Dolly-Parton
Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on Jan. 19. 1946 to a low-income family, with twelve kids eventually included, discovered early that she could escape her hardships through a vivid imagination. The songs she wrote were composed before she could write or read. The first time she picked up a guitar was at age 8 and started singing at a Knoxville Tenn radio station at age 11. Gold Band Records is a small, independent label. As a student in high school She made her mark in the local community, yet she yearned for an even bigger stage. After graduating from the high school in 1964, she moved straight to Nashville. Dumb Blonde was her first record to chart on Monument Records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated television show host at the time was searching for a girl to sing on his show. Parton took the job in the year 1966. She joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. Then, in 1974, she left Wagoner's show due to the commercial success of her solo songs like Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was outstripping their joint releases. The two split in 1974, Parton wrote the song I Will Always Love You for Wagoner and it reached the top spot at No. It was the first time a single hit the top spot.







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