Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19th, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to 12 children from a poor family children who would grow up together eventually, learned very early how to get out of difficulties by using her rich and imaginative imagination. The songs she wrote were composed before she knew how to read and write. Within 8 years she had her very first guitar. When she was 11 years old, she began to sing at Knoxville Tenn's local radio station. In the same year, she recorded her first record on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. Her name was made for herself locally while still at high school, but always dreamed of having a bigger stage. The day she was able to graduate from the high school in 1964. Dumb Blonde was her first record to chart on Monument Records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated show on TV in the late '60s, was looking for a singer for his show. Parton was offered the gig and in the year 1967, she signed with RCA Records in 1968 and was a part of with the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. Parton quit the Wagoner's band in 1974 when her solo singles such as Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene oversold her collaborations. Following their breakup, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it climbed to the top spot at No. In 1974, the song by Parton"I Will Never Love You climbed to No.