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Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner spent large portions of the year on tour. She shared why this was so hard for her.
Porter Wagoner got to know Dolly Parton well when they worked together. He said her high level of insecurity surprised him.
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner’s final album almost didn’t receive a public release. In 1975, Parton and Wagoner released their twelfth studio album, Say Forever You’ll Be Mine.The record ...
Porter Wagoner, who was born 89 years ago today, solidified his place in television history about as strongly as he did in the country music history books. From 1960 to 1981, ...
Porter Wagoner was born Aug. 12, 1927, in West Plains, Mo. He grew up helping out on the family farm, but when he wasn’t busy with farm chores he would spend hours standing on the trunk of a ...
Few country stars in the 1950s sounded or looked cooler than “The Wagonmaster.” The Opry legend is just as well-known for his long-running television program, The Porter Wagoner Show, which ...
WEST PLAINS, MO. -- Many in Region 8 are mourning the loss of a southern Missouri country legend. Porter Wagoner died on Sunday after a short battle with lung cancer. Wagoner started his career at ...
Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
Porter Wagoner, the blond pompadoured, rhinestone-wearing personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country music variety show in TV history and mentor to Dolly Parton ...
Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.