Rosie Waterland
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14,460 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Sep
Rosie Waterland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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dolly's uncle bill which is her mom's brother he was also trying to make a career out of music um and he did little bits and pieces around town and he saw dolly's talent like from the start and so from when she was about seven he got her a little recurring spot on the local radio station so she would go in and sing her little songs yeah so cute and
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Uncle Bill also taught her guitar and just really encouraged her music and sort of managed her in a way, like getting her little gigs at like restaurants or events around town and in a lovely way.
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hear a family member comes
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like she's always said, he changed my life.
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He's the one who encouraged my music.
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He just loved that he had this thing that he connected on her with and wanted to see her succeed.
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Yeah.
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So in 1959, when Dolly is 13, Bill manages to get her a really small record deal at a tiny little label in Tennessee.
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The first song she records and releases is called Puppet Love.
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And it's basically about the crush she had on the record label's owner.
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Yeah.
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She was like, my God, he was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
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I looked up a photo of him and he was super cute.
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Yeah, it was like her first boyfriend.
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She's also said it was a terrible song.
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Oh, my God, it was terrible.
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But, you know, whatever.
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And once she'd recorded a whole album at that little label and like had enough copies that they'd made that she could give out or sell and
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