop charts, where it reached # 77 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also reached # 30 on the U.S AC charts. Parton has occasionally performed the song live, perhaps most notably, on her 1987-88 television show, in an episode taped live in New Orleans.
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