Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton escaped the struggles that shaped her life at an early age by using her creative and imaginative imagination. She was writing songs before she was able to write or read. When she got her first guitar at age of eight, she started to play on radio stations in Knoxville, Tennessee. In the that same time, Gold Band Records was a tiny independent record label. At the age of 16, she established herself in the local community, however her goals were bigger. When she graduated from the high school in 1964, she moved immediately to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were her two first charting albums on Monument Records. Porter Wagoner, a syndicated television show host at the time was searching for a girl to sing for his program. Parton became a member of Grand Ole Opry 1969 after contracting in 1969 with RCA Records. In 1974, she resigned from Wagoner's show due to the commercial success of her own songs such as Joshua Coats of Many Colors or Jolene was surpassing their joint albums. Parton composed I Will Always love You for Wagoner following their split. It reached number one. Its first appearance at the top spot was in 1974.