Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to an unlucky family of twelve children that would be raised as a unit eventually, realized very quickly how to navigate her way out of her difficulties by using her rich and vivid imagination. Even before learning to read and compose the music she wrote herself, she created the music she composed herself. As a young girl, she got her first electric guitar. She began to sing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. She released her debut album within the same calendar year on Gold Band Records, a small independent label. Her name was made for herself locally while still in high school but she dreamed of having a larger stage. She moved to Nashville shortly after her graduation in 1964. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female performer to be a part of his syndicated show from the beginning. Parton was found in the year 1967 she signed with RCA Records by 1968, and was a part of the Grand Ole Opry. Her departure from the show came, however, in 1974 because 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 to Wagoner in the aftermath of their breakup. It reached number one. #1 for the first time in 1974.