Trio

Trio is the long-awaited collaboration album by three of the most successful American female singers of the 1960s and 1970's, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. The 1987 release was certified triple Platinum and also received several Grammy nominations and awards. Longtime friends and admirers of one another, Parton, Ronstadt and Harris first attempted to record an album together in the mid-1970s, but scheduling conflicts and other ... more

Trio is the long-awaited collaboration album by three of the most successful American female singers of the 1960s and 1970's, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. The 1987 release was certified triple Platinum and also received several Grammy nominations and awards. Longtime friends and admirers of one another, Parton, Ronstadt and Harris first attempted to record an album together in the mid-1970s, but scheduling conflicts and other difficulties (including the fact that the three women all recorded for different record labels) prevented its release. Some of the fruits of those aborted 1970s recording sessions did make it onto the women's respective solo recordings. "Mister Sandman" appeared on Emmylou's album Evangeline and Dolly's "My Blue Tears" was included on Linda's album Get Closer. (Parton and Ronstadt also recorded a version of the traditional ballad "I Never Will Marry", which appeared on Ronstadt's 1977 Simple Dreams album, though that was likely recorded... less