Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner
Porter wagoner 1999.jpg
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Porter Wagoner under ett framträdande på Grand Ole Opry 1999.
FödelsenamnPorter Wayne Wagoner
Pseudonym(er)Mr. Grand Ole Opry
Född12 augusti 1927
West Plains, Missouri, USA
Död28 oktober 2007 (80 år)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
BakgrundUSA USA
GenrerCountry, gospel, countrypop
RollSångare, musiker, låtskrivare, musikproducent
InstrumentAkustisk gitarr
År som aktiv19512007
SkivbolagRCA Victor (1951 – 1980)
Shell Point (2000 – 2002)
TeeVee (2003 – 2006)
Anti (2007)
ArtistsamarbetenNorma Jean, Dolly Parton, The Blackwood Brothers, Skeeter Davis, Merle Haggard, The Byrds, George Jones, Stonewall Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Ralph Stanley, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, Skeeter Davis m.fl.
Relaterade artisterThe Wagonmasters
WebbplatsOfficiell webbplats
Porter Wagoner och Dolly Parton 1969.

Porter Wagoner, född 12 augusti 1927 i West Plains, Missouri, död 28 oktober 2007 i Nashville, Tennessee, var en amerikansk countrysångare och gitarrist. Han slog igenom 1951, och åren kring 1970 kunde han höras i duettinspelningar tillsammans med Dolly Parton. Mellan 1961 och 1980 hade han också sitt eget tv-program, The Porter Wagoner Show. Han blev 2002 invald i Country Music Hall of Fame.

Diskografi (urval)

Album (topp 20 på Billboard Charts - Top Country Albums)

  • 1963The Porter Wagoner Show (#13)
  • 1963Y'All Come (#17)
  • 1964Porter Wagoner in Person (#5)
  • 1966Confessions of a Broken Man (#6)
  • 1967Soul of a Convict & Other Great Prison Songs (#7)
  • 1967The Cold Hard Facts of Life (#4)
  • 1968Just Between You and Me (med Dolly Parton) (#8)
  • 1968The Bottom of the Bottle (#19)
  • 1968Just the Two of Us (med Dolly Parton) (#5)
  • 1969Always, Always (med Dolly Parton) (#5)
  • 1969The Carroll County Accident (#4)
  • 1970Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca (med Dolly Parton) (#4)
  • 1970You Got-ta Have a License (#9)
  • 1970Once More (med Dolly Parton) (#7)
  • 1971The Best of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (#7)
  • 1971Simple as I Am (#11)
  • 1971Two of a Kind (med Dolly Parton) (#13)
  • 1972The Right Combination/Burning the Midnight Oil (med Dolly Parton) (#6)
  • 1972Together Always (med Dolly Parton) (#3)
  • 1972We Found It (med Dolly Parton) (#20)
  • 1973Love and Music (med Dolly Parton) (#8)
  • 1974Porter 'n' Dolly (med Dolly Parton) (#8)
  • 1975Say Forever You'll Be Mine (med Dolly Parton) (#6)
  • 1980Porter & Dolly (med Dolly Parton) (#9)

Singlar (topp 10 på Billboard Hot Country Songs)

  • 1954 – "Company's Comin' " (#7)
  • 1955 – "A Satisfied Mind" (#1)
  • 1955 – "Eat, Drink And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)" (#3)
  • 1956 – "What Would You Do? (If Jesus Came To Your House)" (#8)
  • 1961 – "Your Old Love Letters" (#10)
  • 1962 – "Misery Loves Company" (#1)
  • 1962 – "Cold Dark Waters" (#10)
  • 1962 – "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand" (#7)
  • 1964 – "Sorrow on the Rocks" (#5)
  • 1965 – "Green Green Grass of Home" (#4)
  • 1965 – "Skid Row Joe" (#3)
  • 1967 – "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" (#2)
  • 1967 – "The Last Thing on My Mind" (med Dolly Parton) (#7)
  • 1968 – "The Carroll County Accident" (#2)
  • 1968 – "Holding on to Nothin' " (med Dolly Parton) (#7)
  • 1968 – "We'll Get Ahead Someday" (med Dolly Parton) (#5)
  • 1969 – "Yours Love" (med Dolly Parton) (#9)
  • 1969 – "Big Wind" (#3)
  • 1969 – "Just Someone I Used to Know" (med Dolly Parton) (#5)
  • 1970 – "Tomorrow Is Forever" (med Dolly Parton) (#9)
  • 1970 – "Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man" (med Dolly Parton) (#7)
  • 1971 – "Better Move It on Home" (med Dolly Parton) (#7)
  • 1972 – "What Ain't to Be Just Might Happen" (#8)
  • 1972 – "Lost Forever in Your Kiss" (med Dolly Parton) (#9)
  • 1973 – "If Teardrops Were Pennies" (med Dolly Parton) (#3)
  • 1974 – "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" (med Dolly Parton) (#1)
  • 1975 – "Say Forever You'll Be Mine" (med Dolly Parton) (#5)
  • 1976 – "Is Forever Longer Than Always" (med Dolly Parton) (#8)
  • 1980 – "Making Plans" (med Dolly Parton) (#2)

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Porter Wagoner singing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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