Dolly Parton began working with Porter Wagoner in 1967. She’d already been working on music at this point, but the spot on his show lifted her career to new heights. Wagoner said that hearing one song ...

Dolly Parton’s songwriting was one of the things that made Porter Wagoner start paying attention to her. She recalls memories of her own childhood and invents stories and characters with whom the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...