Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on the 19th of January. 19. 1946 into a very low-income family, with twelve kids eventually included, discovered early that she was able to escape suffering through her vivid imagination. Before she was able to write and read, she began to compose her own music. The first time she picked up a guitar was at age 8 and started singing at a Knoxville Tenn radio station at the age of eleven. Gold Band Records is a small, independent label. Even though she was still studying, she established a name for herself on the local scene. However, her goal was to be able to make music on a bigger scale. In the exact day that she graduated high school, it was 1964. Her first charting records with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner began looking for women to sing for his TV show syndicated by a network at approximately the same time. Parton joined RCA Records and then joined the Grand Ole Opry. She took on the role in 1967. But she resigned from the show in 1974 when her solo releases such as Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene were charting collaborations with them. Parton wrote I Will Always Love You for Wagoner after their breakup. It reached number one. The first time a song hit the top spot.