# Reba McEntire Honors Dolly Parton With Emotional Performance at CMA Tribute Celebration

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/reba-mcentire-honors-dolly-parton-with-emotional-performance-at-cma-tribute-celebration/
- Published: 2026-10-22T05:33:15+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/reba-mcentire-honors-dolly-parton-with-emotional-performance-at-cma-tribute-celebration/
- Topics: Art, Business, Crypto, Culture

## Key points

- New coverage highlights McEntire’s personal memories of Parton.
- McEntire admired Parton’s honesty, fairness and openness about faith.
- Her tribute performance was “He’s Alive”.

## Summary

The new coverage adds Reba McEntire’s reflections on Dolly Parton’s honesty, fairness and faith to the account of her tribute performance. At a CMA celebration, McEntire remembered Parton as a close friend as well as a country music icon.

McEntire performed “He’s Alive”, a song included on Parton’s *White Limozeen* album but originally released by Don Francisco. The event featured nearly two dozen performers, and the article says Parton wrote more than 3,000 songs; McEntire spoke about knowing her over several decades.

## Coverage

- [American Songwriter: Reba McEntire Honors Dolly Parton With Emotional Performance at CMA Tribute Celebration](https://americansongwriter.com/reba-mcentire-honors-dolly-parton-with-emotional-performance-at-cma-tribute-celebration/)
- [Variety: Dolly Parton CMA Tribute: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Roberts, Oprah and More Remember the Country Icon as the ‘Great Unifier’](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/cmas-celebration-of-dolly-parton-1236919337/)

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