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Happy birthday, Dolly Parton! The country music icon was born on this day, Jan. 19, in 1946, in a tiny, one-room cabin in Sevier County, Tenn.
Parton was the fourth of 12 children born to parents Robert and Avie; her father reportedly paid the doctor who oversaw her birth with a bag of oatmeal.
Parton showed an early propensity for music and began singing in church when she was just a little girl. By the time she was eight, she was writing songs and playing guitar; she made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry when she was only 10 years old. The future music legend began performing on the