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Woodlawn Memorial Park is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville, known as a site where many prominent country music personalities are buried including Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Eddy Arnold. It is located 660 Thompson Lane, a site rich in history.
Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) [1] was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced singer Dolly Parton on his television show, The Porter Wagoner Show. She became part of a well-known vocal duo with him from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
After the Porter Wagoner television show ended, Speck worked alone for a few years until retiring in September 1996. He died at his home in Nashville on March 19, 2000, at age 84. He and his wife Alice are buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee .
'Porter Wagoner's Grave' is Marty Stuart's farewell song to his long-time friend Porter Wagoner. Shortly before Wagoner's death, Stuart and his Superlatives helped him get back on top of his career by recording his final album Wagonmaster. When he died, Stuart tried to ease the pain by writing.
Mack Magaha (August 1, 1929 – August 15, 2003) was an American bluegrass fiddler best known as a member of Porter Wagoner's band and a long-time backup player in the pioneering bluegrass band Reno and Smiley.
In the early 1980s while on tour with the Porter Wagoner Show, Trent came to Branson, Missouri and performed at the Baldknobber's Jamboree Theatre. Several years later he opened for Mickey Gilley at the Mickey Gilley Theatre in Branson, Missouri and then in 1990 he became the first national act to open a live music show in Branson, performed in ...
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Wagoner's version reached No. 8 on the Billboard country charts in the spring of 1956, [1] and was the higher of two competing chart versions released that year. Also in 1956, another up-and-coming country singer, Red Sovine , released his own version on Decca Records , which peaked at No. 15.