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Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton wouldn't perform with certain types of artists. Here's why he frowned on some singers.
Porter Wagoner tried to give Dolly Parton guidance when she joined his show. Here's why he didn't want her sounding overly ...
Review: Dolly Parton shares her life story, both the highs and the lows in "Dolly: A True Original Musical," which continues through Aug. 31 in Nashville.
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.
While Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton’s working relationship ended badly, they strongly supported each other during their collaboration. Wagoner insisted that his record label, RCA, take her on when ...
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, di… ...
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 ...
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 night. He was 80. Wagoner, who had survived an ab… ...
Porter Wagoner, the blond pompadoured, rhinestone-encrusted personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country-music variety show in TV history and mentor to Dolly Parton ...
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.