‘9 to 5′ Star Block Releases Solo Debut Album

Dolly Parton is the brains behind the musical 9 to 5, based off the 1980 film featuring the bubbly blonde herself, and aside from penning the songs to the new Broadway musical 9 to 5, Parton has also been busy with another musical venture. Lending her vocals to a collaboration from 9 to 5 costar Stephanie J. Block, Parton will guest star on Block’s solo debut recording This Place I Know on the Parton classic “I Will Always Love You.” The album is set to drop on June 2, and several other artists will make cameos on the Block album, as well.

Songs on This Place I Know include “Something Beautiful” (with Stephen Flaherty), “One Day” (with Andrew Lippa), “I Will Always Love You” (with Parton), “Gotta Start Small” (with Deborah Abramson), “15 Pounds (Away from My Love)” (with Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler), “Never Neverland (Fly Away)” (with Scott Alan), “The Hardest Part of Love” (with Steve Marzullo), “Invention” (with Paul Loesel), “Making Good” (with Stephen Schwartz), “Because I Am a Wife” (with Claude-Michel Schonberg), “Smart Women” (with Marvin Hamlisch), “The Human Heart” (with Stephen Flaherty) and “Life Starts Clapping” (with Paul Loesel).

9 to 5 officially opens on Broadway on April 30, starring Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Marc Kudisch and Block.

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