Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to a family of 12 poor children that would be raised together eventually, learned very early how to get out of difficulties with her incredibly vivid imagination. Before she could read and write she began to compose the songs she wrote herself. In 8 years, she got her first guitar. When she was 11 years old she started singing at the Knoxville Tennessee radio station. In the same year, she recorded her first recording on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. While in high school, she was able to establish herself within the school community but her dream was greater. The day after she graduated in 1964, she moved to Nashville. The first charting record she had with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner began looking for women to sing for his syndicated television program at about the exact time. Parton was hired in the year 1966. She she joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. The year 1974 was the first that she decided to leave Wagoner's band because the popularity of her own solo records such as Joshua Coat, Many Colors, and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. The two split in 1974, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it climbed to No. The first time in 1974.