Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on the 19th of January. 19. 1946 to a low-income family, with twelve kids eventually included, discovered early that she could escape the hardships of her life by using a vivid imagination. Before she could write and read, she had already composed the songs she wrote herself. In 8 years, she had her very first guitar. In the age of 11 when she was 11, she began singing at the Knoxville Tennessee radio station. That same year, she recorded her first album with Gold Band Records an independent small-scale label. Even though she was still at school, she already made a name of herself within the local arena. Her goal was to to perform at a much larger scale. In the exact day that she graduated from high school, in 1964. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her first two charting albums from Monument Records. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female vocalist to perform on his show syndicated by him from the beginning. Parton began her career in 1967 and signed by RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Then, in 1974, she left Wagoner's Show because the success of her singles like Joshua Coats Of Many Colors or Jolene was surpassing their joint albums. Parton wrote I Will Always Love You for Wagoner following their split. It made it to No. In 1974, the song by Parton I Will Always Love You reached the No.