Dolly-Parton

Born on Jan. 19th of 1946 Locust Ridge Tenn into a poor family that would eventually comprise 12 kids Dolly Parton learned early to overcome the challenges of her living through her vibrant and far-ranging imagination. Her songs were written before she was able to write or read. She got her first guitar when she was 8 and started performing on an Knoxville Tenn radio station at age 11. That following year, she made her debut album for Gold Band Records an independent small label. While she was popular in the local scene while she was at High School, she knew her dreams were bigger. On the 14th of March, 1964, following her graduation from high-school, she relocated to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (both 1967) as well as Something Fishy were among her first Monument Records chart-topping records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated show on TV at the time was searching for a female singer for his program. Parton took the offer in 1967 signed with RCA Records in 1968 and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. The year 1974 was the first that she decided to leave Wagoner's show because the success of her solo albums including Joshua Coat, Many Colors and Jolene exceeded their collective efforts. Parton wrote I Will Always love You in honor of Wagoner following their split. The song reached the top of the charts at. In 1974, Parton's song"I Will Never Love You peaked at No.