Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton escaped the struggles that shaped her life at an early age thanks to her inventive and innovative imagination. Even before learning to read or write, she composed her own songs. At the age of eight, she bought her first electric guitar and started singing at the Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. That following year, she made her debut album for Gold Band Records an independent small label. In high school she established herself locally but dreamed about an even bigger stage. She relocated to Nashville shortly after her graduation in 1964. Dumb Blonde was her first record to chart for the first time on Monument Records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated television show host in the late '60s, was looking for a singer on his show. Parton took the job in 1966. She then she joined RCA Records in 1968, and then the Grand Ole Opry was founded in the year 1969. However, it wasn't until 1974 when she made the decision to quit Wagoner's band because the popularity of her own solo records such as Joshua Coat, Many Colors and Jolene had outstripped their collaborative efforts. Parton following the breakup of their collaboration with Wagoner she wrote the song"I'll Always Be Loved" by You and had it reach No. This was the first time that a song was able to reach No.