Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on Jan. 19. 1946 to a low-income family, with twelve kids later on, realized early that she could get away from suffering through her vivid imagination. The songs she wrote were composed before she could write or read. When she was eight, she bought the first electric guitar she owned and began to sing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. The same year, she released her first album with Gold Band Records an independent small-scale label. While she was in school, she had already established herself within the local arena. However, her goal was to to make music on a bigger level. The singer moved to Nashville shortly after her graduation in 1964. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female singer for his show that was syndicated from the beginning. Parton took the job in 1966, she joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. The year 1974 was the first that she opted to walk away from Wagoner's program as the popularity of her own solo records like Joshua Coat, Many Colors, and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. After their split, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it climbed to No. The first time it reached No. 1 was 1974.