The not-so-dumb Dolly didn’t write this one, but-a song she co-wrote before she was 20- led to the Dumb Blonde release. “Put It Off Until Tomorrow" was written by Dolly Parton and Bill Owens, — first released by Bill Phillips in January 1966. It was his biggest hit- Parton had uncredited harmony- and earned her first BMI award. Following that success- Monument Records was convinced she’d make it in country music and released Dumb Blonde. Dolly recorded “Put It Off Until Tomorrow" several times, first on her debut album, Hello, I'm Dolly, which also featured Dumb Blonde. A few years later Dolly wrote a song - they wouldn’t play. “Down From Dover,” about an unmarried, pregnant teenager abandoned by her lover and family, was deemed too taboo . It wasn’t a single but was released in her 1970 album The Fairest of Them All.
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood covered Down From Dover a year later. Several others followed.
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