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First aired: 6/29/1979 --Raydio (guest hosts) - "Rock On," "You Can't Change That," "Jack and Jill," "Hot Stuff" & "More Than One Way to Love a Woman" --England Dan & John Ford Coley - "Hollywood Heckle and Jive," "Love Is the Answer" & "Rolling Fever" --McFadden and Whitehead - "Mr. Music" & "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" --Dolly Parton - "You're the Only One," "Great Balls of Fire" & "Star of the Show" --Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" & "Make Believe Lovers" Guest star: England Dan & John Ford Coley (Themselves), Dolly Parton (Guest) , Raydio (Host), McFadden and Whitehead (Guests), Anita Ward (Guest) Great Balls of Fire, 1979 (certified gold 11/13/79)1979 'Great Balls of Fire' #40 U.S. (#4 COUNTRY) The episode of "The Midnight Special" she hosted on NBC and the "Down Home Country Christmas" episode of her ABC variety series "Dolly" were each nominated, in 1979 and 1988, respectively, for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork. The "Kenny, Dolly & Willie: Something Inside So Strong" concert special for NBC was nominated for Outstanding Lighting Direction For A Series in 1989. And two of her shows won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series: "Dolly" on ABC for the "Down In New Orleans" episode in 1988 and "Kenny, Dolly & Willie" in 1989.1979: "I Really Got the Feeling" goes to No. 1 for two weeks on the country charts in January, while "Baby I'm Burning" only makes it to No. 48 (No. 25 on the pop charts). A disco mix dance single of the latter is also released, becoming a club hit. Her next album, Great Balls of Fire, is released in May and goes gold in November. It produces one No. 1, "You're the Only One." She plays Vegas. But things aren't all rosy; with her newfound crossover success and its accompanying money, Porter thinks he has some due, so he files a multi-million dollar breach of contract suit against her for dissolving their business partnership. She settles out of court for about $1 million and a new duet album. She and Carol Burnett do a network television special. 1980-1981: Dolly's first film is released, 9 to 5, in which she had third billing behind Jane Fonda and Lilly Tomlin. One of only three "blockbusters" that year, the film brings Dolly Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, Best New Film Star and Best Song (for the title song) as well as the Peoples Choice Award for Best Actress and an Oscar nomination for the title song, which itself is a country and pop No. 1 in January 1981 and million-seller by February. The song also helps Dolly pick up two more Grammies (for Best Country Female Performance and Best Country Song) as well as a nominations for their top pop award (Song of the Year) and as for best music from a film. In addition, she releases the song on her own album, 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, which goes gold in March, and wins her first ACM Female Vocalist of the Year Award.