Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on the 19th of January. 19. 1946 to a humble family of 12 children eventually included, discovered early that she could escape the hardships of her life by using a creative mind. The songs she wrote were composed before she could write or read. The first guitar she received was gifted by her mother when she was eighteen. She started singing at a Knoxville Tenn station by the age of 11. The same year she released her first recording on Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. While still in highschool, she made her name locally but dreamed about a larger stage. The day after she graduated in 1964, she relocated to Nashville. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for female performers for his show that was syndicated in the years prior to this. Parton was hired in the year 1966. She joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. The band split in 1974 when her solo songs like Joshua Coat of Many Colors & Jolene outsold the collaborations. Parton was a part of the group that split after the end of their partnership with Wagoner was the one to write"I Will Never Love You and saw it climb to Number. This was the first time a song was able to reach No.