Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, who was born in Locust Ridge Tenn. on January. 19. 1946 to a poor family with 12 kids at one point, realized that she could get away from her hardships through a vivid imagination. She was writing songs before she learned to write or read. Her first guitar purchase came when she was just 8 years old and began singing on an Knoxville Tenn radio station at the age of eleven. That same year she made her debut recording for Gold Band Records a tiny independent label. Her name was made for herself locally while still in high school, however she wanted to perform on a larger stage. She moved to Nashville shortly after her graduation in 1964. Dumb Blonde (both 1967) and Something Fishy were among her first Monument Records chart-topping records. Porter Wagoner had been looking for female performers to perform on his show syndicated by him at this point. Parton was hired in the year 1966. She joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. In 1974, she quit Wagoner's Show because the success of her solo songs like Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was way ahead of their joint release. Parton wrote "I I Will Never Forget You" to Wagoner just after the pair split. The song hit No. The first time in 1974.