Willadeene parton biography of christopher

For Dolly Parton, the real stars in her life are her six brothers and five sisters: Willadeene, David, Coy, Robert Jr., Stella, Cassie, Randy, Larry, Floyd and twins Freida and Rachel.

The siblings were raised by parents Robert and Avie Lee Parton in a three-bedroom cabin near the Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, Tenn. Though the family of 14 didn’t have much, they did have each other and music.

"I grew up in a very musical family, all my mother's people were very musical, so I was always around people playing instruments and singing, and my mom singing the old songs," Dolly told PEOPLE in "So that was just part of my being and I just knew I loved it.

I just continued doing that, it was just a natural thing."

The youngest Parton, Rachel, previously told PEOPLE, “Singing was like breathing at home.” She recalled her and her siblings spending their time “concocting songs” only for their m