Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on the 19th of January 1946 on the 19th of January 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. She lived alongside 12 other kids. The vivid imagination of her mother was a great way to get away from the pressures of daily life. Before she learned to write or read, she had already composed the songs she wrote herself. Once she had her first instrument at age of eight, she started to play at radio stations in Knoxville in Tennessee. That same year, Gold Band Records was a tiny independent record label. As a student in high school she established herself in the local community, yet she yearned for having a bigger stage. After graduating from the high school in 1964, she immediately moved to Nashville. Her first charting hits with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female vocalist to join his syndicated show in the years prior to this. Parton was hired in 1967 and signed by RCA Records by 1968, she joined the Grand Ole Opry. She left Wagoner's show, however, in 1974 because her albums on her own like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene exceeded the sales of their joint albums. Parton following the breakup of their partnership with Wagoner, wrote I Will Always Love You and saw it climb to the top spot at No. For the first time, in 1974.