Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton escaped the struggles of her life early on by using her creative and imaginative imagination. Before she was able to read and write she was making up her own music. When she was 8, she got her first electric guitar. She began to sing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. Gold Band Records is a tiny, independent label. Her name was made on the local circuit while in high school but she dreamed of a bigger stage. On the 14th of March, 1964, following her graduation from high-school the singer moved to Nashville. Her first charting records on Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. Porter Wagoner's syndicated TV show was in need of an additional singer around this time. Parton was offered the gig in 1967 and signed with RCA Records in 1968 and was a part of with the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. The show was cancelled by Wagoner, however, in 1974 because her albums on her own like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene exceeded the sales of their joint albums. Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You" in support of Wagoner shortly after they separated. The track hit the top spot at No. #1 for the first time since 1974.