Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton escaped the struggles that shaped her life at an early age through her imaginative and creative imagination. The songs she wrote were composed before she was able to write or read. Her first guitar purchase came when she was 8 and started performing on the Knoxville Tenn radio station at age 11. Her first album was recorded during the same year Gold Band Records, a tiny independent label. The singer established a name in the local scene while at high school, but always dreamed of having a bigger stage. On the 14th of March, 1964, after her high school graduation her family moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde, Something Fishy and Dumb Blonde both charted on Monument Records in 1967. Around this time, Porter Wagoner was looking for an actress to sing for the show he had syndicated to television. Parton joined Grand Ole Opry 1969 after signing with RCA Records. It was not until 1974 that she decided to leave Wagoner's program as the popularity 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 after their breakup. It reached number one. This was the first time a single reached No.