Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on January. 19. 1946 into a very low-income family, with twelve kids eventually included, discovered early that she was able to escape her hardships through a imaginative mind. Even before learning to read or write and compose her own songs. At the age of 8, she got her first electric guitar. She began to sing at the Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. She recorded her first album in the same calendar year on Gold Band Records, a small label that was an independent. Although she was at school, she already made a name of herself on the local scene. Her goal was to be able to play on a larger level. After graduating from the high school in 1964, she moved immediately to Nashville. The first charting record she had with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner's syndicated TV show needed an additional singer around the time. Parton was hired in 1967 and signed by RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. But she resigned from the show in 1974 as her solo albums like Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene were charting collaborations with them. After their split, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it debuted at the top spot at No. The first time a song was able to reach No.