The following year she made a string version for the soundtrack of the movie Dumplin’. Her most recent “Jolene” came out just last year in an amusingly overwrought duet with Italian ...

It was a forgettable film and probably not the note Blalock wanted to leave her career on. Jolene Blalock's marriage to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino continues to go strong after almost 20 years.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. While she’s written hundreds–perhaps thousands–of songs in her ...