Porter Wagoner
USA
Born: 12 August 1927
Died: 28 October 2007
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Country
Styles: Traditional Country, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Country Gospel
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Porter Wagoner, the Thin Man from the West Plains, is a case of an artist often ahead of his time who has always appeared hopelessly behind the times. He's among the most immediately recognizable figures in country music, largely due to his exploitation of TV -- and flashy costumes -- a good 20 years before the video boom. And while he's forever perceived as the man who tried to hold Dolly Parton back from pop success, he was also responsible, in many ways, for putting her in a career position where the issue could even arise. As for his music,...
See also
- Dolly Parton (98)
Similar artists
- Conway Twitty (76)
- Tammy Wynette (48)
- Skeeter Davis (28)
- Ray Price (10)
- Sonny James (1)
- Marvin Rainwater (0)
- Jeannie Seely (0)
- Roy Acuff (0)
- Stonewall Jackson (0)
- Faron Young (-2)
Influenced by
- Ernest Tubb (31)
- Bill Monroe (19)
- Hank Williams (11)
- Kitty Wells (2)
- Red Foley (1)
- Flatt & Scruggs (0)
- Roy Acuff (0)
Followers
- Hank Williams, Jr. (120)
- David Allan Coe (117)
- Merle Haggard (111)
- Dolly Parton (98)
- The Kendalls (12)
- Johnny Dowd (1)
Performed Songs By
- Jerry Reed (9)
- Bill Anderson (1)
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