The Life of Country Music Icon Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, near Sevierville and Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Her parents, Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Parton, were raising a poor Appalachian family that would eventually include 12 children.

Her early world was shaped by faith, music, hard work, and close family ties. Those roots would stay with her for the rest of her life, but the small Tennessee community was only the beginning of where her voice would take her.