Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner had a huge falling out. They were on better terms two decades later, as one of his albums ...

Dolly Parton wrote a song that Porter Wagoner realized would be too controversial. He requested that she take out one verse.

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner’s final album almost didn’t receive a public release. In 1975, Parton and Wagoner released their twelfth studio album, Say Forever You’ll Be Mine.

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 Dolly Parton.Like ...

Wagoner wasn't just a major figure in country music: He also gave Parton her first big break in the industry. In 1967, he offered the then-newcomer a regular spot on his weekly television variety ...

Dolly Parton led an all-star choir in a rendition of "I Saw the Light" in tribute to her long-ago mentor Porter Wagoner at the public funeral service for him Thursday on the stage of the Grand Ole ...

WEST PLAINS, MO. -- Many in Region 8 are mourning the loss of a southern Missouri country legend. Porter Wagoner died on Sunday after a short battle with lung cancer. Wagoner started his career at ...