Dolly Parton gained increased attention after appearing on 'The Porter Wagoner Show.' She didn't want him to have credit for discovering her, though. by Emma McKee Published on April 28, 2024 3 ...

Porter Wagoner was on the same label as Dolly Parton. Here's why he thought they were cheating her out of success.

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner’s relationship was platonic, but rumors abounded about a potential romantic connection between the two of them. Parton denied this on her end but acknowledged ...

(Bridge – Sung in a duet, showcasing Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner’s vocal chemistry) Dolly: When I’m lost, you’re my guiding light, In your arms, everything feels so right. Porter: ...

Unlike Porter Wagoner, Atkins had no faith in Dolly Parton as a musician. Matter of fact, he stated, “I don’t think she’d sell, because she just cannot sing,” per Dolly: The Biography.

Despite the pair's close relationship and success with The Porter Wagoner Show, Parton had always dreamed of a solo career, and in the mid-'70s, she made the difficult decision to break from Wagoner.

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.

Editor’s note: John Howie Jr., frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, got sick around Oct. 28, the day Grand Ole Opry legend Porter Wagoner, 80, died. He was still recovering at home in Mebane when ...

Flashback: Porter Wagoner Tries Out Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors’ Fifty years ago today, Wagoner cut the first version of Parton's classic autobiographical song By Stephen L. Betts ...

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, the Grand Ole Opry ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Porter Wagoner, the blond-pompadoured, rhinestone-encrusted personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country-music variety show in TV history and ...