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.