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 could escape the hardships of her life by using a creative mind. Her songs were written before she could read or write. Within 8 years she had her very first guitar. When she was 11 years old she started singing on Knoxville Tenn's radio station. In the same year, she recorded her first record on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. As a student in high school, she made her name local, but longed for having a bigger stage. In the exact day that she graduated the high school in 1964. Her first charting hits with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner began looking for new female vocalists for his syndicated television program at approximately the same at the same time. Parton took the offer and in the year 1967, she signed to RCA Records in 1968 and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. In 1974, she resigned from Wagoner's Show because the success of her solo songs like Joshua Coats from Many Colors or Jolene was surpassing their joint albums. After their split, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it reached Number. For the first time, in 1974.