Dolly-Parton

born on January. 19th, 1946 Locust Ridge Tenn into a low-income family that would ultimately comprise 12 kids Dolly Parton learned early to escape the hardships of life by using her vivid and broad imagination. Her songs were written before she was able to write or read. Within 8 years she got her first guitar. In the age of 11 when she was 11, she began singing at the Knoxville Tennessee radio station. That same year, she recorded her debut album for Gold Band Records an independent small-scale label. While she was in school, she had already established herself on the local scene. Her goal was to be able to play on a bigger level. She moved to Nashville the day after graduating in 1964. Her first charting hits on Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female singer for his show that was syndicated at this point. Parton took the offer in 1967 signed with RCA Records in 1968 and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. She quit Wagoner's act in 1974 when her solo singles like Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene outsold the collaborations. Parton following the breakup of their partnership with Wagoner, wrote"I'll Always Be Loved" by You and made it to No. 1. for the first time in 1974.