Dolly-Parton
born on January. 19th, 1946 Locust Ridge Tenn into a low-income family that would ultimately comprise 12 kids Dolly Parton learned early to escape the hardships of life through her vivid and expansive imagination. Prior to learning how to write or read and compose her own music. When she was 8, she got her first electric guitar and started singing at a Knoxville Tenn Radio Station. The that same year, Gold Band Records was a tiny independent record label. While still in highschool, she made her name in the local community, yet she yearned for an even bigger stage. In the exact day that she was able to graduate from high school, it was 1964. Dumb Blonde (both 1967) and Something Fishy were among her first Monument Records chart-topping records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated television show host in the late '60s, was looking for a girl to sing for his program. Parton was offered the gig in 1967 signed with RCA Records in 1968 and joined in the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. Parton quit the...