1981: The Year the Academy Awards Celebrated Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn

by Jessica Nicholson

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1980 marked a blockbuster yr when it got here to films and nation music, with the discharge of 9 to five (that includes Dolly Parton alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin), Honeysuckle Rose (that includes Willie Nelson) and Coal Miner’s Daughter, a biopic targeted on the life and profession of Loretta Lynn. Forward of this weekend’s Academy Awards, we glance again at 1981, when Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Loretta Lynn have been celebrated on the Academy Awards.

In 1981, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton every earned an Academy Awards nomination for Finest Unique Track. Parton was nominated as the only real author of her hit “9 to five.”

In the meantime, Nelson was nominated as the only real author of “On The Highway Once more,” which was included within the film Honeysuckle Rose. Although neither track gained that yr (the win finally went to the smash hit “Fame”), each songs turned signature hits for his or her respective artist-writers.

That very same yr, actress Sissy Spacek gained the Academy Award for Actress in a Main Function for her portrayal of Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter. The movie was additionally nominated for Finest Image through the 1981 ceremony.

“I began to work on ’Coal Miner’s Daughter’ with a bunch of strangers and I completed engaged on ’Coal Miner’s Daughter’ with a bunch of associates,” Spacek stated throughout her acceptance speech earlier than thanking Lynn and the movie’s crew and her fellow castmates.

Over time, a number of songs both written or carried out by nation artists have earned nominations and/or wins within the Academy Awards’ Finest Unique Track class, and some are highlighted beneath:

In 1953, “Excessive Midday,” carried out by Tex Ritter for the film Excessive Midday, gained the Finest Unique Track class.

In 1970, “True Grit,” from the film of the identical title and carried out by Glen Campbell, earned the track’s writers Don Black and Elmer Bernstein a nomination within the class. Campbell additionally starred alongside John Wayne within the movie, the place Campbell portrayed the character La Boeuf.

In 1976, “I’m Simple” by Keith Carradine from the movie Nashville took house the Finest Unique Track honor.

In 1998, the Diane Warren-penned observe “How Do I Stay,” featured within the film Con Air, was nominated for Finest Unique Track. Trisha Yearwood carried out the track within the film.

Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen have been nominated within the class in 1999 for “A Delicate Place to Fall” from The Horse Whisperer. Diane Warren earned one other nomination in 2002 for “There’ll You’ll Be,” recorded by Religion Hill for the Pearl Harbor soundtrack.

Parton earned her second nomination within the class in 2006 for penning “Travelin’ Through” from Transamerica. In 2011, nation songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges, and Tom Douglas earned a nomination for “Coming Residence” from Nation Sturdy.

Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond earned a nomination in 2015 for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” from the Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me documentary.