{"id":18768,"date":"2025-06-13T21:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=18768"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:10:44","slug":"from-a-walmart-checkout-lane-to-the-stage-of-the-grand-ole-opry-kayla-slones-journey-feels-like-a-movie-but-its-beautifully-real-a-west-virginia-native-with-a-voice-straigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=18768","title":{"rendered":"From a Walmart checkout lane to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, Kayla Slone\u2019s journey feels like a movie\u2014but it\u2019s beautifully real. A West Virginia native with a voice straight out of the mountains, Kayla was filmed singing Dolly Parton\u2019s Coat of Many Colors while working in her Walmart uniform. Her voice, eerily reminiscent of Dolly\u2019s, went viral overnight. Soon, she was flying for the first time, appearing on Anderson Live, getting invited to the ACM Awards, and lighting up local news. 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In that moment, Kayla wasn\u2019t just a cashier with a song\u2014she was country music\u2019s next chapter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/39\/files\/2013\/04\/Kayla-Slone.jpg?w=1200&amp;q=75&amp;format=natural\" alt=\"Walmart Cashier Turned Country Singer Kayla Slone Appears On The Grand Ole' Opry [VIDEO]\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><ins id=\"982a9496-8fb3ffb49235aca0422c35e464a1b385-3-7799\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"8fb3ffb49235aca0422c35e464a1b385\"><ins id=\"982a9496-8fb3ffb49235aca0422c35e464a1b385-3-7799-1\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"x_dv_9e4f0e34-239c-41e0-b7f8-95c837a950dd\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>West Virginia native Kayla Slone\u2019s life changed when her friend filmed her singing at work, where she was a cashier at Walmart. Standing behind her cash register and wearing her Walmart name tag, Slone beautifully sang Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cCoat of Many Colors\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shareably.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/04101240\/walmartcashier_fb_ft.jpg\" alt=\"Walmart worker delivers incredible rendition of Dolly Parton classic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People went crazy for her cover, especially since her voice sounds eerily similar to Parton\u2019s! She was immediately asked to be interviewed on the local news, made an appearance on Anderson Cooper\u2019s show\u00a0<em>Anderson Live<\/em>, where she\u00a0was asked to attend the 2013 ACM Awards by country star Dierks Bentley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kayla Slone- Coat of Many Colors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K20b4eRUKtA\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Slone hails from a small town in West Virginia and had never been on a plane before traveling to New York to be on Cooper\u2019s show. She admitted that she wants to take her singing career to the next level so her husband, a coal miner, won\u2019t have to work in the mines anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The cherry on top of the cake? She was invited to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. She stood in the historic Opry Circle in front of a sold-out crowd to sing the Loretta Lynn classic, \u201cCoal Miner\u2019s Daughter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Her classic country-sounding voice was a perfect match for this song, and even got\u00a0encouragement from Lynn herself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kayla Slone Live at the Grand Ole Opry - Coal Miner's Daughter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9R7wzl35ibA\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Don\u2019t forget to hit the SHARE BUTTON to share this video on Facebook with your friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia native Kayla Slone\u2019s life changed when her friend filmed her singing at work, where she was a cashier at Walmart. 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