Dolly-Parton

Born on Jan. 19 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn into a low-income family that would ultimately comprise 12 kids Dolly Parton learned early to get away from the struggles of life through her vivid and far-ranging imagination. Even before learning to read or write she wrote herself songs. When she got her first guitar at age of eight, she started performing on radio stations in Knoxville, Tennessee. In the following the year that Gold Band Records was a small independent record label. At the age of 16, she made herself known to the local community, however her goals were bigger. In the exact day that she was able to graduate from the high school in 1964. The first charting record she had for Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both 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 1967, signed with RCA Records by 1968, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. However she left Wagoner's show in 1974, as her own songs like Joshua Coat of Many Colors and Jolene were charting collaborations with them. Parton's song, I Will Never Be Loved by You (for Wagoner), reached the No. 1 spot after they split. The song of Parton in 1974."I Will Never Love You peaked at the No.