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 ...

Fifty-two years ago today, country music quietly closed the chapter on one of its most beloved partnerships. On May 4, 1974, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Partonshared the stage at the Grand Ole Opry for ...

Dolly Parton feels that her early mentor Porter Wagoner considered her a threat. The country music legend landed a regular slot on the entertainer's TV series The Porter Wagoner Show in 1976 at the ...

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner spent seven years working together on The Porter Wagoner Show. Her career took off during this time and, after she left, her level of fame far eclipsed his. While ...

Even before Parton joined the show, Wagoner acknowledged that the pair of them would likely face affair rumors. He was correct. Parton was married, but people began to believe she and Wagoner were ...

Dolly Parton’s rise in country music during the late 1960s and early 1970s was fast, visible, and broadcast directly into American living rooms. Regular appearances on The Porter Wagoner Show ...

On this day (February 4) in 1974, Dolly Parton released Jolene. It became a top 10 hit on the Top Country Albums chart. The LP also contained two of Parton’s most enduring hits in “I Will Always Love ...