In the latter half of the 1960s, Parton began making a name for herself in Nashville. Wagoner was aware of Parton, but he believed she wasn’t “country enough” and had betrayed the genre by singing pop ...

Dolly Parton joined Porter Wagoner’s show in 1967, bringing her the widespread attention her career needed. She was grateful for the opportunity, but her partnership with Wagoner began to weigh on her ...

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 ...

It should come as no surprise that Dolly Parton has a net worth of over $650 million. Even when looking outside her music career, she was an actress, author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. But at ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE — Porter Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the 1960s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits, and for launching the career of Dolly ...

Dolly Parton’s reign as a country music icon is undisputed, but the Queen of Country has also cultivated an impressive career on the silver screen and the small screen. Parton’s major television ...

Porter “Mr. Grand Ole Opry” Wagoner certainly couldn’t be considered a one-hit wonder by any stretch of the imagination, but he certainly helped inspire some. For one 1960s artist, that inspiration ...

Porter Wayne Wagoner was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced singer Dolly Parton on his television show, and they ...

Country Legends Make Rare Appearance to Honor Porter Wagoner originally appeared on Parade. On August 12, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, held another of its special celebration nights ...

At a charity roast for Wagoner in 1995, she explained the breakup this way: "We split over creative differences. I was creative, and Porter was different." He said in a 1982 Associated Press interview ...

Like many older performers, his star had faded in recent years. But his death from lung cancer Sunday, at 80, came only after a remarkable late-career revival that won him a new generation of fans.