Porter Wagoner

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

Källor

Externa länkar

 Wagoner albums and photos
 Porter Wagoner MySpace page
 Porter Wagoner at the Country Music Hall of Fame	
 Porter Wagoner obituary
 Porter Wagoner obituary in The New York Times
Diskografi på Discogs
Porter Wagonet på allmusic.com

Amerikanska countrysångare
Amerikanska countrygitarrister
Amerikanska musiker under 1900-talet
Amerikanska musiker under 2000-talet
Musiker från Missouri
Personer från West Plains
Födda 1927
Avlidna 2007
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