Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946, on the 19th of January 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. She grew up with twelve other kids. Her vivid imagination was a great way to get away from the harsh realities of everyday life. Prior to learning how to read and write, Dolly Parton was creating her own songs. Her first guitar was given by her mother when she was eight. She started singing at the Knoxville Tenn station by the age of 11. The same the year that Gold Band Records was an independent label. While she was in school, she had already made a name of herself in the local music scene. But her dream was to be able to play on a greater scale. On the very day she graduated from high school, it was 1964. Dumb Blonde (both 1967) as well as Something Fishy were among her first Monument Records chart-topping records. Porter Wagoner's syndicated tv show required a new singer at around the time. Parton became a member of Grand Ole Opry 1969 after contracting with RCA Records. In 1974, she resigned from The Wagoner's Show due to the popularity of her own songs such as Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton wrote I Will Always Love You to Wagoner after their breakup. It reached number one. For the first time, in 1974.