Dolly-Parton
Dolly Parton was born on the 19th January, 1946 at Locust Ridge Tenn. She grew up with 12 other children. Her vivid imagination helped her escape from the pressures of daily life. Before she learned to read and write Dolly Parton was composing her own songs. When she got her first instrument at age 8, she started to play on radio stations in Knoxville, Tennessee. In the same time, Gold Band Records was a small independent record label. At the age of 16, she made herself known to the school community but her goals were bigger. When she graduated from high school in 1964 she moved immediately to Nashville. Her first charting hits for Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated show on TV in the late '60s, was looking for a girl to sing on his show. Parton joined Grand Ole Opry 1969 after contracting in 1969 with RCA Records. It was not until 1974 that she decided to leave Wagoner's show because the success of her own solo records including Joshua Coat, Many Colors and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. Parton recorded I Will Always Love You in honor of Wagoner in the aftermath of their breakup. It reached number one. 1 for the first time in 1974.
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