| "Starting Over Again" | ||||
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| Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
| from the album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly | ||||
| B-side | "Sweet Agony" | |||
| Released | February 25, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Klein | |||
| Dolly Parton singles chronology | ||||
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"Starting Over Again" is a song recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. The song was written by Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano.[1] Parton's recording was performed as a slow tempo ballad, gradually building to a dramatic crescendo. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from her album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. "Starting Over Again" made the U.S. pop top forty, peaking at number 36, and reached number 1 on the U.S. country charts on May 24, 1980, becoming Parton's 12th number one. [2] Dolly’s recording would also make Donna Summer the first black female to co-write a number 1 country hit.[3]
Donna Summer performed it live numerous times on television specials during the 1980s, including her own program, The Donna Summer Show. A studio version of the track has yet to surface.
- ^ Tennessean Music Team (24 July 2009). "Bruce Sudano's 'Wedding Day' rings bells with listeners". Advertisement Music. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 262.
- ^ "How Donna Summer made black female history on country charts before Beyoncé". 23 February 2024.