Dolly-Parton

Born on Jan. 19th of 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn into a poverty-stricken family which would later include 12 children Dolly Parton learned early to escape the hardships of life with her vast and imaginative imagination. In the beginning, before she learned to compose or read the music she wrote herself, she created her own tunes. As a young girl, she got the first electric guitar she owned and started singing at an Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. She released her debut album that same year Gold Band Records, a tiny independent label. While she was studying, she had established a name for herself locally. Her goal was to become more recognized. The day after she graduated in 1964, she moved to Nashville. Her first charting records with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female performer to join his syndicated show in the years prior to this. Parton took the job in 1966. She then joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. Her departure from the show came, however, in 1974 due to her albums on her own like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene beat out their collaborative albums. Parton composed I Will Always Love You for Wagoner following their split. The song reached the top of the charts at. 1 for the very first time in 1974.