Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on the 19th of January 1946 at Locust Ridge Tenn. She lived with 12 other children. Her vivid imagination helped her escape from life's harsh reality. life. The songs she wrote were composed before she could write or read. The guitar that she first received was presented to her when she turned eight. She started singing at an Knoxville Tenn station by the age of eleven. That following year, she made her debut album for Gold Band Records an independent small label. While she was at school, she already made a name of herself within the local arena. However, her goal was to to perform at a much greater level. The year 1964 was the day after her high school graduation, she relocated to Nashville. Dumb Blonde was her first single to reach the top of the charts for the first time on Monument Records. Around this time, Porter Wagoner was looking for the next girl to perform on the show he had syndicated to television. Parton got her first gig in 1967 she signed with RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. But she resigned from the show in 1974 as her solo songs like Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene were charting collaborations with them. Parton, after the split of their collaboration with Wagoner, wrote"I'll Always Be Loved" by You and had it reach Number. 1. for the first time in 1974.