Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on Jan. 19. 1946, into a low-income family, with twelve kids eventually included, discovered early that she was able to escape the hardships of her life by using a creative mind. Before she learned to read and write she began to compose her own songs. At the age of eight, she bought her first electric guitar and began to sing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. The following the year that Gold Band Records was an independent label. The singer established a name for herself locally while still in high school but she always dreamed of having a bigger stage. On the 14th of March, 1964, after her high school graduation her family moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her two first charting albums from Monument Records. Porter Wagoner began looking for new female vocalists for his syndicated television program at around the exact at the same time. Parton was hired in the year 1966. She was signed to RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. In 1974, she quit Wagoner's Show because the success of her own songs such as Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton recorded "I will Always Be Loving You" to Wagoner soon after their split. The song hit the top spot at No. It was the first time a song reached No.