Porter Wagoner said he was never romantically involved with Dolly Parton. The same could not be said about the singer on the show before her.

Dolly Parton wrote a song early in her career that impressed Porter Wagoner. He shared what it taught him about her.

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.

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 ...

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 night. He was 80. Wagoner, who had survived an ab… ...

Porter Wagoner, who was born 89 years ago today, solidified his place in television history about as strongly as he did in the country music history books. From 1960 to 1981, the Grand Ole Opry ...

Porter Wagoner talked to Dolly Parton’s husband about the rumors about them When Wagoner and Parton first met, he knew at the end of their meeting that he would invite her to join his show.

Porter Wagoner, the blond pompadoured, rhinestone-wearing personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country music variety show in TV history and mentor to Dolly Parton, di… ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Porter Wagoner, the blond-pompadoured, rhinestone-encrusted personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country-music variety show in TV history and ...

PORTER WAGONER | The Wagonmaster | Anti Porter Wagoner and Marty Stuart appear at Safari Sam’s, Sun., June 10, 5:30 p.m.

Despite the pair's close relationship and success with The Porter Wagoner Show, Parton had always dreamed of a solo career, and in the mid-'70s, she made the difficult decision to break from Wagoner.