Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to a poor family of twelve children, who would all grow up together eventually, learned very quickly how to navigate her way out of the difficulties she faced with her extraordinary and vivid imagination. The songs she wrote were composed before she was able to read or write. As a young girl at the time, she purchased the first electric guitar. Then she began singing for the Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. The same year, she recorded her debut album Gold Band Records an independent small-scale label. When she was still in highschool she became famous locally but longed to be on a bigger stage. After she finished her high school, in 1964 she moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. It was around this time that Porter Wagoner was looking for a new girl singer for his syndicated television show. Parton began her career in 1966. She then joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. Her departure from the show came, nevertheless, in 1974 when her solo albums such as Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene outsold their collaborations. The two split in 1974, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it made it to Number. 1 for the first time in 1974.