Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946, on the 19th of January 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. She was raised alongside 12 other kids. The vivid imagination of her mother allowed her to escape life's harsh reality. life. Before she could read and write she was making up her own songs. Her first guitar was given by her mother when she was eight. She started singing at an Knoxville Tenn station by the age of 11. The same year she released her debut recording for Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. Although she was at school, she established a name for herself in the local music scene. However, her goal was to to play on a larger level. After she finished her high school, in 1964, she relocated to Nashville. Her first charting records for Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner had been looking for female performers to perform on his show syndicated by him in the years prior to this. Parton took the job in 1966, joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. The year 1974 was the first that she decided to leave Wagoner's band because the popularity of her own solo records like Joshua Coat, Many Colors, and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. Parton, after the split of their collaboration with Wagoner was the one to write"I Will Never Love You and made it to Number. 1. for the first time since 1974.