Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946 on the 19th of January 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. She was raised with 12 other children. Her vivid imagination helped her escape from the savage realities of daily life. Before she learned to write and read, she was making up her own songs. At the age of 8 at the time, she purchased the first electric guitar she owned and began singing for the Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. She recorded her first album that same year Gold Band Records, a small label that was an independent. Even though she was still in school, she had already established herself on the local scene. The goal for her was to become more acknowledged. After she finished her high school, in 1964 she relocated to Nashville. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Around this time, Porter Wagoner was looking for the next girl to perform on the show he had syndicated to television. Parton was hired in 1966, joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. Then, in 1974, she left at the end of Wagoner's show due to the success of her own songs such as Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton composed I Will Always Love You in honor of Wagoner following their split. The song reached the top of the charts at. The first time it reached number 1 was in 1974.