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 ...

Though booking a job on Porter Wagoner’s show breathed life into Dolly Parton’s career, their working relationship became a weight on her. Parton had dreams for her music, and she couldn’t bring them ...

Many more than just the two of them cared when Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton released their second collaborative studio album, Just the Two of Us, on RCA Victor, on this day—September 9—in 1968. The ...

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 ...

If he were still alive, Porter Wagoner would have turned 98 on August 12—proof that rhinestones never wrinkle and country legends never really fade away. Wagoner was known for his corny jokes, flashy ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Porter Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the '60s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits, and for launching the career of ...

When Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton started working together, he wanted her to sign to his record label, RCA. The head of the label in Nashville didn’t think this was a good idea, not believing ...

Porter Wagoner, a Grand Ole Opry institution and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Sunday (Oct. 28) at 8:25 p.m. at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Known as the Thin Man From West Plains, he ...