Rainbow

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Rainbow is the twenty-eighth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on November 25, 1987, by Columbia Records. The original plan, when Parton signed with CBS, was for her to alternate between releasing pop and country albums (rather than trying to combine the two styles on each album), but due to Rainbow's poor sales and tepid critical reception, the plan was quickly abandoned, and Parton more or less focused on recording country material for the remainder of her association with the label. The album was among Parton's lowest charting albums to that point. It stalled at #153 on the U.S. Billboard 200 pop albums chart and barely cracked the top twenty on the Top Country Albums chart; its first single, "The River Unbroken" missed the Hot Country Songs top 40 entirely, stalling at #63, and did not make the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. The album's second single, "I Know You by Heart", a duet with Smokey Robinson, did not chart at all, but was covered by Bette Midler the following year for the soundtrack of the movie Beaches. A third single, "Make Love Work", was released in June 1988, but fared poorly, likely due, in part, to competition from "Wildflowers", a top-ten single by Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt released from their 1987 Trio album a month earlier. Rainbow's release coincided with the launch of Parton's ill-fated 1987-1988 variety show Dolly. Two songs from the album, "Could I Have Your Autograph" and "Savin' It for You", were also highlighted on the show. Another track, presumably recorded during the Rainbow sessions, "Don't Stop Dreamin'", was never officially released, though it was highlighted on episode 6 of Dolly and was used in promotional material for the show.