Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946, on the 19th of January 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. She lived with 12 other children. Her vivid imagination helped her escape from life's harsh reality. life. She was writing songs before she was able to read or write. Her first guitar was given to her when she turned eighteen. She began singing in the Knoxville Tenn station by the age of eleven. The same year she released her first record on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. At the age of 16, she was able to establish herself within the local community, however her goals were bigger. When she was graduating in 1964, she relocated to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her two first charting albums from Monument Records. Porter Wagoner had been looking for female performers to join his syndicated show at this point. Parton was hired in 1966, she joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. She left Wagoner's show, however, in 1974 because her solo albums like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene beat out their collaborative albums. Parton was a part of the group that split after the end of their collaboration with Wagoner she wrote the song I Will Always Love You and saw it climb to the top spot at No. In 1974, the song by Parton"I Will Always Love You" climbed to No.