Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to 12 children from a poor family children that would be raised in the same household, figured out very early on how to conquer of her difficulties with her incredibly vibrant imagination. Even before learning to read or write and compose her own music. When she was 8, she got her first electric guitar and began to sing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. She recorded her first album during the same year with Gold Band Records, a tiny independent label. As a student in high school She made her mark local, but longed for an even bigger stage. In the exact day that she graduated from high school, in 1964. Her first charting hits with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated television show host at the time, was in search for a girl to sing for his show. Parton was signed to RCA Records and then joined the Grand Ole Opry. She accepted her job in 1967. In 1974, she resigned from The Wagoner's Show due to the popularity of her own songs such as Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton following the breakup of their partnership with Wagoner, wrote"I Will Never Love You and had it reach Number. In 1974, Parton's song I Will Always Love You peaked at No.