{"id":2237465,"date":"2026-01-16T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2237465"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:55:57","slug":"see-dolly-partons-new-light-of-a-clear-blue-morning-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/see-dolly-partons-new-light-of-a-clear-blue-morning-video\/","title":{"rendered":"See Dolly Parton&#8217;s New &#8216;Light of a Clear Blue Morning&#8217; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAhead of her 80th birthday, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dolly-parton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dolly-parton\" data-tag=\"dolly-parton\">Dolly Parton<\/a> revisited her twangy 1977 ballad, \u201cLight of a Clear Blue Morning,\u201d with an impressive group of friends in a new video. The clip features <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lainey-wilson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lainey-wilson\" data-tag=\"lainey-wilson\">Lainey Wilson<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/miley-cyrus\/\" id=\"auto-tag_miley-cyrus\" data-tag=\"miley-cyrus\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/queen-latifah\/\" id=\"auto-tag_queen-latifah\" data-tag=\"queen-latifah\">Queen Latifah<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/reba-mcentire\/\" id=\"auto-tag_reba-mcentire\" data-tag=\"reba-mcentire\">Reba McEntire<\/a> singing their parts in a recording studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe clip begins with Parton narrating, \u201cYou know, we\u2019re living in troubled and uncertain times.\u201d Latifah responds, \u201cYeah, we sure are.\u201d Parton rejoins, \u201cBut we can\u2019t let the darkness win.\u201d Each artist takes turns, round-robin style, singing the verses, while David Foster plays piano. The new version includes a gospel choir, the Christ Church Choir, giving the song a peppy finish as the women all harmonize the chorus along with them. \u201cEverything\u2019s gonna be all right,\u201d Parton says at the end, looking into the camera. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe artist teased the new clip with an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTil0hPkVke\/\">Instagram reel<\/a>, explaining she wrote the tune, on which she sings, \u201cI can see the light of a clear blue morning\u201d and \u201ceverything\u2019s gonna be all right,\u201d in 1976 when she \u201cneeded a little hope.\u201d At the time, she was coming to terms with separating from her musical and business partner, Porter Wagoner. \u201cThis time around, I\u2019ve invited some very special women, some real \u2018shining lights\u2019 to help me bring that hope to life again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolly Parton - Light of a Clear Blue Morning ft. Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah &amp; Reba\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/McaD2PG8jOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAs I celebrate my 80th birthday, this new version is my way of using what I\u2019ve been blessed with to shine a little light forward, especially by sharing it with some truly incredible women,\u201d Parton echoed in another statement when the song came out. Net proceeds from the recording will benefit pediatric cancer research at Nashville\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe song, which combined country, pop, and even gospel into one uplifting song, originally featured on Parton\u2019s 18th solo studio album, <em>New Harvest\u2026First Gathering<\/em>. Parton wrote the tune herself, but, like the new version, the album featured several notable guests including Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl, Kitty Wells, and Ernest Tubb as backing vocalists. She re-recorded the song as a more upbeat, modern-sounding pop song for the <em>Straight Talk <\/em>movie soundtrack in 1992, and again in 2003 as a lush piano ballad for her post-9\/11 patriotic album, <em>For God and Country<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCyrus, too, has a history with \u201cLight of a Clear Blue Morning,\u201d since she covered the song during a <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/miley-cyrus-dolly-parton-snl-mothers-day-cold-open-1167137\/\">Saturday Night Live <\/a><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/miley-cyrus-dolly-parton-snl-mothers-day-cold-open-1167137\/\">appearance<\/a> in 2021. \u201cTomorrow is Mother\u2019s Day, and this is for all the moms out there,\u201d Cyrus said before the performance, which was a cold open.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of her 80th birthday, Dolly Parton revisited her twangy 1977 ballad, \u201cLight of a Clear Blue Morning,\u201d with an impressive group of friends in a new video. The clip features Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah, and Reba McEntire singing their parts in a recording studio. 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