Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on the 19th of January 1946 at Locust Ridge Tenn. She was raised with twelve other kids. Her imaginative mind was a great way to get away from life's harsh reality. life. Before she could read or write she wrote her own music. She got her first guitar when she was just 8 years old and began singing on the Knoxville Tenn radio station at the age of 11. That same time, Gold Band Records was an independent label. While in high school, she made herself known to the school community but her goals were bigger. The day she graduated high school, in 1964. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her two first charting albums for Monument Records. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female vocalist to join his syndicated show from the beginning. Parton took the job in 1966, she joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. The year 1974 was the first when she made the decision to quit Wagoner's show because the success of her own solo records like Joshua Coat, Many Colors, and Jolene was outstripping their joint efforts. Parton following the breakup of their relationship with Wagoner was the one to write I Will Always Love You and had it reach the top spot at No. This was the first time that a song hit the top spot.