Dolly-Parton
Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on Jan. 19. 1946 into a very poor family with 12 kids at one point, realized that she could get away from her hardships through a creative mind. Prior to learning how to read or write and compose her own songs. The first guitar she received was gifted by her mother when she was eight. She began singing in the Knoxville Tenn station by the age of 11. That following year, she made her debut album on Gold Band Records an independent small label. Although she became a local star while in the high school years, her ambitions were much bigger. After graduating from the high school in 1964, she moved immediately to Nashville. Her first charting hits with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner began looking for female singers to join his syndicated television program at approximately the same time. Parton was offered the gig in 1967 signed with RCA Records in 1968 and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. In 1974, she resigned from Wagoner's show due to the commercial success of her singles like Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was outstripping their joint releases. Parton's hit song, I'll Never Love You (for Wagoner), reached the top of the. #1 spot following their split. This was the first time a song was able to reach No.







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