Dolly-Parton

Born on Jan. 19th of 1946, in Locust Ridge Tenn into a poverty-stricken family which would later consist of 12 children Dolly Parton learned early to escape the hardships of living through her vibrant and expansive imagination. Before she could write and read, she had already composed her own music. Her first guitar purchase came at age 8 and began singing on a Knoxville Tenn radio station at the age of 11. The first album she recorded was during the same year on Gold Band Records, a tiny independent label. At the age of 16, she made herself known to the local community, however her ambition was bigger. The day she was able to graduate from high school, in 1964. Dumb Blonde (both 1967) as well as Something Fishy were among her first Monument Records chart-topping records. Porter Wagoner began looking for women to sing for his TV show syndicated by a network at approximately the exact at the same time. Parton became a member of Grand Ole Opry 1969 after having signed in 1969 with RCA Records. In 1974, she quit Wagoner's Show because the success of her own songs such as Joshua Coats Of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. After their split, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it climbed to Number. This was the first time a song hit the top spot.