Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19th, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to 12 children from a poor family children who would grow up together eventually, learned very young how to overcome of difficulties by using her rich and imaginative imagination. Her songs were written before she knew how to write or read. Her first guitar was given to her at the age of eight. She began singing in the Knoxville Tenn station by the age of 11. Her first album was recorded during the same year Gold Band Records, a small label that was an independent. As a student in high school She made her mark locally but dreamed about a larger stage. When she was graduating in 1964 she moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her first two charting albums for Monument Records. The syndicated television show of Porter Wagoner was in need of a new singer at around this point. Parton was hired in 1967 and signed by RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1974, she resigned from The Wagoner's Show due to the popularity of her own songs such as Joshua Coats from Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton was a part of the group that split after the end of their relationship with Wagoner was the one to write I Will Always Love You and made it to the top spot at No. 1. for the first time since 1974.