Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge Tenn. to an unlucky family of twelve children, who would all grow up in the same household, understood very young how to overcome of the challenges she encountered with her extraordinary and vibrant imagination. Before she could compose or read and compose, she wrote her own tunes. At the age of 8 when she bought her first electric guitar and began singing on a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. In the same year she released her debut album for Gold Band Records an independent small-scale label. The singer established a name for herself locally while still in high school, yet she dreamed of performing on a bigger stage. Her move to Nashville shortly after her graduation in 1964. The first charting record she had for Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female performer to perform on his show syndicated by him in the years prior to this. Parton accepted the job in 1967 signed with RCA Records in 1968 and was a part of the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. She left the show after 1974 because her solo music, including Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene had begun charting their collaborative efforts. Following their breakup, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it reached No. The first time it made it to Number 1 was in 1974.