Everything About Dolly Parton’s Career Achievements, Net Worth, and Family
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in Sevier County, Tennessee. Dolly was born as the 4th child in a family of 12 that grew up very poor in a one-room cabin in Locust Ridge – a story she later narrated in her “Coats of Many Colors” song. A granddaughter to pastor Jake Robert Owens who pastored the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, Dolly has five sisters namely Stella Parton, Racheal Dennison, Willadeen Parton, Cassie Nan Parton, and Freida Estella Parton. She also has six brothers including Robert Lee Parton Jr, Larry Parton, Floyd Parton, Coy Denver, David Wilborn, and Randy Parton.
Dolly at the age of 6 began singing in the church choir. Her passion for music grew beyond vocals as she included the strings, and after years of playing a homemade guitar, she received a real guitar as a gift from her uncle at the age of 8. She also began writing her own songs. At the age of 10, she began performing in local radio stations in Knoxville Eastern Tennessee. At 13 she signed her very first record deal with Goldband Records, a small Louisiana label, and the same year she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Dolly’s passion for music only grew by the year and immediately after she graduated from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville in search of greener pastures.
