Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 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 the difficulties she faced by using her rich and vibrant imagination. Before she learned to read or write Dolly Parton was composing her own music. At the age of 8, she got her first electric guitar. She began singing on a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. That same year she made her first recording on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. Even though she became a local star while in the high school years, her goals were bigger. After graduating from high school in 1964 she moved immediately to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were the first two albums to chart from Monument Records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated show on TV in the late '60s, was looking for a girl to sing for his program. Parton joined RCA Records and then joined the Grand Ole Opry. She accepted her job in 1967. The show was cancelled by Wagoner, however, in 1974 due to her albums on her own like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene exceeded the sales of their joint albums. Parton following the breakup of their collaboration with Wagoner she wrote the song"I'll Always Be Loved" by You and had it reach No. First time, in 1974.