Bubbling Over (album)

Bubbling Over is the twelfth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on September 10, 1973, by RCA Victor. The album cover photo was shot by Nashville photographer Les Leverett near the fountain at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The album's single, "Traveling Man", is a new version of a song previously included on her 1971 Coat of Many Colors album. "The Beginning" would later be recorded as a duet with Porter Wagoner and included on their 1975 album, Say Forever You'll Be Mine.

Initially, the title track was also earmarked to be a single but these plans were cancelled in order for "Jolene" to be released instead. In an interview with Billboard in 1974, Parton stated that "we were planning on releasing 'Bubbling Over' as the single but after the LP was finished, we had some other sessions scheduled and 'Jolene' came out of these. We simply thought this was the strongest thing for a single."