Dolly-Parton

born on January. 19th of 1946 Locust Ridge Tenn into a poor family that would eventually consist of 12 children Dolly Parton learned early to overcome the challenges of her life through her vivid and expansive imagination. Before she learned to read and write Dolly Parton had already begun to compose her own music. Her first guitar was given to her when she turned eight. She began singing in the Knoxville Tenn station by the age of eleven. That same year, Gold Band Records was a tiny independent record label. In high school she established herself in the community, but her ambition was bigger. The day after she graduated in 1964 she moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for female performers to perform on his show syndicated by him from the beginning. Parton began her career in the year 1967 she signed with RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The year 1974 was the first that she decided to leave Wagoner's show because the success of her own solo records including Joshua Coat, Many Colors, and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. Parton recorded "I Will Always Love You" for Wagoner soon after their split. The song hit number. 1 for the first time in 1974.