Dolly Parton and her Uncle Bill Owens are signed to Tree Publishing, Buddy Killen lands Dolly recording deal with Mercury Records in 1962.

Introduced by Johnny Cash, at age 13, Dolly Parton's first Grand Ole Opry performance with Uncle Bill Owens in 1959 receives 3 encores.

In 1959 "Puppy Love," written by Parton/Owens, was released on Goldband Records by Dolly Parton at age 13, becoming her first single.

Dolly's Uncle Bill Owens helps land her first radio and television gig on Cas Walker Show on WIVK Radio in Knoxville, Tenn.

Dolly Parton composes her first song, "Little Tiny Tasseltop," at the age of five, with the help of her mother, Avie Lee Parton.