If it wasn’t for country star Porter Wagoner, would the world know Dolly Parton? Odds are, yes, due to her drive and determination, not to mention her amazing songwriting skills, but it was Wagoner ...
Before Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner parted ways entirely, she agreed to let him produce her solo albums. She had more freedom on these records than she had in her duets with Wagoner. Still, she ...
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner spent the late 1960s and early 1970s as collaborators. The pair performed on his television show, recorded duets, and fought constantly. Parton said the bickering was ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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. Wagoner, who had ...
Country music in the 1960s through the early 1980s was dominated by several iconic performing men and women. If you’ve followed this genre, even tangentially, you’ve likely heard the duet music of ...
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars tip their cowboy hats to the era of Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner in their new music video for “Die With a Smile,” the pop duo’s new collaboration that dropped at midnight ...
Dolly Parton has opened up about her complicated relationship with her early mentor, country star Porter Wagoner. The music icon was just 21 when she joined Wagoner’s variety television series The ...