June 8th...Dolly Parton Hits #1

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 172. This time we examine the year 1974 as Dolly Parton’s song “I Will Always Love You” reaches #1 on the country chart, 1949 as 1984 by George Orwell is Published, and 1984 as New South Wales decriminalizes homosexual sex between consensual males.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://calendar.songfacts.com/june/8/18446

https://www.thefactsite.com/day/june-8/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Orwell

https://www.biography.com/writer/george-orwell

https://www.liveabout.com/i-will-always-love-you-history-931698

https://www.nickiswift.com/285518/the-truth-about-dolly-partons-relationship-with-porter-wagoner/

https://www.grunge.com/239591/inside-dolly-partons-complicated-history-with-porter-wagoner/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a30570197/dolly-parton-i-will-always-love-you-lyrics-meaning/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Orwell/Animal-Farm-and-Nineteen-Eighty-four

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/30-years-since-homosexuality-was-decriminalised-in-nsw/123148

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-is-published

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_New_South_Wales

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Photo: 

http://vps42216.inmotionhosting.com/~willie14/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dolly_porter.jpg