Columbia Nashville’s Jessica Simpson has been in town putting the final touches on her highly anticipated debut country album, due out early this fall. Produced by John Shanks and Brett James, Jessica's lead-off single, "Come On Over," is already a Top 40 hit on the country singles chart and rapidly climbing. Pictured (L-R): Brett James, Jessica Simpson and John Shanks. Photo Credit: Jen Cook for Sony BMG Nashville / Columbia Nashville.
June 13, 2008 — When Jessica Simpson wanted to shift into country music, she got encouragement from Willie Nelson, who was a fellow cast member in the Dukes Of Hazzard movie in 2005. Now she’s getting an assist from a second Country Music Hall of Fame member: Dolly Parton.
"We were out here [in Nashville] writing and we set up this meeting with Dolly," Jessica told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "I went to her adobe, which is so cool. You walk in and she has a chapel and a beauty salon basically and ballet bars. I just loved being there and being in her presence. She listened to the album, and she just was encouraging. She goes, ‘I have to be a part of this record.’ And so she gave me a handful of songs and she said, ‘I got better ones. I got better ones!’ And then three days later, she sent me 12 more songs, and I chose the very first song that was on the second CD, and it’s called, ‘Do You Know.’ She wrote it and it’s such a great song, and I’m so blessed to be able to sing with her on it and have her be so much a part of my career."
Dolly is adding her vocals to "Do You Know," which will appear on Jessica’s debut country album. The first single, "Come On Over," has already set a record as the highest debut in history for a solo artist who’s never previously been on the country chart.
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