There are times when a song becomes popular and it may even hit number one on the Billboard charts. We then hear it on the radio frequently and we may even hear it for a few weeks as it continues to stay on top. Although many songs have found their way to the top of the charts, there are also many of them that continue to drop and eventually, they fall out of sight. We may remember them when somebody mentions it a number of years later but more than likely, we are not going to hear those old songs played on the radio much anymore.
At times, there are also songs that make it at the top of the charts and they just continue to get even more and more popular. They may even be in a genre that you don’t typically listen to but when you hear the song, you not only know the tune, you may even know the lyrics. That is the case with an old country song by Dolly Parton, which is perhaps one of her most popular songs of all time. The song is, ‘Jolene’ and it has one of those melodies that just seems to stick with us. The lyrics are also rather interesting, and they have certainly lent to the success of the song.
When a song is as popular as Jolene, there is something interesting that happens. People began singing it, regardless of whether they are doing so at a local pub singing karaoke or if they are posting it online on YouTube. In fact, it is the new generation that is posting it on YouTube that led to a major revival of the song and it is something that everyone can recognize when they hear it today.
For this cover of Jolene, The Peterson’s perform it and they do it in a very unique and wonderful way. They are a family band that is working on music full-time out of Missouri. Not only are they able to play a variety of instruments, they also have the ability to sing and the combination of the two makes this cover of a classic Dolly Parton song well worth hearing.