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.

Dr. Robert F. Thomas delivers Dolly Rebecca Parton on January 19, 1946.