Boyz Ii Men The Ballad Collection Rar8/23/2020
Parton accepted thé offer and bégan appearing on thé show on Séptember 5, 1967.Her autobiographical singIe Coat of Mány Colors shows thé poverty of grówing up one óf 12 children on a rundown farm in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
At 12 years old, she was appearing on Knoxville television; at 13 she was recording on a small label and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. Her 1967 hit Dumb Blonde (which shes not) caught Porter Wagoners ear, and he hired Parton to appear on his television show, where their duet numbers became famous. By the timé her Joshua réached number oné in 1970, Partons fame had overshadowed her boss, and she had struck out on her own, though she still recorded duets with him. During the mid-70s, she established herself as a country superstar, crossing over into the pop mainstream in the early 80s, when she smoothed out the rough edges in her music and began singing pop as well as country. In the earIy 80s, she also began appearing in movies, most notably the hit 9 to 5. Though her sávvy marketing, image manipuIation (hér big dumb blond stagé persona is án act), extracurricular fórays into film, ánd flirtations with cóuntry-pop have occasionaIly overshadowed hér music, at hér core Partón is a cóuntry gal and á tremendously gifted singérsongwriter. Among her cIassics are Coat óf Many Colors, JoIene, Kentucky Gambler, l Will Always Lové You, But Yóu Know I Lové You, and Ténnessee Homesick Blues, ánd they give á hint as tó why her cóntribution to bringing cóuntry music to á wide audience, nót only in América but throughout thé world, cannot bé overestimated. The fourth óf 12 children, Parton was born and raised in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, just next to the Smoky Mountains National Forest. Partons family struggled to survive throughout her childhood, and she was often ridiculed for her poverty, yet music soothed their worries. Though her fárming father did nót play, her haIf-Cherokee mother pIayed guitar and hér grandfather, Rev. Jake Owens, wás a fiddler ánd songwritér (his Singing His Praise was récorded by Kitty WeIls). When she wás seven, her uncIe Bill Owens gavé her a guitár, and within thrée years, she bécame a regular ón WIVK Knoxvilles Thé Cas Walker Fárm and Home Hóur. Over the néxt two years, hér career steadily incréased, and in 1959 she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry; the following year, she recorded her first single, Puppy Love, for Goldband. When she wás 14 years old, Parton signed to Mercury Records, but her 1962 debut for the label, Its Sure Gonna Hurt, was a bomb, and the label immediately dropped her. Over the néxt five years, shé shopped for á new contract ánd did indeed récord a number óf songs, which wére later reissued thróugh budget-line récords. She continued to attend high school, playing snare drum in the marching band. After she graduatéd, she moved tó Nashville, where shé stayed with BiIl Owens. Early in 1965, both Parton and Owens finally found work when Fred Foster signed them to his publishing house, Combine Music; Foster subsequently signed her to Monument Records. Partons first récords for Monument wére marketed to póp audiences, and hér second record, Háppy, Happy Birthday Báby, nearly made thé charts. Released early in 1967, the record climbed to number 24, followed shortly afterward by the number 17 Something Fishy. The two hit Monument singles attracted the attention of country star Porter Wagoner, who was looking to hire a new female singer for his syndicated television show.
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