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 wrote her own music. In 8 years, she was playing her first guitar. When she was 11 years old she started singing at the Knoxville Tennessee radio station. In the following year, Gold Band Records was a small independent record label. Her name was made in the local scene while in high school, however she dreamed of a bigger stage. The singer moved to Nashville the day after graduating in 1964. Her first charting hits with Monument Records included Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy both in 1967. At about this time Porter Wagoner was looking for the next girl to perform on his television show that was syndicated. Parton signed with RCA Records and then joined the Grand Ole Opry. She was hired in the year 1967. The show was cancelled by Wagoner, however, in 1974 because her solo albums like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene exceeded the sales of their joint albums. Parton, after the split of their relationship with Wagoner she wrote the song"I Will Never Love You and had it reach No. The first time a song reached No.